TNT Sports announced Tuesday that it will bring eight consecutive weekends of Banana Ball action to truTV beginning Saturday, August 16. The wildly popular Savannah Bananas and their viral brand of baseball will be featured as part of a multi-market tour. The trek runs through some of Major League Baseball’s most iconic stadiums, with all games also simulcast on HBO Max.
truTV’s coverage launches from Chicago’s Guaranteed Rate Field, home of the White Sox, and includes stops at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Petco Park in San Diego, Yankee Stadium in New York, T-Mobile Park in Seattle, and Daikin Park in Houston. A weekend from the Bananas’ home turf at Grayson Stadium in Savannah, Georgia, is also on the schedule.
The season concludes with Banana Ball’s first-ever Tour Championship in early October. The multi-day event will feature all four touring teams — the Savannah Bananas, Party Animals, Firefighters, and Texas Tailgaters — vying for the inaugural Banana Ball title. Seeding will be determined by regular season results with the championship game set for Saturday, October 11.
Banana Ball, which has taken social media by storm in recent years, blends baseball fundamentals with high-energy entertainment. Games are known for their choreographed dances, elaborate player introductions, and mid-inning hijinks that often blur the line between sport and spectacle. For fans, the experience is more Harlem Globetrotters than hardball — and that’s by design.
TNT Sports is positioning Banana Ball as a tentpole part of truTV’s growing live sports portfolio, which already includes MLB, NHL, Big 12 and Big East basketball, U.S. Soccer, and NASCAR, among others. The move aligns with TNT’s broader strategy to fill the sports content pipeline on both cable and streaming platforms, especially during the summer months when traditional league schedules are lighter.
In addition to live games, truTV plans to complement Banana Ball broadcasts with sports-adjacent content throughout the year. That includes unscripted competitions like Wipeout, sports documentaries, and scripted series such as Ballers, which recently premiered on the network. The programming slate aims to engage fans across multiple formats while keeping sports at the cultural forefront.
Earlier this year, ESPN and the Bananas had come to terms on a ten game broadcast slate scheduled to air on Friday and Saturday nights on ESPN or ESPN2. All games will also be simulcast live on Disney+ and ESPN+. The new agreement with TNT Sports picks up where ESPN’s agreement with the Bananas left off.
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