The Bear
It's from 2022, when you were 16.
- Network
- FX
- Genre
- Comedy-drama
- Premiered
- 2022
- Setting
- a Chicago restaurant kitchen
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About
As of 2026, it's 4 years old.
The Bear drops you into the screaming, clattering chaos of a struggling Chicago sandwich shop and makes the kitchen feel like a genuine anxiety attack — in the best, most acclaimed way. Its overlapping shouts of 'Yes, chef!' and barely-controlled panic are so stressful that watching it counts as cardio.
Beneath the high-pressure cooking is a tender, devastating story about grief, family, and trying to fix something broken, balanced on a knife's edge between comedy and drama.
Intense, brilliant, and not at all relaxing, The Bear is the show that turned a restaurant kitchen into the most stressful, beautiful place on television.
The Bear season by season
The Bear has run for 5 seasons (2022–2026) across 46 episodes. You're older than the seasons in green.
