TVLine Items: New Chuck Lorre Sitcom, Acapulco Season 2 Trailer and More

Chuck Lorre is headed to HBO Max: The streamer has given a series order to How to Be a Bookie, a single-camera comedy co-written by Lorre (The Big Bang Theory) and Nick Bakay (Mom, Young Sheldon), and starring comedian Sebastian Maniscalco.

In the eight-episode series, “a veteran bookie struggles to survive the impending legalization of sports gambling, increasingly unstable clients, family, co-workers, and a lifestyle that bounces him around every corner of Los Angeles, high and low,” per the official synopsis.

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Maniscalco will also serve as an executive producer alongside Lorre, Bakay and Judi Marmel.

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* Apple TV+ has released a trailer for Season 2 of the comedy Acapulco, premiering with its first two episodes on Friday, Oct. 21:

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