Starved

Starved
The main characters from left to right: Billie, Dan, Sam and Adam
Created by	Eric Schaeffer
Starring	Eric Schaeffer Laura Benanti Del Pentecost Sterling K. Brown
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	7
Production
Executive producers	Eric Schaeffer Dan Pasternack
Producer	Daniel Hank
Production locations	New York City, New York
Editor	Ken Eluto
Running time	21-31 minutes
Production companies	Five Minutes Before the Miracle Productions Carsey-Werner Productions
Original release
Network	FX
Release	August 4 (2005-08-04) – September 15, 2005 (2005-09-15)
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Starved is an American television sitcom that aired for one season on FX for 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.^[1] 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.