''Sprung'' is an American

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comedy television series created by Greg Garcia. It premiered on the streaming service

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on August 19, 2022.

Synopsis

After spending nearly three decades in prison, Jack is released and has to figure out where he will now live. His determination not to reenter a life of crime is challenged when his former cellmate Rooster offers a room at his mother Barb's house, with the stipulation that Jack join their criminal enterprise.

Cast

Main

Martha Plimpton Martha Plimpton (born November 16, 1970) is an American actress and member of the Carradine family. She started her career as a teen actress in film before transitioning to adult roles on stage and screen. She has received several awards includ ...

as Barb *

Garret Dillahunt Garret Lee Dillahunt (born November 24, 1964) is an American actor. He is best known for his work in television, including the roles Burt Chance on the Fox sitcom '' Raising Hope'', for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television ...

as Jack *

Shakira Barrera Shakira Barrera (born 1990) is an American actress. She joined the cast of the Netflix series '' GLOW'' in its second season. Biography Barrera was born in Englewood, New Jersey, to Nicaraguan-American parents and attended the Bergen County Ac ...

as Gloria * Phillip Garcia as Rooster * Clare Gillies as Wiggles * James Earl as Melvin

Guest

* Kate Walsh as Congresswoman Paula Tackleberry *

Susan Ruttan Susan Ruttan (Born Susan Diane Dunrud; September 16, 1948) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Roxanne Melman on ''L.A. Law'' (1986–1993), for which she was nominated four times for a Primetime Emmy Award. Early years A n ...

as Lorraine * David Wells as Herb *

Fred Grandy Fredrick Lawrence Grandy (born June 29, 1948) is an American actor who played "Gopher" on the TV series ''The Love Boat'' and who later became a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Iowa. Grandy was most recentl ...

as Horace Tackleberry * Camden Garcia as Collin * Andre Jamal Kinney as Brett *

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer is an American actor. He is best known for his television work in ''The Wire'', '' Third Watch'', '' True Blood'', '' Survivor's Remorse,'' '' The Deuce'', and the Apple TV+ original science fiction space drama series ''For All M ...

as Stan *

Mark Christopher Lawrence Mark Christopher Lawrence (born May 22, 1964) is an American character actor, stand-up comedian and voice-over artist. He is known for his role as esoteric D.J. Tone Def in the 1994 satirical rap mockumentary '' Fear of a Black Hat''. He has ap ...

* Mike Rob *

Steven Ogg Steven Ogg (born November 4, 1973) is a Canadian actor and writer. Ogg is best known for playing Trevor Philips in the 2013 video game ''Grand Theft Auto V,'' Simon in '' The Walking Dead,'' and being a spokesman for '' Old Spice.'' He has ...

as Spike

Episodes

Production

Casting

On April 28, 2021, it was announced that IMDb TV (later renamed Amazon Freevee) gave a series greenlight to ''Sprung'', a single-camera comedy created by Greg Garcia and starring

Illeana Douglas Illeana Hesselberg ( ; born July 25, 1961), known professionally as Illeana Douglas, is an American actress and filmmaker. She appeared in three episodes of '' Six Feet Under'', for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination as Outsta ...

, and Phillip Garcia. On September 1, 2021, it was reported that Douglas would be replaced by

. Garcia, Dillahunt, and Plimpton previously worked together on the sitcom ''

Raising Hope ''Raising Hope'' is an American television sitcom created by Greg Garcia that aired on Fox from September 21, 2010, to April 4, 2014. Following its first season, the show received two nominations at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards. Martha Pli ...

''. On May 2, 2022, it was reported that Kate Walsh, Camden Garcia, and Andre Jamal Kinney had joined the cast. The series also stars

, James Earl, and Clare Gillies, and guest stars

, Mike Rob,

, and David Wells.

Filming

The sitcom was filmed throughout the

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area in the summer and fall of 2021. Greg Garcia wrote and directed all nine episodes. The series is set in 2020, in the early days of the

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Release

The trailer was released on July 7, 2022. The first two episodes of the series premiered on

on August 19, 2022, and then two episodes were released weekly, with the season finale on September 15, 2022.

Reception

References

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