Hung

Since I have been house-sitting I have had access to HBO on demand. I have heard good things about HBO's Hung. Its a show about a down on his luck basketball coach, Ray, who uses his God given "talent" to make some extra cash.
For the most part, I really enjoyed this show. But I like shows like this or Weeds where good people are willing to preform illegal jobs in order to support their families. In the case of Hung, the father is divorced and his kids live with him. His house catches on fire and since he hasn't paid his insurance, they drop him and he can't afford to pay for the repairs. His kids have to move out and he has to camp in his backyard.
The show does a great job creating sympathy for Ray. This allows him to make the decision to become a man whore a respectable one, because he really doesn't have any other options.
His pimp, Tanya, is an interesting relationship. In the pilot episode they end up having sex and as Ray is leaving she screams at him "you should market your big dick, because that's all you have going for you." It was Tanya's angry words which spark the whole idea for Ray. She take the role as pimp, which is interesting because of the reversal gender roles. The woman is prostituting the man.

All in all, good idea, good writing, good acting, good show.