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The Kominsky Method (2018)

The Kominsky Method poster
Directed by
Andy Tennant, Beth McCarthy-Miller, Donald Petrie, Chuck Lorre
Genre
comedy drama
Country
United States
Length
3 seasons, 22 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 347 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An aging acting coach navigates his later years with his best friend and agent. They deal with health problems, family issues, and the ups and downs of getting older.

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What happens

The Kominsky Method is an American comedy-drama television series, created by Chuck Lorre, that premiered on November 16, 2018, on Netflix. It stars Michael Douglas, Alan Arkin, Sarah Baker, Nancy Travis, Paul Reiser and Kathleen Turner and follows an aging acting coach who many years earlier had a brief moment of success as an actor. A second season premiered on October 25, 2019 and a third and final season, without Arkin, premiered on May 28, 2021. This was Arkin's final TV project, five years before his death from cardiac arrest on June 29, 2023 at the age of 89. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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