John from Cincinnati (TV series)

Bleak and confounding 2007 HBO TV series about the Yost family, a fictional and largely dysfunctional three-generation California surfing clan, and their paranormal out-of-town visitor. "John From Cincinnati might be the strangest show ever produced for American television," Variety said in its review. "An HBO drama that makes Twin Peaks look like Mayberry RFD.

Created by David Milch, celebrated showrunner for HBO's Deadwood, and presented as a Sunday night replacement for the just-wrapped S...