Starved

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Starved
The cast of Starved
Format	Situation comedy
Starring	Eric Schaeffer Laura Benanti Del Pentecost Sterling K. Brown
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	7
Production
Running time	:35 (including commercials)
Broadcast
Original channel	FX Network
Original run	August 4, 2005 – September 5, 2005
External links
IMDb profile

Starved was a television comedy on the FX Network that aired for one season of seven episodes in 2005. Eric Schaeffer created the show as well as writing, starring in, and directing it, based upon his own struggle with eating disorders. The series was based on a support group of eating disorder sufferers. Its characters included those with bulimia, anorexia, and binge eating disorder.

Starved made its debut on August 4, 2005 to mixed critical reviews. It was the lead-in of FX's hour-long Other Side of Comedy block with It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. However, the show's mix of comedy and drama (with most otherwise comedic episodes ending in a depressing music montage depicting the characters all behaving self-destructively) ended up turning away many viewers and critics. It was placed behind Sunny before being ultimately cancelled in October, 2005, when FX picked Sunny over Starved for renewal.

New York Magazine called it the Best Show You Probably Never Watched.^{[citation needed]} NBC used a clip from the second episode in "The Most Outrageous TV Moments".

1 Cast and characters
2 Episodes
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Cast and characters

Eric Schaeffer as Sam - an anorexic and a compulsive overeater, his binge food of choice is Ne-mo chocolate cake. Sam is a commodities trader. His interests quickly turn into obsessions. Despite being with a different woman in almost every episode, he is secretly in love with Billie.
Laura Benanti as Billie - anorexic and bulimic, Billie also has issues with alcohol abuse. Billie is bisexual and was raised by two gay fathers. She was formerly a ballerina, which lead to her eating disorders, and is now a moderately well-known singer-songwriter.
Del Pentecost as Dan - compulsive overeater. Dan is a novelist. The only married person among the main characters, Dan is constantly worried that the weight he's put on since his marriage will lead his wife to leave him. He continually schedules and then cancels gastric bypass surgery.
Sterling K. Brown as Adam - bulimic. Adam abuses his authority as a police officer to extort food from restaurants and delivery people. This abuse of power eventually costs him his job.

[edit] Episodes

Title^[1]	U.S. air date	Synopsis	Notes
Pilot	August 4, 2005
Please Release Me, Let Me Go	August 11, 2005
Scrotal Origami	August 18, 2005
3D	August 25, 2005
Thank You. I Love You.	September 1, 2005
Viva la Cucaracha	September 8, 2005
The Breatharians	September 15, 2005