Poker on (Lifetime?) TV
by Dan Michalski, Oct 20, 2008 | 12:21 am
I never thought I’d say this … but you might want to set your Tivo for Lifetime, on October 25.
Sex and Lies in Sin City: The Ted Binion Scandal
(starring Matthew Modine, Mena Suvari, and Marcia Gay Harden)
[Annoying autoplay video removed]
Not sure what Jim McManus thinks of this (lady-friendly) television adaptation of the story of Ted Binion, Becky Behnen, Sandy Murphy, and Rick Tabish. But it’s the drama-filled tale of Texas gamblers, Vegas strippers, mobs, murder, and so much money … and the one that in some ways surrounded the birth of the WSOP. Perfect television for 31-45-year-old women, no?
Pauly says:
October 20th, 2008 at 7:31am
Marcia Gay Harden is an OSCAR winner. Now she’s doing bad Las Vegas-themed pics for Lifetime? Times are tough in Hollyweird.
DanM says:
October 20th, 2008 at 8:11am
Jim McManus says (really, a direct quote from him since he hasn’t quite figured out this internet commenting thing yet):
“The Lifetime thing is actually based on Jeff German’s very good book. PFS is still under option to Fisher Stevens at GreeneStreet in NY”
DanM says:
October 20th, 2008 at 8:11am
***Marcia Gay Harden is an OSCAR winner.***
Now she can be an OSCAR GOODMAN winner. Sorry, lame Las Vegas joke.
Steve Horton says:
October 20th, 2008 at 8:55am
How long before “I Will Fly One Day: The Brandi Hawbaker Story”?
Jason says:
October 20th, 2008 at 2:00pm
Considering Brandi killed herself and not her boyfriend, I don’t think she’s “empowering” enough to make Lifetime.
DanM says:
October 20th, 2008 at 3:50pm
I think Jason’s right. Now had she shot Sklansky … that would be a (made-for-TV) story.
DanM says:
October 20th, 2008 at 4:04pm
*Legal disclaimer: Pokerati is in no way endorsing violence against David Sklansky or any poker authors. If you are an on-again, off-again stripper/railbird hottie playing any poker player for education/buy-ins, please unread the above comment. Killing is not the right way to get an online poker contract, even though it would guarantee lots of TV time.
Kevin Mathers says:
October 23rd, 2008 at 2:18pm
Glad to see that there’s more ads on Pokerati (everytime I visit, the Glade commercial starts to play).
DanM says:
October 23rd, 2008 at 2:26pm
yeah, glade wasn’t paying us for that! and we would never auto-play a commercial. i can’t believe they changed there vid-coding at Lifetime to force us to hear that.