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Genre | Sitcom |
Created by | Marc Maron |
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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) |
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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 |
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.
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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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 |
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