When Billie Beat Bobby

{{short description|2001 television film directed by Jane Anderson}}

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{{Infobox television

| image = When billie beat bobby.jpg

| starring = {{Plainlist|

• Holly Hunter
• Ron Silver
• Matt Letscher
• Bob Gunton
• Jacqueline McKenzie
• Elizabeth Berridge
• Fred Willard

}}

| director = Jane Anderson

| writer = Jane Anderson

| producer = Diana Kerew

| music = Brian Kirk

| executive_producer = {{ubl|Peter Sussman|Ed Gernon|Goldie Hawn|Teri Schwartz}}

| cinematography = Paul Elliott

| editor = Nancy Richardson

| company = {{ubl|Alliance Atlantis|Cherry Alley Productions}}

| network = ABC

| released = {{start date|2001|04|16}}

| country = United States

| language = English

| runtime = 90 minutes

}}

When Billie Beat Bobby is a 2001 American sports comedy drama television film written and directed by Jane Anderson that details the historic 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs and what led up to it. It aired on ABC on April 16, 2001.{{cite news |last=Oxman |first=Steven |url= https://variety.com/2001/tv/reviews/when-billie-beat-bobby-1200467883/ |title=When Billie Beat Bobby |work=Variety |date=April 11, 2001 |access-date=April 23, 2021}}{{cite news |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/2001/04/15/on-the-court-no-love/646a2f08-129f-4ab1-83f5-c5711f366d82/ |title=On the Court, No Love |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=April 15, 2001 |access-date=April 23, 2021}} The match was filmed at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California.

At the 53rd Primetime Emmy Awards, Holly Hunter was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie but lost out to Judy Davis who won for Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows.{{cite news |last=Elber |first=Lynn |url= https://apnews.com/article/us-news-billie-jean-king-holly-hunter-sally-yates-james-comey-d0af62f7a50a3ea0205597d58b3ee880 |title=Holly Hunter suits up as US prosecutor in 'The Comey Rule' |work=Associated Press |date=September 24, 2020 |access-date=April 23, 2021}}