It's TRU! All Bananas headliners are coming to Tru-TV starting August 16!

More ways to go bananas for the latter part of the 2025 World Tour season.

As the Michi has spent her life trying to spread derby love, it looks like Jesse Cole has been spreading a lot of BANANA LOVE!

Fans First Entertainment just recently inked a deal with TNT to air all remaining Bananas headliners on and after August 16, 2025 until the end of the season on Tru-TV and on HBO Max. This is a significant outreach and should hopefully attract more fans to the sport.

The games will still be available on YouTube. Jesse has been pretty firm about that where it comes to these TV deals. During the times when Banana Ball was on ESPN, it was making some impressive numbers. I do feel that the penetration of Tru-TV is lower than that of ESPN, but still, it’s a lot of eyes and a lot of opportunities to watch.

In addition to the all of the headliners, the package includes five Banana Ball Tour Championship games from historic Grayson Stadium in Savannah on October 2, 3, 4, 5 and 11.

In 2026, Banana Ball will creating the Banana Ball Championship League (BBCL) and will expand from four to six teams, including the Bananas.

In my last article, I spoke of the milestones that Jesse was achieving. Just this past weekend, it was The CW. I was wondering how he was going to outdo himself.

The Michi sends her congratulations to Jesse and Emily on this great deal. You should be proud of what you have achieved.

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