Um I just caught an ad on HBO for...

[McCrutchy]

...a new comedy series called Hung, which will premire in June. And it about EXACTLY what you think it's about, and THOMAS JANE is the character with this "trait".

Before this thread gets closed, I assure you it's serious. Let's try to keep it within the rules and discuss why HBO would even greenlight a show with this title (seriously, will it be OK for stores to sell Hung: The Complete First Season on Blu-ray?). And if anyone can find anymore info on the show (IMDb is locked to IMDb Pro for now), that would be cool to see.

It'll be an interesting June on HBO...

From Reuters.com

HBO high on "Hung"
Thu Dec 18, 2008 2:00am EST

By Nellie Andreeva

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - HBO is hung up on "Hung."

The pay cable network has picked up the dark comedy pilot starring Thomas Jane to series.

The order for the project, from "The Riches" creator Dmitry Lipkin and Colette Burson, is said to be for 10 episodes, with the launch eyed for June.

Jane ("The Punisher") plays Ray, a well-endowed struggling high school basketball coach who figures out a way to use his best asset.

The sexual aspect will be a major source for comedy but not the main focus of the series, said Lipkin and Burson, who are already writing Episode 5.

"It has its sexual moments, but the show is very much about what's happening in the country, how people are trying to survive using what God had given them," Lipkin said.

Burson noted that the theme is even more relevant now, with the worsening economy, as is the Michigan setting for the show, picked long before the state became a focal point for the economic crisis as the home of the struggling Big Three automakers.

Most of the actors in the pilot, including Jane, Jane Adams, Sianoa Smit-McPhee and Charlie Saxton, will continue on the series, slated to begin production early next year.

"Sideways" director Alexander Payne, who shot the pilot, will stay on as an executive producer. "It was fun to do, and I am happy it is being picked up," Payne said.

"Hung" has enjoyed a dream ride at HBO in one of the fastest turnaround for a series.

Lipkin and Burson's spec script was the first major purchase by the network's new entertainment president Sue Naegle in April; then it was her first pilot pickup and now her first series order.

Additionally, Lipkin and Burson, who originally conceived the show a year ago as a comedy with the feel of a Payne movie, were able to get the Oscar winner to direct the pilot.

[DigitalfreakNYC]

Yup. We were contacted a couple of months ago to do promotion for it. I can't imagine any radio stations don't promotion for it and I don't think we're doing it but, there you go

[STARSCREAM]

HUNG....like a horse.

[Heart&Soul]

Originally Posted by STARSCREAM

HUNG....like a horse.

People are hanged. Pictures are hung.

[Brandon]

Originally Posted by Heart&Soul

People are hanged. Pictures are hung.

someone missed the point...

[ulri4651]

Originally Posted by BrandonT

someone missed the point...

LOL! hilarious!!

[WyldeMan45]

Yeah I read about this last summer. I like Tom Jane and all but I don't have any interest in seeing his Little Jane again............Ironically the last time he showed it off was a movie called "Stander". At least he gets right to point and let's you know before hand what you're getting yourself into, lol.

[koontz1973]

Hung and Stander, most people buy a Ferrari.

[WyldeMan45]

Originally Posted by koontz1973

Hung and Stander, most people buy a Ferrari.

Haha yeah except wouldn't you buy the ferrari if you where compensating and afraid to show? This is the exact opposite, he brandishes it like a gun.

[WyldeMan45]

Ausiello kills me everytime!!!

Question: Got any news on the new HBO show Hung?
Ausiello: Just watched the pilot and I predict it'll be huge.

[Teabaggins]

I saw the clip, the show looks interesting