First Season Of HBO's "Hung" Comes To DVD, Blu-ray

First Season Of HBO’s “Hung” Comes To DVD, Blu-ray.   “Hung: The Complete First Season” is currently available on DVD and Blu-ray Hi-Def. The HBO series, which focuses on a man with a most unorthodox way to deal with his personal economic crisis, was released on home format June 22 to coincide with the second season’s June 27 premiere. The DVD contains plenty of special features for followers of the show. Ray Drecker (Thomas Jane) is a Detroit high school history teacher and basketball coach whose recent life has reflected his team’s performance on the court: one long losing streak. Suffering a divorce, neighborhood harassment, a house fire and an insurmountable amount of debt, Ray is reduced to living out of a tent in his backyard. Desperate for money, he decides to employ the single asset in his life — his manhood. Teaming up with his friend Tanya, (Jane Adams), a failed poet who has her own financial difficulties, he embarks on a life as a gigolo that he must keep hidden from his family and colleagues. Also starring Charlie Saxton and Sianoa Smit-McPhee as Ray’s teenage twin children; Eddie Jemison as their stepfather; and Anne Heche as Ray’s unhappy ex-wife, the show debuted on premium cable network HBO in 2009. Among the team working on the critically acclaimed, award-winning series — nominated for Golden Globes for Jane and Adams —are Oscar winner Alexander Payne, and married writing team Dmitry Lipkin and Colette Burson. Comparable to cable shows like AMC’s “Breaking Bad” or Showtime’s “Weeds,” featuring average folks taking up a life of crime to pay the bills, the DVD and Blu-ray include extras such as audio commentaries from show creators, behind-the-scenes segments and the featurettes “The Women of ‘Hung’” and “Ray and Tanya’s Personal Ads.”  “Hung: The Complete First Season” retails for $39.98 on DVD and $49.99 on Blu-ray.