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Bored to Death
2009–2011
· TV Show
· 30 min episodes
· 3 seasons
B
MEANRANK
74/100
Every rating
58–81
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 58, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 81.
See the most agreed on TV shows →A well-meaning but struggling writer decides to lead a sort of double life by pretending to be a private detective using the methods he read about in old detective novels.
Details
- Created by
- Jonathan Ames
- Released
- 20 September 2009
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 30 min
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Episodes
- 24 across 3 seasons
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