The Playbook is a half-hour comedy series produced by Hip TV Inc.

Hip Entertainment Group

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 and hosted by Donald Faison

Donald Faison

Donald Adeosun Faison is an American actor, comedian, and voice actor best known for his role as Dr. Chris Turk in the ABC comedy-drama Scrubs and as Murray in the film Clueless and the subsequent television series of the same name.Faison has also co-starred in the films Remember the Titans ,...

 for Spike TV

Spike TV

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The Playbook revolves around a typical young male trying to figure out dating and relationships as if they were plays in a sports playbook.

The original pilot for the series debuted on February 3, 2005 and featured Steve Sobel as host. When Spike TV

Spike TV

Spike is an American cable television channel. It launched on March 7, 1983 as The Nashville Network , a joint venture of WSM, Inc...

 picked up the series, Donald Faison

Donald Faison

Donald Adeosun Faison is an American actor, comedian, and voice actor best known for his role as Dr. Chris Turk in the ABC comedy-drama Scrubs and as Murray in the film Clueless and the subsequent television series of the same name.Faison has also co-starred in the films Remember the Titans ,...

was hired to replace Steve Sobel as the series host. No more than ten episodes were produced before the series was cancelled.