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An American Supernatural {{Sitcom}} that has Kevin "Pac" Pacalioglu (Creator/TylerLabine), a slacker who works as a medium and tries to help ghosts resolve their unfinished business.

The show also stars Creator/BrandonTJackson, Creator/LucyDeVito, Creator/CatDeeley, Creator/KalPenn, Creator/KurtBraunohler, Creator/BradWilliams, and Creator/MatthewPorretta.

It aired on Creator/{{Hulu}} for three seasons.

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!Tropes for the series:
* GhostlyGoals: Pac has the ability to see ghosts and he has to help them find out the best way to move on to the afterlife.
* ISeeDeadPeople: Pac can see ghosts.
* MagneticMedium: Pac is a medium who is hired to come to haunted sites, so the dead don't seek him out - but when they learn that he can help them cross over, they can become a major nuisance. (Bonus points that Pac is played by Tyler Labine of ''Series/DeadLast''.
* MirrorMonster: The show features a less murderous version of Bloody Mary: she makes friends with Pac, as he is the only one who can see her in the mirror.
* OneWordTitle: ''Deadbeat''.
* RubeGoldbergDevice: In the episode ''Ghost in the Machine'', the ghost of Rube Goldberg himself is trying to set up one of these on a metaphysical level. Once set into motion, it triggered a series of events that resulted in Goldberg's long-lost descendants finally meeting each other.
* {{Tagline}}: "Helps ghosts. Can't help himself".

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