Sunday has quietly become a gold-star TV night, with cable nerds
replacing their taste for True Blood with the one-two hitter,
Curb Your Enthusiasm and the new Jason Schwartzman noir-farce
comedy, Bored to Death. Schwartzman has found the perfect
(30-minute) vehicle for his neurotic, self-absorbed persona, as
white-wine-sipping writer Jonathan Ames who, inspired by a Raymond
Chandler novel, secretly becomes a private detective. Zach Galifianakis
plays the usual grubby best friend, but really, the supporting actor
award goes to Ted Danson as Schwartzman’s pot-smoking, herpes-ridden
playboy editor. His comedic timing and tics are the real reason to
watch this show
This article appears in Oct 1-7, 2009.