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Amazon Develops Queer Comedy Series 'Playing the Field'

4/14/2026

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Amazon MGM Studios is developing the series Playing the Field, based on author Meryl Wilsner's Cleat Cute.
The ensemble comedy follows four players on a New Orleans women's soccer team and the romance between rookie Phoebe Matthews and captain Grace Henderson.
Sarah Tapscott will serve as showrunner and executive producer, with Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe as producers.
The novel was published in September 2023, and Wilsner writes queer romances.

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Story summary

Amazon MGM Studios is developing the series Playing the Field, based on author Meryl Wilsner's Cleat Cute.
The ensemble comedy follows four players on a New Orleans women's soccer team and the romance between rookie Phoebe Matthews and captain Grace Henderson.
Sarah Tapscott will serve as showrunner and executive producer, with Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe as producers.
The novel was published in September 2023, and Wilsner writes queer romances.