Bored to Death

E369759

Bored to Death is an American comedy television series that blends noir detective tropes with offbeat humor, following a struggling writer who moonlights as an unlicensed private investigator in Brooklyn.

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Bored to Death canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American television series
comedy television series
television series
basedOn writings of Jonathan Ames
castMember Heather Burns
Jason Schwartzman
Jenny Slate
Olivia Thirlby
Ted Danson
Zach Galifianakis
composer Jason Schwartzman
Mark Ramos Nishita
surface form: Mark Ramos-Nishita
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Jonathan Ames
distributionFormat television broadcast
executiveProducer Jonathan Ames
Sarah Condon
Stephanie Davis
firstAired 2009-09-20
genre comedy
neo-noir
hasFandom cult following
hasSubject private investigators
writers
lastAired 2011-11-28
leadActor Jason Schwartzman
Ted Danson
Zach Galifianakis
mainCharacter Jonathan Ames
surface form: Jonathan Ames (fictional character)
narrativeStyle blend of noir and comedy
numberOfEpisodes 24
numberOfSeasons 3
openingTheme Bored to Death theme
originalChannel HBO
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork HBO
pictureFormat HDTV
productionCompany HBO
protagonistOccupation struggling writer
unlicensed private investigator
runtimePerEpisode 25 minutes
setInPeriod contemporary era
settingLocation Brooklyn
New York City
targetAudience adult viewers

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Ted Danson notableWork Bored to Death
Jason Schwartzman notableWork Bored to Death
Mary Kay Place televisionSeries Bored to Death
Troy Miller notableWork Bored to Death
Paul Feig televisionDirectingCredits Bored to Death
Halley Feiffer notableWork Bored to Death
Zach Galifianakis notableWork Bored to Death
Coppola family notableWork Bored to Death
subject surface form: Jason Schwartzman
Amy Spanger notableWork Bored to Death