HBO has announced the premiere of a promising new comedy series, Bored to Death, penned by Jonathan Ames (The Alcoholic). Bored to Death stars Jason Schwartzman (The Darjeeling
Limited), Ted Danson (Curb Your Enthusiams) and Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover).
Bored to Death is a comedy about a man with a drinking problem who pretends to be a private detective.
Jason Schwartzman portrays a struggling thritysomething Brooklyn writer with a drinking problem. He decides to emulate heroes from classic private detective novels after a painful breakup with his girlfriend. Pretending to be an
actual private detective, he starts taking cases – solving some and making others worse.
Executive producers for Bored to Death are Jonathan Ames, Sarah Condon, Dave Becky, Stephanie Davis and Troy Miller. The series will debut on HBO on September 20, 2009.
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