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COLLECTION · Series · 2005

Starved

Starved is an FX Network television situation comedy that aired for one season of seven episodes in 2005. The series was about four friends who each suffer from eating disorders, who met at a "shame-based" support group called Belt Tighteners. Its characters included those with bulimia, anorexia, and binge eating disorder. Eric Schaeffer created the show as well as writing, starring in and directing it, based upon his own struggle with eating disorders. In addition to his own life experiences, Schaeffer also drew upon the experiences of the other members of the principal cast, each of whom coincidentally had struggled with food issues of their own. Starved was the lead-in of FX's hour-long "Other Side of Comedy" block with It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. FX executives wanted to use the two series to begin building comedy programming and broaden the network's demographic. The series debuted on August 4, 2005 to poor critical reviews and was cancelled in October 2005, when FX picked Sunny over Starved for renewal.

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* 4.7 (6)ComedyDrama
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Creators
Eric Schaeffer
Studios
FX
Runtime
30–35 min/ep
Release
04/08/2005
Score
4.7 / 10 (6)
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Seasons and episodes
Season 1
7 episodes · 2005
Pilot
Episode 1. Pilot
2005-08-04

Sam, Billie, Adam and Dan are four New Yorkers who are dealing with their individual eating disorders together. All four of them lean on one another for support and are good friends. They attend Belttighteners, which is a recovery program…

Please Releases Me, Let Me Go
Episode 2. Please Releases Me, Let Me Go
2005-08-11

Sam begins to date his colonic hydrotherapist only to realize he is jealous of the woman's other clients. Billie goes to visit her family and friends, but must deal with her father who always puts pressure on her to stay thin. Dan…

Scrotal Origami
Episode 3. Scrotal Origami
2005-08-18

Dan' wife throws him out of the house after she learns about his sexual experiment. Billie begins to work out more, but discovers the reason behinds a girl's figure. Also, Sam is in pain after his scissors slip out of his hands during…

3D
Episode 4. 3D
2005-08-25

Dan begins a fad diet while Adam is at risk of losing his job as a police officer. Sam is finally going on a date with someone he has been infatuated with for a long time. However, his girlfriend seems to be more into one of his friends.

Thank you. I love you
Episode 5. Thank you. I love you
2005-09-01

At the gym Billie befriends a cancer survivor while Sam joins a yoga class to meet the instructor. Also Adam, who is a police officer, is caught by Internal Affairs for doing something wrong on the job.

Viva La Cucaracha
Episode 6. Viva La Cucaracha
2005-09-08

Billie introduces her newest girlfried to her parents. Sam decides to try becoming a Vegan and Dan finally decides to get serious about having his gastric bypass surgery.

The Breatharians
Episode 7. The Breatharians
2005-09-15

Despite Dan getting his jaw wired shut, his wife is not satisfied with his attempts to lose weight, and gives him an ultimatum: Lose the weight or lose me. After recieving this ultimatum, Dan leaves for a fat camp. Adam confesses to Belt…

Cast by season
Eric Schaeffer
Eric Schaeffer
Sam
Laura Benanti
Laura Benanti
Billie Frasier
Sterling K. Brown
Sterling K. Brown
Adam Williams
Del Pentecost
Del Pentecost
Dan Roundtree
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