‘Vanderpump Rules’ Exec Producer Alex Baskin and Tech Mogul Alexis Ohanian Launch Women’s Soccer Reality Series ‘The Offseason’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large From “Scandoval” to soccer ball. Reality TV uber producer Alex Baskin (“Vanderpump Rules,” “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”) and his 32 Flavors shingle have partnered with tech mogul Alexis Ohanian, soccer star Midge Purce and sports doc producers Box to Box Films (“Drive to Survive,” “Break Point”) to produce the sports docuseries “The Offseason.” National Women’s Soccer League player Purce, who is also a U.S.

Women’s National Team forward, created “The Offseason” and will be featured in the series. Purce, a forward for the NJ/NY Gotham FC in the NWSL is partnered in the endeavor with Ohanian, who is the lead investor of the NWSL’s Angel City FC team.

“It was a radical idea in 2019 for me to start an NWSL club in LA, and in 2023, everyone in Hollywood told me it was a radical idea to incubate a production company and unscripted show like ‘The Offseason,’ which makes me think we’re already on the right track,” Ohanian said in a statement. “All of the most successful reality TV shows feature women, and with Midge’s vision & these acclaimed producers’ execution, everyone is going to realize women’s sports was an obvious vehicle all along.

Someone just had to be first.” “The Offseason” takes a look at professional athletes during the key off-season training period. The six-episode, half-hour series follows 11 NWSL players as they spend two weeks in Miami “training, partying and living together under one roof.