# Tiffany Haddish joins Backyard Baseball animated series cast

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/backyard-baseball-to-be-adapted-as-an-animated-tv-series-starring-tiffany-haddish/
- Published: 2026-07-25T01:32:04+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-25T07:47:26+00:00
- Original publisher: The Hollywood Reporter
- Original article: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/backyard-baseball-cartoon-news-who-is-pablo-sanchez-1236655323/
- Topics: Art, Celebrity, Culture, Entertainment, TV

## Key points

- Backyard Baseball is becoming an animated television series.
- Tiffany Haddish and Donald Faison lead the voice cast.
- The series will comprise 20 short episodes.

## Summary

Playground Productions is adapting the children’s video game Backyard Baseball into an animated programme, Backyard Sports: The Animated Series. The series expands the revived franchise beyond games, aiming to introduce its established characters to a new audience while appealing to players who remember the original releases.

Tiffany Haddish will voice Kiesha Phillips, with Donald Faison, Christopher Mint-Plasse, Arturo Castro as Pablo Sanchez and several other actors also cast. The programme will have 20 episodes of roughly 11 minutes; Chris Waters is showrunner, and the announcement followed the 9 July release of a new Backyard Baseball game, with console versions planned.

## Coverage

- [The Hollywood Reporter: Tiffany Haddish joins Backyard Baseball animated series cast](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/backyard-baseball-cartoon-news-who-is-pablo-sanchez-1236655323/)
- [Deadline: ‘Backyard Sports: The Animated Series’ Teed Up With Voice Cast Including Arturo Castro, Tiffany Haddish & More To Return After Franchise Revival — Comic-Con](https://deadline.com/2026/07/backyard-sports-animated-series-development-1237003076/)

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