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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Comedy
Drama
Created By

Eric Schaeffer

First Aired on

Aug 04, 2005

1 seaons till Sep 15, 2005

Popularity: 1.9376
4 votes
Networks
(US)
Status: Ended

Show Ended

Last episode: The Breatharians

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 7 episodes

Season 1

Aired

7 Episodes
  • Episode 1Pilot min

    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 that approaches their issues extremely ruthless ways. Sam is trying to shape his date into a woman from a hot TV commercial, which horrifies Billie. Dan struggles with his choice for a gastric bypass surgery and Adam chases down a deliveryman for food.

  • Episode 2Please Releases Me, Let Me Go min

    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 becomes so frustrated with his wife Amy, he pays a visit to an S&M submissive.

  • Episode 3Scrotal Origami min

    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 personal self-grooming.

  • Episode 43D min

    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.

  • Episode 5Thank you. I love you min

    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.

Crew & Team

Eric Schaeffer

Producer

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