SIU-Carbondale alum Bob Odenkirk starred in the eight-episode series Lucky Hank, which recently concluded on AMC.
The TV series was based on the book Straight Man, written by former SIU-C English professor Richard Russo.

Pete Peterson (provided)
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WSIU’s Reading Baseball contributor Pete Peterson has this special commentary about Russo’s time in Carbondale and his disappointment that the TV series took little from the novel.