Where the Bears Are

Where the Bears Are
GenreMystery
Comedy
Spy
Created byRick Copp
Ben Zook
Starring
Opening theme"Where the Bears Are" by David E. Zukofski
ComposerDavid Maddux
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons7
No. of episodes142
Production
ProducersBen Zook
Rick Copp
Joe Dietl
Running time7–10 minutes
Production company3 Bears Entertainment
Original release
ReleaseAugust 1, 2012 (2012-08-01) –
November 1, 2018 (2018-11-01)
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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.