Bored to Death

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Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 20, 2009
Season #: 3, 2, 1
User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 86 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 70 out of 86
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 86
  3. Negative: 8 out of 86
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  1. AnitaD
    Sep 21, 2009
    3
    I like Jason Schwartzman, but this show bored me, although not to death. I didn't find it funny in situation or dialogue.
  2. ThelmaS
    Sep 21, 2009
    1
    Network TV masquerading as Cable - only the scenes with Ted Danson are even bearable, but I cringe for him having to be in this dreck. Painfully pedestrian.
  3. TedA.
    Sep 22, 2009
    1
    Dull, decidedly annoying, show. Save the angst for your psychotherapist.
  4. DouglasF.
    Sep 23, 2009
    0
    Terrible writing sinks this show. Lame jokes abound, and the scenes just lay there. I can't imagine this one will be around for long. Worst HBO series since John From Cincinatti.
  5. JeanneD.
    Sep 24, 2009
    0
    Boring.
  6. gmoore
    Dec 30, 2011
    3
    I basically enjoyed, the 1st season but the writing in the 2nd season became too hip for it's own good. And, by "hip" I mean goofy stoner comedy. I can see why it was canceled.

Awards & Rankings

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#55 Best TV Season of 2009
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#37 Most Discussed TV Season of 2009
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#30 Most Shared TV Season of 2009

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
64

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 27
  3. Negative: 2 out of 27
  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    80
    HBO sent out three advance episodes of Bored to Death, and by the third one (also the best one) I felt confident that Schwartzman was exactly where he belongs--in Brooklyn, in a cafe, watching, and worrying.
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  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Paige Wiser
    75
    In the end, it all amounts to pretty much the same thing: a half hour with a self-sabotaging wit. A nice side effect is that both "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and Bored to Death make you feel better about yourself.
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  3. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    50
    Danson is so typically deft that he makes Christopher's raging egotism and arrested development engaging. Zach Galifianakis gives a similarly nuanced performance as the put-upon best friend of magazine writer and would-be detective Jonathan Ames (Jason Schwatzman). Danson and Galifianakis, however, can't quite make up for the fact that Ames and his various pursuits are juvenile and predictable.
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