Brockmire

A famed major league baseball announcer who suffers an embarrassing and very public meltdown live on the air after discovering his beloved wife's serial infidelity decides to reclaim his career and love life in a small town a decade later.

Brockmire (2017-2020) is an American comedy-drama series created for IFC, a sardonic sports comedy set largely in the world of minor and independent baseball. Hank Azaria stars as Jim Brockmire, a once-famous major league announcer whose live on-air meltdown after discovering his wife's infidelity ends his career in public humiliation. A decade later he resettles in a small town, takes a job calling games for a struggling team, and tries to rebuild both his professional standing and his love life. Around him, Tawny Newsome plays Gabby Taylor, Tyrel Jackson Williams plays Charles, and Amanda Peet plays Jules James, each pulling Brockmire toward candor and reluctant connection. The engine of the show is simple: a bitter, eloquent man keeps sabotaging his own second chance, while each episode builds around ballpark broadcasts, bar confrontations, and awkward personal reckonings. Across four seasons of eight episodes each, it stays a single continuing story rather than a case of the week. Its tone is raunchy yet melancholic, with profane wit and sincere heartache sharing the same frame. Fans of Eastbound & Down and Curb Your Enthusiasm will find resonance in its cynical, self-destructive lead and its uncomfortable humor.

Critics broadly praise the show's sharp, profane comedy and Hank Azaria's lead performance as a fallen broadcaster, with its emotional undercurrent giving the jokes weight.

• Eastbound & Downshared cynical washed-up male lead, dark sardonic comedy about personal failure
• Curb Your Enthusiasmshared fallen-public-figure premise, sardonic humor with real emotional wounds
• Ted Lassoshared sports-world setting with deadpan workplace absurdity and small-town misfit characters

Release Date

2017-04-05

Episode runtime

23 min

Rating

7.9 / 10 (73)

What is Brockmire about?

A disgraced major league baseball announcer rebuilds his career and love life in a small town after an on-air meltdown.

What is Brockmire like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Brockmire as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.

Is Brockmire violent?

Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Brockmire as mild.

What did critics think of Brockmire?

Critics broadly praise the show's sharp, profane comedy and Hank Azaria's lead performance as a fallen broadcaster, with its emotional undercurrent giving the jokes weight.

Which shows are like Brockmire?

Shows with a similar feel include Eastbound & Down, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Ted Lasso.

How long is Brockmire?

Brockmire: 4 seasons, 32 episodes.

Is Brockmire still running?

No, Brockmire has ended.

Where can I watch Brockmire?

In United States, Brockmire streams on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Spectrum On Demand.