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Shutterstock Studios Sets May 5 Premiere for ‘Partners,’ a Pro Pickleball Docuseries

A brand-funded, multi-platform release aims to bring pro pickleball to a wider audience.

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.