Hustle (TV series)
Hustle is a British television crime drama series starring Adrian Lester, Robert Glenister and Robert Vaughn. Created by Tony Jordan, it was produced by Kudos Film and Television, and broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom. The show premiered on 24 February 2004, and ran for eight series, with its final episode aired on 17 February 2012. The show's premise is on a group of con artists who specialise in "long cons" - extended forms of deceptive frauds that require greater commitment, but offer higher rewards than simple confidence tricks. The show most notable qualities is on plots that involve behind-the-scenes action that the viewers are unaware of until near the end of an episode, as well as fantasy scenes and occasional breaches of the fourth wall by the main actors.
Hustling
Pool hustling is the subject of numerous works of popular culture. Examples include films such as "The Hustler" (1961) and "The Color of Money" (1986) (both adapted from earlier novels, "see "Books", below"), among others "(see "Films", below)". An examplar in music is Jim Croce's 1972 song "You Don't Mess Around with Jim", in which the character Slim teaches a lesson to Big Jim about pool hustling. Pool hustling is also the principal subject of episodes of various television programs, including "The Dick Van Dyke Show" episode "Hustling the Hustler" (season 2, episode 5, 1962), the "Quantum Leap" episode "Pool Hall Blues" (sn. 2, ep. 18, 1990), "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" episode "Banks Shot" (sn. 1, ep. 22, 1991), "The Steve Harvey Show" episodes "Pool Sharks Git Bit" (sn. 1, ep. 12, 1996) followed up with "What You Won't Cue for Love" (sn. 3, ep. 6, 1998), and the "Drake & Josh" episode "Pool Shark" (sn. 2, ep. 5, 2004). Additionally, the main characters of the TV series "Supernatural", Dean and Sam Winchester, are also pool hustlers as one of their sources of income (various episodes, 2005–present).