
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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Air Date: 2005-08-04
Sam, Billie, Adam and Dan are four New Yorkers who are dealing with their individual eating disorders together. All f...
Air Date: 2005-08-11
Sam begins to date his colonic hydrotherapist only to realize he is jealous of the woman's other clients. Billie goes...
Air Date: 2005-08-18
Dan' wife throws him out of the house after she learns about his sexual experiment. Billie begins to work out more, b...
Air Date: 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 wit...
Air Date: 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 ...
Air Date: 2005-09-08
Billie introduces her newest girlfried to her parents. Sam decides to try becoming a Vegan and Dan finally decides to...
Air Date: 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 ...