Säsongen 1 av Arli$$ sändes på HBO från samedi 10 août 1996 till mercredi 16 octobre 1996. Den består av 11 avsnitt, det första heter "A Man of Our Times" och det sista "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of"..
Comic actor Robert Wuhl, who created and stars, plays Arliss Michaels, a sports super-agent driven by twin motivations of profit and idealism. Arliss is in the race to realize his clients' dreams of stupendous wealth, but he's just as likely to put his reputation (and big bucks) on the line to help a fading player claim his niche in history. As with HBO's The Larry Sanders Show, Arli$$ gets a lot of mileage out of verisimilitude.