Heated Rivalry still has everyone feeling all hot and bothered nearly two weeks into 2026, with co-stars Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams having shot to boyband-levels of fame almost overnight. Rachel Reid, the Canadian author behind the books that informed the sexy gay hockey show, is obviously publishing a sequel, but many are posing an important question amidst the fervour: where's the sapphic answer to this cultural phenomenon?
Whoever named Crave was correct, because the Canadian streaming service is ready to satiate with another 2SLGBTQIA+ sports series — and this time, with lesbians! As Them reports, the misadventures of an underdog (six-time league losers, to be precise) queer softball team called the Public Lass Brovaries will be coming to our screens before the end of the year with Slo Pitch.
Co-produced by Elliot Page's PAGEBOY Productions alongside Shaftesbury and Boss & Co, the Crave Original series is a 10-episode mockumentary based on a Canadian web series of the same name that aired from 2020 to 2022. Here's a synopsis:
Coach Joanne Pico is dead set on turning this team around despite having just been dumped by her girlfriend and co-founder of the team. Throughout the summer, Joanne leads her lovable, chaotic crew through a season of strikeouts, petty rivalries, conservative-politician sponsors, and sexy carwash fundraisers gone wrong. With her ex now playing on a rival team, Joanne's got a lot to prove this season. It's time to win the breakup, get the gang back together, and maybe even find new love over beers in the dugout.
Jess Salgueiro (who played Eve in the Frasier reboot) stars as Joanne, while Emily Hampshire of Schitt's Creek fame also appears in Slo Pitch and serves as an executive producer. Nadine Bhabha, who plays Elena Rygg in Heated Rivalry, writes on the show as well as appearing among its guest stars (like real-life softball icon Ayami Sato) alongside other principal cast members Karen Knox, Gwenlyn Cumyn, Emma Hunter, Chelsea Muirhead, Lane Webber, Kadijah Roberts-Abdullah and Amanda Cordner.
While there is no official premiere date for Slo Pitch yet, the series is slated to be released sometime in 2026. Hopefully it'll have a similar dedication to obscure CanCon needle drops!
