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Watch The First Trailer For HBO Weed-Dealing Comedy ‘High Maintenance’

If you exclude stuff from Amazon or Netflix or Hulu (which might only be available via online streaming, but are otherwise very traditional TV shows), we still haven’t really had a true breakout web series, a show that debuts on a YouTube or a Vimeo and makes a real pop-culture impact. “Broad City” might be the closest, but it really found its fans after the show moved to Comedy Central.

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The closest thing to a true crossover to date is “High Maintenance,” which produced 19 episodes between 2012 and 2015. Following an unnamed weed dealer (Ben Sinclair, who co-created the show with his wife, casting director Katja Blichfeld) on his journeys around New York, with each 5-12 minute episode being named after an unseen peripheral character talked about during his adventures, the show became something of a word-of-mouth hit on Vimeo, and even got a glowing write-up in The New Yorker.

And HBO were listening, because in the spirit of “Broad City,” they’ve picked it up and commissioned a six-episode season of the show, debuting in the fall. The first trailer arrived today. Fans should rest assured that this looks to have a real continuity with the earlier version, just a little nicer looking and potentially with some bigger names (we spot Amy Ryan in there). You can watch the trailer above and below.

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