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When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as--and far less predictable than--the one inside.Oscar(R)-winning screenwriter Alan Ball's breakout series that takes a darkly comic look at members of a dysfunctional L.A. family.

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TV Special: Six Feet Under (2001-2005) I… Aired: Oct. 25, 2005

This documentary look back over the casting at the start, the origins of the series, the writing, the characters and the challenge of bringing … [continue reading]

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Six Feet Under is Canceled/Ended
The show had 5 seasons and 65 episodes air between 2001 and 2005.

Series Info

Type:
Scripted
Premiered:
Jun. 03, 2001
Status:
Canceled/Ended
Runtime:
60 min.
Aired:
2001 - 2005
To-Date:
5 Seasons
65 Episodes
Network
HBO TV Network
Genre

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Series Fun Facts

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  • Kathy Bates, who directed two episodes in Season 1, would appear in an acting capacity from Season 3 on as Ruth's friend Bettina.
  • Michael C. Hall's first screen role. He had confined himself to the New York stage prior to "Six Feet Under". The first scene he shot was in the pilot episode when David goes to the morgue to…
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    Michael C. Hall's first screen role. He had confined himself to the New York stage prior to "Six Feet Under". The first scene he shot was in the pilot episode when David goes to the morgue to collect his father's body.
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  • Anna Faris auditioned for the role of Claire Fisher, but according to Faris she was laughed off by the casting director.