Maron is an American sitcom created by and starring Marc Maron as a fictionalized version of himself. The series premiered on the American cable television network IFC on May 3, 2013.[2] Maron, Denis Leary, Jim Serpico, Olivia Wingate, Sivert Glarum, Michael Jamin and Duncan Birmingham served as the show's executive producers. Glarum and Jamin were the showrunners.[3] Maron's second season premiered on May 8, 2014, and its thirteen-episode third season premiered on May 14, 2015.[4] In November 2015, the series was renewed for a thirteen-episode fourth season. In 2016 the show was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Comedy. On July 11, 2016, Maron announced on his WTF podcast that the series would not have a fifth season, with the season four finale serving as the series finale.[5] The series finale aired on July 13, 2016.
| Maron | |
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Marc Maron |
| Starring |
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| Theme music composer | Four on the Floor (Anthony Rizzo) |
| Opening theme | "Poisoned Well" |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 49 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Marc Maron Michael Jamin Sivert Glarum Denis Leary Jim Serpico Olivia Wingate Duncan Birmingham |
| Producers | Mark Grossman Ed Tapia Frank Mosca |
| Cinematography | Joe Kessler Christopher Walters |
| Editors | Kyle Gilman Casey Brown Josh Drisko Scott van Beever |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 21–23 minutes[1] |
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| Original release | |
| Network | IFC |
| Release | May 3, 2013 – July 13, 2016 |
Cast and characters
edit- Marc Maron as a fictionalized version of himself
Supporting
edit- Josh Brener as Kyle, Marc's assistant
- Dave Anthony as himself, Marc's pathetic friend
- Andy Kindler as himself, Marc's other pathetic friend
- Lucy Davis as Emily, Marc's manager
- Nora Zehetner as Jen, Marc's girlfriend
- Sally Kellerman as Toni Maron, Marc's mother
- Judd Hirsch as Larry Maron, Marc's father
- Troy Ruptash as Josh Maron, Marc's brother
- Rick Shapiro as Bernie, Marc's eccentric neighbor
Guest
edit- Steve Agee as Himself
- Maria Bamford as Herself
- Nate Bargatze
- Peter Berman
- Phil "CM Punk" Brooks as Himself
- Bruce Bruce as Himself
- Bill Burr as Himself
- Louis C.K. as Himself
- Colt Cabana as Himself
- Wyatt Cenac as Himself
- Carly Chaikin as Tina
- David Cross as Himself
- Whitney Cummings as Herself
- Erin Daniels as Female Vet
- Dov Davidoff as Himself
- Lucy Davis as Emily
- Joey Diaz as Bobby Mendez
- Andy Dick as Himself
- Illeana Douglas as Herself
- Mark Duplass as Himself
- Dave Foley as Himself
- M. C. Gainey
- Jeff Garlin
- Ralph Garman as Pete (voice)
- Gina Gershon as Alexa
- Adam Goldberg as Jack Ross
- Bobcat Goldthwait as Himself
- Dana Gould
- Elliott Gould as Himself
- Chris Hardwick as Himself
- Rachael Harris as Herself
- Phil Hendrie as Bill Shepard (a fictionalized version of himself)
- Pete Holmes as Himself
- Ken Jeong as Himself
- Anthony Jeselnik as Himself
- Jackie Kashian
- Louise Kelly
- Robert Kelly as Repairman #3
- Johnny Knoxville as Himself
- David Koechner as Himself
- Jerry Lambert
- Ted Lange as Wise Stranger
- Denis Leary as Himself
- Drew Lynch as Adam
- Ken Marino as Himself
- Maribeth Monroe
- Seth Morris as Jeremy
- Tig Notaro as Sydney
- Conan O'Brien as Himself
- Patton Oswalt as Himself
- Brian Palermo
- Jimmy Pardo as Himself
- Eddie Pepitone as Stu Carbone
- Ron Perlman as Mel
- Drew Pinsky as Himself
- Aubrey Plaza as Herself
- Mary Lynn Rajskub as Herself
- Caroline Rhea as Herself
- Andy Richter as Himself
- Rob Riggle
- Ray Romano
- Adam Scott as Himself
- Sam Seder
- Sarah Silverman as Herself
- Ryan Singer as Himself
- Bobby Slayton as Himself
- Amy Smart
- Jerry Stahl as Himself
- Fred Stoller as Himself
- Eric Stoltz as Danny
- Sally Struthers as Shirley
- Danny Trejo as Manny
- Derek Waters
- Constance Zimmer as Lindsey
Episodes
edit| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 10 | May 3, 2013 | June 28, 2013 | |
| 2 | 13 | May 8, 2014 | July 31, 2014 | |
| 3 | 13[4] | May 14, 2015 | August 13, 2015 | |
| 4 | 13 | May 4, 2016 | July 13, 2016 | |
References
edit- ^ Credited as Fox Television Studios for first two seasons
- ^ "Maron". Amazon.com. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
- ^ "Coming Soon: "Maron" with guest stars Judd Hirsch, Dave Foley, Adam Scott, Bobcat Goldthwait, Ileana[sic] Douglas". IFC. March 11, 2013. Archived from the original on March 12, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
- ^ "IFC's "Maron" taps Show Runners". 28 June 2012. Retrieved February 5, 2013.
- ^ a b Bibel, Sara (September 16, 2014). "'Maron' Renewed for Thirteen-Episode Season Three by IFC". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on October 20, 2014. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
- ^ Nededog, Jethro (2016-07-11). "Marc Maron says that he's ending his IFC TV show: 'It's done'". Finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2016-07-12.