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Created by | Alan Ball |
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Theme music composer | Thomas Newman |
Composer | Richard Marvin |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 5 |
No. of episodes | 63 (list of episodes) |
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Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 46–72 minutes |
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Network | HBO |
Release | June 3, 2001 August 21, 2005 | –
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Six Feet Under is an American drama television series created and produced by Alan Ball that premiered on the premium television network HBO on June 3, 2001, and ended on August 21, 2005, after five seasons consisting of 63 episodes. The show depicts the lives of the Fisher family, who run a funeral home in Los Angeles, along with their friends and lovers.
The ensemble drama stars Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy, Lauren Ambrose, Freddy Rodriguez, Mathew St. Patrick, and Rachel Griffiths as the central characters. It was produced by Actual Size Films and The Greenblatt/Janollari Studio, and was shot on location in Los Angeles and in Hollywood studios.
Six Feet Under received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for its writing and acting, and consistently drew high ratings for the HBO network. It is widely regarded as one of the greatest television series of all time. The show's series finale has also been described as one of the greatest television series finales. The series won numerous awards, including nine Emmy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Peabody Award.
Sometimes this dark HBO tragicomedy is about the flip side of death: how fragile, unpredictable and chaotic life is. The center barely holds, then doesn't.
From the woman so bored by her husband that she kills him with a frying pan, to the middle-aged divorcée decapitated by a traffic light, to a woman crushed by ice falling from an airplane, there are some artful death scenes here. Many of them are the definition of tragicomedy.