# Maron (2013)

> A bitter, self-aware stand-up comedian gets his life and career back on track through sobriety and a garage podcast.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/42269

## Facts

- Seasons: 4
- Episodes: 49
- Episode runtime: 22 min
- Status: Canceled
- Genres: comedy
- Created by: Marc Maron
- Network: IFC
- Cast: Marc Maron, Constance Zimmer, Alex Rocco, Lucy Davis, Elliott Gould, Conan O'Brien, Mary Mouser, Amy Smart
- TMDB rating: 7.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2520512/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Tone: abrasive, neurotic, sardonic, vulnerable, brutally funny

## What critics say

Audiences broadly regard Maron as a candid, darkly funny and compelling portrait of a flawed comedian rebuilding his life in sobriety.

## Synopsis

Maron (2013-2016) is an American cable comedy series created by Marc Maron for IFC. Marc Maron plays a fictionalized version of himself, a veteran stand-up comedian who has spent decades as an angry, drunk, twice divorced mess. Now sober, he records the WTF podcast in his garage, interviewing celebrities and fellow comedians, and the show follows his attempts to rebuild his career and relationships. Lindsey and Emily, two women in his life, drift in and out of his orbit, while Conan O'Brien and Elliott Gould appear as themselves in guest turns that play on the real world of comedy. The series runs for four seasons of 49 episodes in a 22-minute format, with each episode built from small domestic and professional missteps rather than a single case or a grand arc. Tone is brutally funny and intimately awkward, with a neurotic, self-involved protagonist whose wounds are never fully healed. Its portrait of a midlife comic trying to stay sober and stay honest is in the vein of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Louie, and fans of those shows will find resonance in its cringe-prone, self-lacerating humor.

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