The Deuce

Once upon a time in America, pleasure became a business.

The story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early ’70s through the mid ’80s, exploring the rough-and-tumble world that existed there until the rise of HIV, the violence of the cocaine epidemic and the renewed real estate market ended the bawdy turbulence of the area.

Created by

David Simon, George Pelecanos

Original language

English

First aired

10 September 2017