Players (2010)
Players is an American comedy series which premiered on the Spike network on March 2, 2010. The series is a partially scripted/mostly improvised comedy about two brothers who run a sports bar together. After airing 3 episodes, Players was removed from the Spike schedule and put on hiatus. The remaining seven episodes from season one were pushed back to air beginning July 21, 2010. Spike aired the final four episodes back-to-back on August 14, 2010.
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Episode 1 - Krista's Mom
Release Date: 2010-03-02When her hard-to-please mom comes for a visit, Krista lies about being the manager of Players to impress her.
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Episode 2 - Grand Re-Opening
Release Date: 2010-03-09While planning a grand re-opening of Players, Ken's repeated attempts to prove to the staff that he's capable of having fun backfires.
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Episode 3 - Barb's Husband
Release Date: 2010-03-16When Bruce is nonchalant about Barb still living with her husband who she's separated from, she gets upset and breaks up with him.
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Episode 4 - The Intervention
Release Date: 2010-07-21When Ken becomes concerned with Bruce's gambling, he stages an intervention which only he takes seriously.
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Episode 5 - Cumdog Millionaire
Release Date: 2010-07-31When Bruce leases the bar out for a film shoot that turns out to be a hardcore porn movie, Ken is incensed until he's invited to play the part of an authentic restaurant manager to help make sure the film is realistic.
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Episode 6 - Cousin Leonard
Release Date: 2010-08-07Bruce and Ken's mentally challenged cousin Leonard comes to Players for a visit. Barb grows attached to a missing child.
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Episode 7 - Induction Day
Release Date: 2010-08-14While Hickey deals with the heartbreak of his favorite ballplayer Pete Rose's continued ineligibility for baseball's hall of fame, the rest of the gang prepares for a visit from a ruthless food critic.
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Episode 8 - World Cup
Release Date: 2010-08-14When Players becomes a haven for European soccer fans, who flock there to watch World Cup qualifying matches, Bruce and Ken come to blows over their alliances to the fans of England and Germany.
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Episode 9 - Teardrop Angels
Release Date: 2010-08-14Convinced that Ken will never stop pining for his ex wife, Karen, until he sleeps with someone else, Bruce puts up a $2,000 bounty to the first Players staff member to get Ken laid.
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Episode 10 - Mr. Meat Snak Stix
Release Date: 2010-08-14Bruce holds a promotional event at Players for a brand new snack product that ends up being meat-flavored crank which turns everyone in the bar, including the staff, into hopped up, violent drug addicts.