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Bored to Death (2009)

Bored to Death poster
Genre
sitcom, comedy drama, neo-noir
Country
United States
Length
3 seasons, 24 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 282 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Brooklyn writer starts working as an unlicensed private detective even though he has no training. His friends, a magazine editor and a comic book artist, get mixed up in his cases.

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What happens

Bored to Death is an American comedy series that ran on HBO from September 20, 2009, to November 28, 2011. The show was created by author Jonathan Ames, and stars Jason Schwartzman as a fictional Jonathan Ames—a writer based in Brooklyn, New York City, who moonlights as an unlicensed private detective. The show also stars Ted Danson as George and Zach Galifianakis as Ray, both friends of Jonathan. On December 20, 2011, HBO cancelled Bored to Death after three seasons and twenty-four episodes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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