Sin City Saints

American sitcom television series

Sin City Saints

Genre| Sitcom
Created by| Chris Case
Bryan Gordon
Michael Tollin
Directed by| Bryan Gordon
Fred Savage
Starring| Malin Åkerman
Andrew Santino
Keith Powers
Justin Chon
B. K. Cannon
Rick Fox
Tom Arnold
Country of origin| United States
Original language| English
No. of seasons| 1
No. of episodes| 8 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers| Chris Case
Bryan Gordon
Michael Tollin
Producers| Alec Chorches
Billy Crawford
Dan Kaplow
Brendan Finnigan
Production location| Las Vegas, Nevada
Cinematography| Anthony R. Palmieri
Editor| Les Butler
Camera setup| Single-camera
Running time| 20-23 minutes[1]
Production companies| Mandalay Sports Media
Yahoo! Studios
Original release
Network| Yahoo! Screen
Release| March 23, 2015 (2015-03-23)

Sin City Saints is an American sitcom television series starring Malin Åkerman, Andrew Santino, and Keith Powers. It debuted on Yahoo! Screen on March 23, 2015. Its eight-episode first season was directed by Bryan Gordon and Fred Savage. The series follows a fictional Las Vegas basketball franchise.

Its executive producers are Bryan Gordon, Mike Tollin, and Chris Case.[1] The series ended following Yahoo! Screen's closure due to low viewership in the following year.[2]

## Premise

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Sin City Saints follows "wealthy tech businessman Jake Tullus, the unpredictable and charismatic owner of Vegas’ new professional basketball franchise, the Sin City Saints."[3]

## Cast

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### Starring

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* Malin Åkerman as Dusty Halford
* Andrew Santino as Jake Tullus
* Keith Powers as LaDarius Pope
* Justin Chon as Byron Summers
* B.K. Cannon as Melissa Stanton
* Rick Fox as Sam Johnson
* Tom Arnold as Kevin Freeman

### Recurring

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* Ryan Cartwright as Wade Leatherbee[4] (8 episodes)
* Toby Huss as Coach Doug (8 episodes)
* Paul Duke as Artahk Sundovk (7 episodes)
* Baron Davis as Billy Crane[5] (7 episodes)
* Aaron Takahashi as Henry (6 episodes)
* Chris Gehrt as Todd (6 episodes)
* Jill Bartlett as Sapphire (6 episodes)
* Jean Louisa Kelly as Bernice Pope (5 episodes)
* Michael Liu as Wu Lee (5 episodes)
* Rosalind Chao as Mrs. Wu (5 episodes)
* John Salley as Tom (4 episodes)
* Brendan Jennings as Andy the Mascot[4] (3 episodes)

### Guest stars

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* Adam Devine as Matty ("You Booze, You Lose")
* Dan Bakkedahl as Dan ("Urine God's Hands Now")

## Episodes

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No.  | Title  | Directed by  | Written by  | Release date

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1| "The Fool Monty"| Bryan Gordon| Chris Case| March 23, 2015 (2015-03-23)

League attorney Dusty Halford arrives in Las Vegas to oversee Sin City Saints owner Jake Tullus following the injury of star player LaDarius Pope. Magician-comedian Penn Jillette and standup comic Carrot Top cameo as themselves.[6]

2| "Smoke and Mirrors"| Bryan Gordon| Chris Case| March 23, 2015 (2015-03-23)

The Saints recruit former star Billy Crane, who now runs a burger franchise.

3| "Gone Catfishing"| Bryan Gordon| Chris Case| March 23, 2015 (2015-03-23)

Jake believes that a fiancee LaDarius has never met except online may not be real.

4| "Mrs. Wu's Tang"| Bryan Gordon| Ken Cheng| March 23, 2015 (2015-03-23)

Jake and Dusty each try to recruit Chinese star Wu Lee, who is managed by his domineering mother.

5| "A Basket Full of Rainbows"| Fred Savage| Chris Case| March 23, 2015 (2015-03-23)

A locker-room rant by Coach Doug goes viral, prompting Jake to ask for his resignation.

6| "You Booze, You Lose"| Fred Savage| Chris Case| March 23, 2015 (2015-03-23)

Taunted by a radio-show host, Jake vows not to use drugs, drink alcohol or have sex until the Saints win a game.

7| "Urine God's Hands Now"| Bryan Gordon| Jack Amiel| March 23, 2015 (2015-03-23)

Seeking funding for a new arena, Jake woos a conservative-Christian city councilman. A recovered Darius must pass a urine test.

8| "Because Vegas"| Bryan Gordon| Chris Case & Noelle Valdivia| March 23, 2015 (2015-03-23)

When the stock of Jake's technology company, Matterhorn, tanks, Jake must find a way to keep the team.

## Production

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Yahoo! Inc. announced its first original long-form programs, the comedies Sin City Saints and Other Space, in April 2014 at the 2014 Digital Content NewFronts.[7] By early October, production on Sin City Saints had begun at The Orleans Hotel and Casino.[8] Eight episodes were released simultaneously on Yahoo! Screen on March 23, 2015.[9]

## Reception

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### Critical

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Mike Hale in The New York Times called the show "a comedy less coherent than the halftime scoreboard video at an NBA game", where "[p]lot points and jokes feel as if they came from index cards grabbed at random."[4] Keith Uhlich at The Hollywood Reporter felt the "manic, mostly unfunny half-hour sports comedy" featured "sub-Tracy and Hepburn bickering ... that barely elicits a smirk, let alone busts a gut", and called the casting "problematic.... Both Akerman and Santino are irritatingly one-note."[6]

### Financial

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On October 21, 2015, Yahoo CFO Ken Goldman announced during a Q3 Earnings Phone Call that their original programming lineup last spring resulted in a $42 million writeoff, including season six of Community and Other Space.[10]

## See also

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* List of original programs distributed by Yahoo! Screen

## References

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1. ^ a b "Sin City Saints". Yahoo! Screen. March 20, 2015. Archived from the original on March 18, 2015. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
2. ^ Pena, Jessica (January 5, 2016). "Community, Sin City Saints, Other Space: Yahoo Closes Yahoo Screen". TV Series Finale. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
3. ^ Noonan, Kevin (9 October 2014). "Malin Akerman Cast in Yahoo Scripted Series 'Sin City Saints'". Variety. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
4. ^ a b c Hale, Mike (March 22, 2015). "Review: 'Sin City Saints,' a Yahoo Basketball Comedy". The New York Times. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
5. ^ Emery, Debbie (April 8, 2015). "How Yahoo Screen Comedy 'Sin City Saints' Made NBA Star Baron Davis 'Miss Playing' Basketball". TheWrap.com. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
6. ^ a b Uhlich, Keith (March 23, 2015). "'Sin City Saints': TV Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
7. ^ "Yahoo Gives First Look at its New Video and Digital Content Programming" (Press release). Yahoo! via TheFutonCritic.com. April 28, 2014. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
8. ^ "Yahoo & Mandalay Sports Media Head to Vegas for "Sin City Saints"" (Press release). Yahoo! via TheFutonCritic.com. October 9, 2014. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
9. ^ "Sin City Saints: Official Trailer" (Press release). Yahoo! via TheFutonCritic.com. March 12, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
10. ^ Brouwer, Bree (21 October 2015). "Yahoo Lost $42 Million On 'Community' and Two Other Originals". TubeFilter. Retrieved 22 October 2015.

## External links

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* Sin City Saints at IMDb

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Yahoo! Screen original programming

Original series|

* Burning Love (2012–13)
* Electric City (2012)
* Ghost Ghirls (2013)
* Losing It with John Stamos (2013)
* Sin City Saints (2015)
* Other Space (2015)

Continuations|

* Community (season 6; 2015)

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