Overview
- The six-episode series, which unveiled its official trailer Thursday, premieres May 5 on Prime Video in the U.S., the PPA Tour YouTube channel, and PickleballTV with all episodes dropping at once.
- Partners blends reality TV and sports documentary to follow a full Carvana PPA Tour season with on-court action and off-court lives of more than 25 players, coaches, and executives.
- Shutterstock Studios produced the show with Wavelength, Carvana funded it as a brand partner, and Dan Bradley serves as showrunner with executive producers Mark Infante, Michele Gauthier, Aiden Darné, and Jon Weidman.
- Storylines highlight top pros such as 19-year-old Anna Leigh Waters at the center of the season, along with Ben Johns, Gabe Tardio, Parris Todd, Hunter Johnson, Catherine Parenteau, Rachel Rohrabacher, and others.
- The series taps into pickleball’s rapid growth, with organizers citing play in 78 countries, about 19.8 million U.S. participants, and more than $30 million in annual prize money, and it leans into the tour’s tight-knit “traveling circus” culture.