Where the Bears Are | |
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Genre | Mystery Comedy Spy |
Created by | Rick Copp Ben Zook |
Starring | |
Opening theme | "Where the Bears Are" by David E. Zukofski |
Composer | David Maddux |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 7 |
No. of episodes | 142 |
Production | |
Producers | Ben Zook Rick Copp Joe Dietl |
Running time | 7–10 minutes |
Production company | 3 Bears Entertainment |
Original release | |
Release | August 1, 2012 November 1, 2018 | –
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Where the Bears Are is a comedy-mystery web series that ran for seven seasons from August 1, 2012, to November 1, 2018.[1] The series' creators and writers Rick Copp and Ben Zook star in the series together with Joe Dietl.[2]
Described by the creators as a cross between The Golden Girls and Murder, She Wrote,[3] the series focuses on Nelson (Zook), Wood (Dietl) and Reggie (Copp), three gay, bear friends sharing a house in the Silver Lake neighborhood who, in each season, are drawn into a different murder investigation which plays out as a season-long story arc.[4]
In 2023, a documentary chronicling the series and its popularity, A Big Gay Hairy Hit! Where The Bears Are: The Documentary, premiered at various LGBTQ+ film festivals. During the end credits, the documentary paid tribute to series actor George Unda, who died in 2021, and screenwriter/director of the BearCity films Doug Langway, who died in 2022.