''Friend Me'' is an unaired American

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series about the real-life deal-of-the-day website

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service company

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. The series, created by writers

Alan Kirschenbaum Alan Kirschenbaum (April 19, 1961 – October 26, 2012) was an American television sitcom producer and writer. Early life, family and education Kirschenbaum was born in New York to stand-up comedian Freddie Roman (a.k.a. Fred Kirschenbaum) and ...

and Ajay Sahgal, was to have been produced by

CBS Television Studios CBS Studios, Inc. is an American television production company which is a subsidiary of the CBS Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Global. It was formed on January 17, 2006, by CBS Corporation as CBS Paramount (Network) Television, as a re ...

but subsequently never aired after Kirschenbaum's

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. It was confirmed as canceled on July 29, 2013, and remains unaired . The pilot was uploaded to

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in 2023.

Plot

The series follows two men in their 20s who move to

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to start their new lives working at Groupon. While one is determined to recreate himself in the new city, the other clings to their old group of friends in

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Cast

Christopher Mintz-Plasse Christopher Charles Mintz-Plasse (; born June 20, 1989) is an American actor primarily known for his debut role as Fogell/McLovin in '' Superbad'' (2007) and Chris D'Amico/Red Mist in the ''Kick-Ass'' franchise. Early life Christopher Mintz- ...

as Evan *

Nicholas Braun Nicholas Joseph Braun (born May 1, 1988) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Greg Hirsch in the HBO series ''Succession'' (2018–2023), for which he received three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Suppor ...

as Rob * Amanda Lund as Amanda * Tim Robinson as Sully * Haysha Deitsch as Steve *

Dan Ahdoot Dan Kamyar Ahdoot (; ) is an American actor, writer, and comedian. He is known for his TV appearances on Netflix's ''Cobra Kai'', Disney's '' Kickin' It'', Showtime's ''Shameless'', and the Seeso series '' Bajillion Dollar Propertie$''. He ha ...

as Farhad *

Parvesh Cheena Parvesh Singh Cheena is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Gupta in the TV series ''Outsourced'' and as Sunil Odhav on ''Crazy Ex-Girlfriend''. He also voices Bodhi in '' T.O.T.S.'' and Blades in '' Transformers: Rescue Bots'' ...

as Mike

Production

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placed a series order in May 2012. The series was expected to premiere as a midseason entry during the 2012–13 television season. However, on December 6, 2012, CBS revealed that its midseason schedule did not include the series. The series would be the last project for co-creator

, who died of suicide on October 26, 2012.

References

2010s American comedy television series American English-language television shows Television series by CBS Studios Television shows set in Los Angeles CBS original programming Unaired television shows {{US-comedy-tv-prog-stub