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Arliss

Season 1 1996
TV-MA

  • 1996-08-10T04:00:00Z on HBO
  • 30m
  • 4h 52m (11 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Comedy
A behind-the-scenes look at the glitzy, big-money world of professional sports following the eternally optimistic and endlessly resourceful L.A. sports agent Arliss Michaels whose Achilles' heel is his inability to say “no” to clients and employees.

11 episodes

Series Premiere

1996-08-10T04:00:00Z

1x01 A Man of Our Times

Series Premiere

1x01 A Man of Our Times

  • 1996-08-10T04:00:00Z28m

While being nominated for the civic honor "Man of Our Times," Arliss must juggle one client's plans for a same-sex marriage on the opening night of a huge ice-skating tour, Kirby's gambling habit, and another client's financial ruin and impending unemployment.

While high-school hoops sensation Shaler Halimon announces he'll skip college and jump straight to the NBA, Arliss positions himself as Shaler's agent and uses the opportunity to settle a score with team owner Buddy Reingold.

AMM client and boxing champ Sucre Rey Santos finally gives in and grants top contender Cojones Ochonez a title fight. The huge payday means Arliss can finally buy that Gulfstream Jet he's had his eyes on. But when Ochonez is arrested and tossed in jail, the fight is no mas. However, Arliss gets the governor to sign off and approve the fight, allowing HBO to televise the Battle in the Bighouse, live from the state penitentiary.

1996-08-28T04:00:00Z

1x04 Athletes Are Role Models

1x04 Athletes Are Role Models

  • 1996-08-28T04:00:00Z27m

Temptation gets the better of squeaky-clean QB Dan Hendricks. Arliss battles with a client's desire to confess his sins to the world while keeping the suspicious media and his scorned wife at bay.

1996-09-04T04:00:00Z

1x05 What About the Fans?

1x05 What About the Fans?

  • 1996-09-04T04:00:00Z25m

L.A. Kings owner Flora Lansing dangles part-ownership in front of Arliss if he can find a new home for her hockey team--provided there's a new stadium, complete with luxury boxes and PSLs. But this must be kept a secret! So Arliss shops the team to three prospective homes: Raleigh-Durham, Las Vegas, and Mexico City.

1996-09-11T04:00:00Z

1x06 The Company You Keep

1x06 The Company You Keep

  • 1996-09-11T04:00:00Z24m

Mike Armstrong, president of multinational CPM, is interested in buying AMM. Arliss never dreamed of selling until he hears what Armstrong's paying. AMM staffers, particularly Kirby, Rita, and Stanley, know their boss is up to something and begin to worry about their job security.

1996-09-18T04:00:00Z

1x07 Colors of the Rainbow

1x07 Colors of the Rainbow

  • 1996-09-18T04:00:00Z24m

A reporter overhears Arliss talking about the Jaboos of South Street, a rival stickball team from his old neighborhood and interprets this as a racial slur. A media siege begins and Arliss is under fire. Meanwhile, free-agent relief pitcher (and white supremacist) Trevor Heath decides to let Arliss represent him upon hearing the comments.

1996-09-25T04:00:00Z

1x08 Crossing the Line

1x08 Crossing the Line

  • 1996-09-25T04:00:00Z30m

Why would Arliss even consider representing Anya Slovachek, the 186th ranked woman tennis player whose father is a psychotic maniac? Well, when he sees Anya with his own eyes, Arliss' mind is made up for him.

1996-10-02T04:00:00Z

1x09 Timing Is Everything

1x09 Timing Is Everything

  • 1996-10-02T04:00:00Z26m

Arliss and Kirby decide to take beach volleyball to the next level by creating a new made-for-TV indoor tour with high-level glitz, oiled bodies, fluorescent sand, and heavy promotion. But everything goes afoul as the tour's top women's pair have irreconcilable differences, and one of the top guys infects his toe on a petrified kelp pod.

1x10 The Client's Best Interest

  • 1996-10-09T04:00:00Z29m

In the 12th annual Den of Thieves Rotisserie Baseball League, Arliss and Kirby hope their Frozen Ropes can bring the title back where it belongs, away from cosmetic surgeon Vic Freed and his hated Silicone Valley. Arliss must resolve a conflict of interest between the good of the Frozen Ropes, and the good of AMM client and Phillies ace Ned Bastille.

Season Finale

1996-10-16T04:00:00Z

1x11 The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of

Season Finale

1x11 The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of

  • 1996-10-16T04:00:00Z30m

As a kid, Arliss idolized Hall of Fame outfielder Rocky Framaggio so much that he still carries around the Rock's rookie card. And now, after a chance meeting at the racetrack, Arliss decides to help the downtrodden Rock make some scratch and get back on his feet. But after the Rock strikes out at three job attempts, Arliss comes up with a stroke of marketing genius.

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