Fox TV Show ‘Rake’ About Hard Edge Attorney With Gambling Addiction (Video)

Written by :

Jordan Bach

Published on :

12 January, 2014

Fox is set to debut “Rake”, starring Greg Kinnear as a brilliant but self-destructive attorney with a gambling problem. He is always owing money to his bookie.

The show is based on an Australian television series of the same name and is being billed as a legal comedy-drama. It debuts Thursday January 23 at 9 pm EST.

Kinnear stars as Keegan Deane who, in the Australian version, defends cases involving cannibals, polygamists and a doctor who has sex with his dog.

It wasn’t immediately known if the American version with follow a similar episode scheme. We do know that the Fox show will have Deane fighting off the IRS.

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- Jordan Bach, Gambling911.com

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