''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 and Ajay Sahgal, was to have been produced by

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but subsequently never aired after Kirschenbaum's suicide. It was confirmed as canceled on July 29, 2013, and remains unaired as of 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 as Evan *

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

Dan Ahdoot Dan Kamyar Ahdoot ( fa, دن آهدوت ; he, דן אחדות) 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 ' ...

as Farhad *

Parvesh Cheena Parvesh Singh Cheena (born July 22, 1979) 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.'' Early life Cheena was ...

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 Alan Kirschenbaum, who died of suicide on October 26, 2012.

References

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