Get ‘Hung’ with HBO Tonight
June 28, 2009 by Chandra
If you haven’t already heard, premium-cable network HBO has a brand-new comedy called Hung making a 45-minute broadcast debut at 10pm ET tonight, June 28.
The darkly humorous series stars The Punisher’s Thomas Jane as Ray Drecker, a formerly athletic and popular guy who seemed destined for success way back in high school. Currently a high-school teacher and basketball coach, he’s had a string of unimpressive luck, leaving him underpaid, uninsured, and pissed when his wife of 20 years (Anne Heche, Men in Trees) leaves him for her dermatologist.
More details after the jump.
Next, a fire damages his already beat-up home in Detroit, followed by Ray’s twin children deciding they’d rather live with their mother and her new clean-freak husband instead. But just as Ray reaches the end of his rope, he ventures to a local self-help class whose mantra is to identify a personal so-called “winning tool” to market for financial success.
The result? An unsatisfying encounter with a fellow class attendee and former flame named Tanya (Jane Adams, Frasier) helps Ray suddenly realize that his biggest asset has been “down there” all along. Now he just has to put “it” to good use to change his fortunes.
Ha ha! Can’t believe they actually made that premise into a whole television show, but it should definitely be fun. Check out the series preview and trailer below, and then tune in to HBO for the real thing.
