Eastbound & Down

*Eastbound & Down*
Eastbound & Down
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Genre	Sports comedy
Created by	Ben Best; Jody Hill; Danny McBride;
Starring	Danny McBride; Steve Little; Katy Mixon; John Hawkes; Jennifer Irwin; Andrew Daly; Ben Best; Ana de la Reguera; Michael Peña; Marco Rodríguez; Efren Ramirez; Elizabeth De Razzo; Ken Marino; Tim Heidecker; Jillian Bell;
Composers	Wayne Kramer; Joseph Stephens;
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	29 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Will Ferrell; Adam McKay; Chris Henchy; Jody Hill; Danny McBride; Ben Best; Stephanie Laing; David Gordon Green;
Producer	Stephanie Laing
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Rough House Pictures; Gary Sanchez Productions; Enemy MIGs Productions;
Original release
Network	HBO
Release	February 15, 2009 –; November 17, 2013

Eastbound & Down is an American sports comedy television series that was broadcast on HBO, and created by Ben Best, Jody Hill and Danny McBride. It stars McBride as Kenny Powers, a former professional baseball pitcher who, after a career downturn in the major leagues, is forced to return to his hometown middle school in Shelby, North Carolina, as a substitute physical education teacher.

Producers Will Ferrell and Adam McKay received an order for six episodes for the first season from HBO. The series was produced by Ferrell's production company, Gary Sanchez Productions. The show premiered February 15, 2009. Its second season, consisting of seven episodes, began on September 26, 2010. On October 27, HBO announced it was renewing the show for a third season. At PaleyFest 2011, it was announced that the third season, which premiered on February 19, 2012, would be the last. In July 2012, HBO picked up the comedy series for a fourth season of eight episodes.

On June 6, 2013, HBO announced that the fourth season would be the show's last. The fourth season premiered on September 29, 2013, and ended its run on November 17, 2013.

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