Airdate: Bookie

New US comedy series Bookie, from Chuck Lorre (The Big Bang Theory, Two & a Half Men) will screen on Binge from late November.

Starring Sebastian Maniscalco (Green Book), te eight-episode series will screen in double episodes.

The series also sees Lorre team back workng with Charlie Sheen.

The darkly funny comedy follows veteran Los Angeles bookie Danny (Maniscalco) as the potential legalisation of sports gambling in California threatens to upend his business for good. Alongside best friend and former NFL player Ray (Omar J. Dorsey), side-hustling sister Lorraine (Vanessa Ferlito), and reluctantly reformed drug dealer Hector (Jorge Garcia), Danny must contend with his increasingly unstable clients as he tries to settle their debts – all while making plenty of risky bets of his own. Full of relatable mishaps, Bookie chronicles one man’s journey to adapt to an ever-changing world as he attempts to charm and con his way to the top.

The series stars Maniscalco, Dorsey, Ferlito, Garcia, Andrea Anders and Maxim Swinton.

Produced by Warner Bros. Television, Bookie is created, written and produced by Chuck Lorre & Nick Bakay; executive produced by Sebastian Maniscalco, Judi Marmel and Andy Tennant, who directed multiple episodes.

Thursday 30 November on Binge and at 8:30pm on FOX8.

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