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Katie Couric (L) joins Matt Manasse on Celebrity Pickleball. PickleballTV This week, PickleballTV (PBTV) will branch out from its typical tour-focused programming schedule and launch just its second ever scripted TV show as the channel expands its offerings. The new series is titled Celebrity Pickleball and will feature PBTV’s star Matt Manasse hosting a combination entertainment and talk show, as he takes a variety of celebrities through a training session in the first half of the show, then sits down with them for some Q&A in the second half. Announced celebrities in the first season include NFL legend (and partial owner of the LA Mad Drops) Drew Brees, former NFL player and media personality Marcellus Wiley, NBA star Trae Young, Maroon 5 guitarist James Valentine, and national journalist Katie Couric. These guests will be joined by other celebrities for an eight episode season that kicks off November 5th at 10pm EST/7pm, just following live coverage of this week’s UPA Worlds event going on in Dallas. I first met Manasse at Worlds back in 2023, where he was onsite for the official launch of PickleballTV. I caught up with him last week to talk about his history of involvement with the channel, his background, and to talk about how this show came around. Many just know him as the coach to stars in Hollywood, but many may not know just how integral he has been in bringing pickleball to the TV screen. Manasse hails from Erie, Pennsylvania, though his junior tennis talents took him to South Florida, where he was a national recruit from the Boca Prep School in Boca Raton. He played collegiate tennis first at USC, then at Purdue University, where he graduated with a BA in 2011. After college, he began coaching at the collegiate level and spent…

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