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 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.

Premise

Creator Matt Walsh stars as fun-loving Bruce who runs a sports bar with his uptight older brother Ken, played by Ian Roberts

Ian Roberts (actor)

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. June Diane Raphael

June Diane Raphael

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 and Danielle Schneider

Danielle Schneider

-Career:Schneider appeared regularly as a panelist on Best Week Ever and various other VH1 commentary programs. She has played a Paris Hilton-like debutante on Fox's My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss, she starred in Trio's The Pop Culture Round-Up: White Noise, Comedy Central's Contest Searchlight with...

 co-star as Barb and Krista, the bar's waitresses. The cast also features James Pumphrey as Calvin, the young bartender who lives in the storage room and Jack McGee as Hickey, a retired police officer who spends most of his time hanging out at the bar betting on games.

Guests stars included Matt Besser

Matt Besser

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, Rob Huebel

Rob Huebel

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, Ken Jeong

Ken Jeong

Kendrick Kang-Joh "Ken" Jeong , also known as "Dr. Ken," is an American comedian, actor, and physician. Currently, he appears as Ben Chang on the NBC comedy series Community.-Early life and medical career:...

, Andrew Daly

Andrew Daly

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, Cathy Shim

Cathy Shim

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, Joseph Nunez

Joseph Nunez

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, Paul Scheer

Paul Scheer

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 and Horatio Sanz

Horatio Sanz

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.

Cast

• Matt Walsh as Bruce Fitzgerald
• Ian Roberts
  Ian Roberts (actor)
  Ian Michael Roberts is an American actor, comedian and writer best known as a founding member of the Upright Citizens Brigade sketch comedy troupe.-Life and career:...
  
   as Ken Fitzgerald
• June Diane Raphael
  June Diane Raphael
  June Diane Raphael is an American actress, comedienne and screenwriter known for appearing in films such as Year One and Going the Distance...
  
   as Barb Tolan
• Danielle Schneider
  Danielle Schneider
  -Career:Schneider appeared regularly as a panelist on Best Week Ever and various other VH1 commentary programs. She has played a Paris Hilton-like debutante on Fox's My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss, she starred in Trio's The Pop Culture Round-Up: White Noise, Comedy Central's Contest Searchlight with...
  
   as Krista DiMarco
• James Pumphrey as Calvin Trout
• Jack McGee as Hickey

List of episodes

Episode Number	Title	Original airdate	Plot summary
101	"Krista's Mom"	March 2, 2010	When her hard-to-please mom (Caroline Aaron Caroline Aaron Caroline Aaron is an American actress and producer. She is best known for her role as acid-tongued talk show host Mary Pat Lee on Wings.-Personal life:... ) comes for a visit, Krista lies to her mother about being the manager of the bar. Later on, in a moment of panic, she lies again about being engaged to Ken.
102	"Grand Re-Opening"	March 8, 2010	While Bruce is planning a grand re-opening, Ken's repeated attempts to prove that he's capable of having fun backfire when he injures a customer at the big event who threatens to sue and shut down the bar for good.
103	"Barb's Husband"	March 16, 2010	Bruce is nonchalant about Barb still living with her husband (Rob Huebel Rob Huebel Rob Huebel is an American actor, comedian and writer best known for his sketch comedy work on the MTV series Human Giant. He currently co-stars on the Adult Swim series Childrens Hospital.-Early life:... ) who she's separated from, she gets upset and breaks up with him, ultimately forcing Bruce to fake a jealous rage and win her back.
104	"The Intervention"	July 21, 2010	After Ken becomes concerned with Bruce's gambling, he stages an intervention for Bruce which nobody else takes seriously.
105	"Cumdog Millionaire"	July 31, 2010	Bruce leases Players out for a film shoot that turns out to be a hardcore porno. Ken is furious when he finds out, but quickly changes his tone after being asked by the director (Horatio Sanz Horatio Sanz Horatio Sanz is a Chilean-born American actor and comedian best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1998-2006. Sanz most recently starred alongside his former SNL castmate Chris Parnell in the Comedy Central series Big Lake.-Early life:Sanz, the youngest of three sons, was born in... ) to play the part of an authentic restaurant manager.
106	"Cousin Leonard"	August 7, 2010	Bruce and Ken's mentally challenged cousin Leonard (also played by Ian Roberts Ian Roberts (actor) Ian Michael Roberts is an American actor, comedian and writer best known as a founding member of the Upright Citizens Brigade sketch comedy troupe.-Life and career:... ) comes to Players for a visit. Barb grows attached to a missing child.
107	"Induction Day"	August 14, 2010	While 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 local food critic (Ken Jeong Ken Jeong Kendrick Kang-Joh "Ken" Jeong , also known as "Dr. Ken," is an American comedian, actor, and physician. Currently, he appears as Ben Chang on the NBC comedy series Community.-Early life and medical career:... ).
108	"World Cup"	August 14, 2010	When 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 respectively
109	"Teardrop Angels"	August 14, 2010	Convinced that Ken will never stop pining for his ex wife until he sleeps with someone else, Bruce puts up a $2,000 bounty to the first Players staff member to get Ken laid.
110	"Mr. Meat Snak Stix"	August 14, 2010	Bruce holds a promotional event at Players for a brand new snack product that ends up being meat-flavored crack which turns everyone in the bar into hopped up, violent drug addicts.