| Hung | |
|---|---|
| Format | Comedy-drama |
| Created by | Dmitry Lipkin Colette Burson |
| Starring | Thomas Jane Jane Adams Sianoa Smit-McPhee Charlie Saxton Eddie Jemison |
| Opening theme | "I'll Be Your Man" by The Black Keys |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Dmitry Lipkin Colette Burson Alexander Payne Michael Rosenberg Noreen Halpern John Morayniss |
| Running time | 28 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | HBO |
| Original run | June 28, 2009 – present |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
Hung is a comedy-drama series, which premiered on HBO on June 28, 2009. The series is created by Dmitry Lipkin and Colette Burson and stars Thomas Jane as Ray Drecker, a struggling suburban Detroit high school basketball coach who resorts to prostitution.
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Plot
Hung follows Ray Drecker (Thomas Jane), an unhappy and financially strapped history teacher and basketball coach at a suburban Detroit high school. He's also the father of twin teenagers (Charlie Saxton and Sianoa Smit-McPhee) who are currently living with their remarried mother (Anne Heche). After a fire destroyed the childhood home Ray still owns and lived in, he was without many options. With the help of a friend, Tanya (Jane Adams), Ray decides to turn his large penis into an opportunity to make money. The episodes center around Ray's attempts to maintain a "normal" life while starting his business as a male prostitute.
Production
The show's pilot is directed by filmmaker Alexander Payne. Payne serves as executive producer along with Lipkin, Burson, and Blueprint Entertainment. Lipkin and Burson’s script was the first major purchase by the network’s new entertainment president Sue Naegle in April 2008. This move led the writers to immediately work on five more episodes for the series, a total of ten episodes. On December 18, 2008, it was announced HBO picked up the dark comedy. The show's first season ran from June 28, 2009 to September 13, 2009. On July 30, 2009, it was announced that HBO had renewed the series for a second season set to air Summer 2010.
The theme song for Hung is "I'll Be Your Man" by The Black Keys.[1]
Cast
- Thomas Jane as Ray Drecker
- Jane Adams as Tanya Skagle
- Anne Heche as Jessica Haxon
- Charlie Saxton as Damon Drecker
- Sianoa Smit-McPhee as Darby Drecker
- Eddie Jemison as Ronnie Haxon
- Rebecca Creskoff as Lenore
- Natalie Zea as Jemma
- Joshua Leonard as Pierce
Episodes
| # in Season |
# in Series |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original US air date | Viewers (in millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Alexander Payne | Clotte Purson & Dmitry Lipkin | ||
| 2 | 2 | ""Great Sausage" or "Can I Call You Dick?"" | Craig Zisk | Clotte Purson & Dmitry Lipkin | July 12, 2009 | 3.6[2] |
| 3 | 3 | ""Strange Friends" or "The Truth Is, You're Sexy"" | Scott Ellis | Dmitry Lipkin & Clotte Purson | July 19, 2009 | 2.77[3] |
| 4 | 4 | "The Pickle Jar" | David Petrarca | Clotte Purson & Dmitry Lipkin | July 26, 2009 | TBC |
| 5 | 5 | "Do it, Monkey!" | Bronwen Hughes | Dmitry Lipkin & Clotte Purson | August 2, 2009 | 3.4[4] |
| 6 | 6 | ""Doris Is Dead" or "Are We Rich or Are We Poor?"" | Matt Shakman | Clotte Purson & Dmitry Lipkin and Ellie Herman |
August 9, 2009 | TBC |
| 7 | 7 | ""The Rita Flower" or "The Indelible Stench"" | Jim McKay | Emily Kapnek | August 16, 2009 | 2.8[5] |
| 8 | 8 | ""Thith ith a Prothetic" or "You Come Just Right"" | Bronwen Hughes | Brett C. Leonard | August 23, 2009 | 3.3[6] |
| 9 | 9 | ""This Is America" or "Fifty Bucks"" | Seith Mann | Angela Robinson | August 30, 2009 | TBC |
| 10 | 10 | ""A Dick and a Dream" or "Fight the Honey"" | Daniel Attias | Clotte Purson & Dmitry Lipkin and Emily Kapnek & Brett C. Leonard |
September 13, 2009 | 2.9[7] |
All titles are taken from HBO's official website.[8]
- a Number includes additional viewers from a midnight rebroadcast airing the same night.
International broadcasting
| Country | Television Network |
|---|---|
 Romania |
HBO |
 Poland |
HBO |
 Hungary |
HBO |
 South Africa |
MNET |
 Czech Republic |
HBO |
 Bulgaria |
HBO |
 Slovenia |
HBO |
 Croatia |
HBO |
 Egypt |
Super Comedy |
 Montenegro |
HBO |
 Serbia |
HBO |
| Latin America | HBO |
 Ireland |
3e |
 Italy |
SKY Uno |
 Netherlands |
Comedy Central |
 Portugal |
Fox Next |
 Belgium |
Prime |
 Norway |
Canal+ |
 United Kingdom |
More4 |
 Australia |
Showcase on Foxtel |
 Turkey |
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References
- ^ "HBO Picks Up Thomas Jane's 'Hung'". James Cook. May 18, 2009. http://themovingpicture.net/hbo-picks-up-thomas-jane%E2%80%99s-hung.
- ^ "True Blood ratings: Still not sucking!". Entertainment Weekly. 2009-07-14. http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/07/true-blood-ratings-still-not-sucking.html. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ^ "Fox in TV ratings double play". Variety. 2009-07-21. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118006301.html?categoryid=14&cs=1&query=true+blood+rating. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
- ^ "'True Blood' Bites Off Another Viewer Record". Multi Channel News. 2009-08-04. http://www.multichannel.com/article/326442-_True_Blood_Bites_Off_Another_Viewer_Record.php?q=hung+ratings. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ^ "Another you-know-what for 'True Blood'". James Hibberd's The Live Feed. 2009-08-18. http://www.thrfeed.com/2009/08/ratings-record-true-blood-.html. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ^ "Fuhgetaboudit 'The Sopranos': 'True Blood' Episode Is HBO's Most-Watched Since 2004". Multi Channel News. 2009-08-25. http://www.multichannel.com/article/328872-Fuhgetaboudit_The_Sopranos_True_Blood_Episode_Is_HBO_s_Most_Watched_Since_2004.php. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ^ "'True Blood' ends season on high note". James Hibberd's The Live Feed. 2009-09-15. http://www.thrfeed.com/2009/09/true-blood-ends-on-high-note.html. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
- ^ "Official episode guide". HBO.com. http://www.hbo.com/hung/. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
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