Television can be a monumentally depressing prospect at times. You kid yourself into thinking that it’s a place full of bright people with great ideas… and then Sky 1 announces that they’re making a show called A League of Their Own.

Yessir, its a ‘brand new’ comedy panel show starring James Corden (Hale, from Hale and Pace) alongside Jamie Redknapp and Freddie Flintoff… plus regular guests GEORGIE THOMPSON and JOHN BISHOP!

Who? One is a reasonably attractive woman from Sky Sports News and the other is a Scouse comic you may have seen on the Beeb a couple of times recently.

Anyway, James Corden will be desperately trying to avoid doing “look at me being fat!” jokes whilst hosting the show with blah blah blah yadda yadda blah team captains blah blah… regular guests… yadda yadda.

James Corden says (like he’s in a job interview for a bank): “I’m thrilled to be hosting A League Of Their Own and can’t wait to start. I’ve never hosted a show like this before and I’m really looking forward to it. I’ve come to the conclusion that as I spend most of my time sitting around with my mates talking about sport, I might as well get paid for it.”

On the team captains James comments; “We’ve got two brilliant team captains in Andrew Flintoff and Jamie Redknapp, so the banter is going to be great.”

A League of Their Own takes its cue from sporting obsession and sets two teams of comedians, celebrities and sports stars against each other in a test of their sporting knowledge. From record breaking feats to headline grabbing events, the show is stuffed with the kind of sensational take home facts that sports fans just love to quote.

The show tackles questions like – which footballers spent the most on their weddings and can you arrange David James’ haircuts in chronological order? Or what does Rio Ferdinand think are the three worst things about being a Premiership footballer.

Other guests due to appear throughout the series will come from the worlds of sport, comedy and entertainment and will include tennis lover Jimmy Carr, Strictly presenter Claudia Winkleman, Olympic boxing champion Amir Khan, Mock The Week host Dara O’Briain and reigning Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button.

Or: IT. WILL. BE. EXACTLY. LIKE. THEY THINK IT’S ALL OVER.

Next week, Sky come up with an idea for a fun panel-based comedy show about music starring two comedy captains and a line-up round with musicians in! What ever next?