Emmy Award winner Bob Odenkirk isn’t taking a break after wrapping up a six-season run on the Breaking Bad spinoff, Better Call Saul. Instead, he’s back starring in AMC’s Lucky Hank which just debuted its official trailer.
The new series is based on Richard Russo’s novel Straight Man and is set to premiere on Sunday, March 19, 2023 at 9pm ET/PT on AMC, AMC+, BBC AMERICA, IFC, and SundanceTV.
Bob Odenkirk stars as William Henry “Hank” Devereaux, Jr. and Mireille Enos (Hanna) plays Lily Devereaux. Series regulars also include Sara Amini, Diedrich Bader, Suzanne Cryer, Olivia Scott Welch, and Cedric Yarbrough. Alvina August, Tom Bower, Shannon DeVido, Chris Diamantopoulos, Lilah Fitzgerald, Jackson Kelly, Arthur Keng, Kyle Maclachlan, and Oscar Nuñez guest star.
Aaron Zelman and Paul Lieberstein adapted Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo’s novel and guide the series as co-showrunners. Zelman, Lieberstein, Odenkirk, Russo, Peter Farrelly, Mark Johnson, Naomi Odenkirk, Marc Provissiero, and Jessica Held executive produce. In addition, Farrelly serves as director.
Lucky Hank is produced by AMC Studios with partners Sony Pictures’ Television TriStar TV and Mark Johnson’s Gran Via.
The Plot:
Lucky Hank is a mid-life crisis tale set at Railton College, told in the first person by William Henry “Hank” Devereaux, Jr. (Odenkirk), the unlikely chairman of the English department in a badly underfunded college in a working-class American town. Hank’s discontent is rooted in unresolved issues with his father, a mediocre and entitled student body, and in the fact that his department is more savagely divided than the Balkans.
Enos stars as Lily Devereaux, the emotionally grounded, unflappable wife of Hank and the Vice Principal of the local high school in rural Pennsylvania where they live. As Hank’s life starts to unravel, Lily begins to question the path she’s on and the choices she’s made.
