Apple TV+'s latest offering comes in the form of a detective comedy starring Vince Vaughn. Based on Carl Hiaasen's New York Times bestselling novel, Bad Monkey follows detective turned health inspector Andrew Yancy who attempts to get his police job back by unofficially investigating a gruesome case in the Florida Keys. Intrigued? Keep reading for all you need to know, from the star-studded cast list to the episode release schedule.
What is Bad Monkey about?
The series, which comes from award-winning executive producer Bill Lawrence (Ted Lasso, Shrinking), follows Andrew Yancy, who is suspended from the Miami Police Department for being "consistently reckless, inappropriate and glib".
When a severed arm is fished out of the Keys, Yancy is drawn to the mystery and sets out to solve it.
© Apple TV+The full synopsis reads: "Bad Monkey tells the story of Andrew Yancy (Vaughn), who has been bounced from the Miami Police Department and is now a health inspector in the Keys. But after stumbling upon a case that begins with a human arm fished up by tourists, he realizes that if he can prove murder, he'll be back in. He just needs to get past a trove of Floridian oddballs and one bad monkey."
© Apple TV+Who stars in Bad Monkey? Meet the cast
Vince Vaughn leads the star-studded cast as Andrew Yancy. He's joined by L. Scott Caldwell (The Fugitive), Rob Delaney (Catastrophe), Meredith Hagner (Search Party), Natalie Martinez (La Promesa del Retorno), Alex Moffat (Holidate), Michelle Monaghan (Gone Baby Gone), Ronald Peet (First Reformed) and Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim).
© Apple TV+John Ortiz (American Fiction) also features as a special guest star, alongside Zach Braff (Scrubs), Ashley Nicole Black (Ted Lasso), Scott Glenn (The Leftovers) and newcomer Charlotte Lawrence.
Bad Monkey release date and episode schedule
The first two episodes arrive on Apple TV+ on Wednesday 14 August. After that, new episodes will be released on a weekly basis until October 9.
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