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.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Production 3 Cast 4 Episodes 5 International broadcasting 6 References 7 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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]

[edit] 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

[edit] Episodes

# in Season	# in Series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original US air date	Viewers (in millions)
1	1	"Pilot"	Alexander Payne	Colette Burson & Dmitry Lipkin	June 28, 2009 (2009-06-28)	2.8 (3.7[a])[2]
2	2	""Great Sausage" or "Can I Call You Dick?""	Craig Zisk	Colette Burson & Dmitry Lipkin	July 12, 2009 (2009-07-12)	3.6[3]
3	3	""Strange Friends" or "The Truth Is, You're Sexy""	Scott Ellis	Dmitry Lipkin & Colette Burson	July 19, 2009 (2009-07-19)	2.77[4]
4	4	"The Pickle Jar"	David Petrarca	Colette Burson & Dmitry Lipkin	July 26, 2009 (2009-07-26)	TBC
5	5	"Do it, Monkey!"	Bronwen Hughes	Dmitry Lipkin & Colette Burson	August 2, 2009 (2009-08-02)	3.4[5]
6	6	""Doris Is Dead" or "Are We Rich or Are We Poor?""	Matt Shakman	Colette Burson & Dmitry Lipkin and Ellie Herman	August 9, 2009 (2009-08-09)	TBC
7	7	""The Rita Flower" or "The Indelible Stench""	Jim McKay	Emily Kapnek	August 16, 2009 (2009-08-16)	2.8[6]
8	8	""Thith ith a Prothetic" or "You Come Just Right""	Bronwen Hughes	Brett C. Leonard	August 23, 2009 (2009-08-23)	3.3[7]
9	9	""This Is America" or "Fifty Bucks""	Seith Mann	Angela Robinson	August 30, 2009 (2009-08-30)	TBC
10	10	""A Dick and a Dream" or "Fight the Honey""	Daniel Attias	Colette Burson & Dmitry Lipkin and Emily Kapnek & Brett C. Leonard	September 13, 2009 (2009-09-13)	2.9[8]

All titles are taken from HBO's official website.^[9]

• ^a  Number includes additional viewers from a midnight rebroadcast airing the same night.

[edit] International broadcasting

Country	Television Network
Romania	HBO
Poland	HBO
Hungary	HBO
South Africa	MNET
Czech Republic	HBO
Bulgaria	HBO
Slovenia	HBO
Croatia	HBO
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	e2

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Hung at the Internet Movie Database

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