Bored to Death
- Jason Schwartzman: Jonathan Ames
- Zach Galifianakis Ray Hueston
- Ted Danson: George Christopher
- Heather Burns Leah
- Olivia Thirlby: Suzanne
- Bebe Neuwirth: Caroline Taylor
- Oliver Platt: Richard Antrem
- John Hodgman: Louis Green
- Patton Oswalt: Howard
- Laila Robins: Priscilla
- Jenny Slate: Stella
- Halley Feiffer: Emily
- David Rasche: Bernard
- Isla Fisher: Rose Hiney
- Olympia Dukakis: Belinda
Bored to Death is a produced for HBO U.S. television series. It is about a writer named Jonathan Ames, who begins a second job to employ a private detective. The series is called " Noir - otic comedy " ( a play on words from film noir and neurotic, ie neurotic ) advertised.
Action
Focus of the series is about 30 - year-old writer Jonathan Ames in Brooklyn, whose girlfriend Suzanne leaves him at the beginning of the series, ostensibly because of his frequent alcohol and cannabis use. Lack of inspiration for his second book, and from general boredom he offers his services on Craigslist as unlicensed private investigator to. He promptly receiving the first orders and can use one of the detective novels of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett some cases more or less successfully solved.
His best friend Ray Hueston, a little financially successful comic artist has to struggle with problems similar to Jonathan, but still manages, stabilizing effect on the life of his friend. A less great help George Christopher, editor of fictitious New York magazine Edition, for Jonathan occasionally writes. George is a triple divorced playboy who falls back as Jonathan likes to alcohol and cannabis.
Production and broadcasting
Bored to Death is produced in collaboration by 3 Arts Entertainment and Dakota Films for the pay TV channel HBO. Conceived the series by writer and journalist Jonathan Ames, who also served as the namesake of the protagonist. The bulk of the series was filmed in the Neighbourhood Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
The pilot episode was seen by a total of 4.1 million viewers, in which case also the repetitions and the streaming offering from HBO were counted. After the successful with 1.1 million viewers Air Date the third episode, but by the previously emitted series Curb, Larry! was favored, HBO ordered another season. On 27 October 2010 it was announced that HBO has given a third season in order. The charisma of this began on October 10 and ended on 28 November 2011. How HBO announced in December 2011, there will be no fourth season.
In June 2012, it was announced that HBO was thinking about a sequel to the series as a TV movie. Jason Schwartzman confirmed in January 2013 that Jonathan Ames would be working on the script and he and the other main characters stood as for the project.