Below is the trailer for Season 3 of “Bored to Death,” HBO’s flawed but charming noir-detective comedy. I’ve listed my complaints about Jason Schwartzman and the angle the show takes for his writer-turned-amateur-private-dick before, but that can’t stop Zach Galifianakis and Ted Danson from making the show enjoyable, especially for an unabashed Brooklyn-phile such as myself.

The trailer has little (perhaps nothing) to offer of the coming season, but it does have Schwartzman & Danson & Galifianakis screwing around on Coney Island set to a Beastie Boys soundtrack. That’s about as good of a plug for a Brooklyn-based show that you’re going to get. The highlights of me going to Coney Island aren’t nearly as exciting — it would be an hour of me sitting on the Q train, and then a time-lapse of me getting fatter as I went to Nathan’s three times in four hours. Whatever, those cheese fries are worth it.

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Get out your wanking motions, everybody: “Entourage” “star” Adrian Grenier will appear on an episode of “90210″ next season with his band The Honey Brothers.

The Entourage star pops up on the CW drama in a musical context. His real-life “new wave folk” band, The Honey Brothers (in which he plays drums), performs at an over-the-top 18th birthday party for Naomi (AnnaLynne McCord), who tosses a flirtatious quip in Grenier’s direction. [EW]

Oh man, this is going to be just like that time Rooney was on “The O.C.”! Except, you know, with a worse band on a worse show watched by fewer people.

As an aside, “The O.C.” makes me think of the show’s theme song, “California” by Phantom Planet, who originally had Jason Schwartzman as a drummer before he quit to focus on acting. And as much as I don’t like Schwartzman, he’s infinitely better than Grenier. At acting. At drumming. At being furry.

Previously: Adrian Grenier Plays the Recorder

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This video of Jason Schwartzman and Michael Cera doing the weather for a local Atlanta station was everywhere a couple days ago, but I didn’t post it at the time because I didn’t like the video player. Now that it’s on YouTube (via Urlesque), I’m happy to share it with the world. Well, “happy” isn’t quite the right word. Something less than “content” but more than “resigned.” Because it’s not like they’re great at doing the weather; it’s the usual, “Durr I’m not used to using a green screen” that these videos usually produce.

Anyway, this is a pretty strange way to promote a movie — they’re both in Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World, out Friday. And while I’m talking about their projects, this is a good time to remind you to watch “Bored to Death” on HBO. Everything about that show is really, really good — except for Schwartzman, of course. Don’t get me wrong, I liked Rushmore too, but it’s long past time this dude got relegated to supporting roles. The only thing that furry midget should be the leading man in is a documentary about hair irons.

See? Barely taller than a fire hydrant.

Embedded below is the first trailer for the second season of HBO’s “Bored to Death,” the “noir comedy” that I don’t quite like but can’t stop watching. Jason Schwartzman stars as the young novelist-turned-amateur detective, while Ted Danson and Zach Galifianakis play his magazine editor and best friend, respectively. In case you’re new to Warming Glow, here’s a quick recap of what I like about the show:

• Ted Danson.
• Zach Galifianakis.
• Excellent guest stars.
• Filmed in Brooklyn.
• Frequent nods to the brilliance of Raymond Chandler.

And a list of what sucks:

• Jason Schwartzman’s midget stature and stupid flat-ironed hair.

In its attempt to succeed in the realm between Chandler’s hardbitten noir and The Pink Panther‘s humor, the show ultimately fails at both. And it’s all because I can’t believe that Schwartzman, playing a Woody Allen nebbish in a trench coat, is a character who would ever have the balls to seek out anything resembling danger. This show could be awesome if it killed off Schwartzman’s character and replaced him with someone like Nathan Fillion’s Castle. Maybe if we can get rid of TV and film characters who are writers and total pussies, we can get rid of actual writers who are total pussies. And then Slate will go out of business. Everyone wins.

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HBO has ordered a second season of “Bored to Death,” according to the Hollywood Reporter. The noir-comedy stars Jason Schwartzman as a frustrated writer turned private investigator, with Ted Danson as his editor and Zach Galifianakis as his best friend, and the series has managed solid if not spectacular ratings so far.

Despite my general distaste for Schwartzman and his idiotic hair, I had massive hopes for this show. There was so much to like: written by the excellent Jonathan Ames, inspired by the giants of noir like Raymond Chandler, co-starring Zach G., set in Brooklyn… I’m the target audience for this show.

And yet: it kinda sucks. The writing is solid, the acting is good (Jim Jarmusch had a terrific guest spot in the most recent episode), but Schwartzman’s central character is poorly composed. He’s an author who whines about not being able to write his second novel, and he drinks white wine to appease his girlfriend who thinks he drinks too much. After she leaves him, he’s so heartbroken that he continues to drink white wine. I’m sorry, but as an alcoholic writer, that is NOT how it works.

“Bored to Death” fails because noir, whether it’s playing for laughs or thrills, demands a confident central character; Schwartzman’s kvetching shrimp with existential problems just doesn’t cut it. Let’s stop giving this Woody Allen archetype the dignity of the word “nebbish,” and call it what it really is: annoying little bitch.

(image source = WWTDD. Plenty more Annalynne McCord over there)