Six Feet Under | |
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Genre |
Serial drama Comedy-drama Black comedy Family drama |
Created by | Alan Ball |
Starring |
Peter Krause Michael C. Hall Frances Conroy Lauren Ambrose Freddy Rodriguez Mathew St. Patrick Jeremy Sisto Rachel Griffiths James Cromwell Justina Machado |
Theme music composer | Thomas Newman |
Composer(s) | Richard Marvin |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 5 |
No. of episodes | 63 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) |
Alan Ball Robert Greenblatt David Janollari Alan Poul (Seasons 2–5) Bruce Eric Kaplan (Seasons 4–5) Rick Cleveland (Season 5) |
Camera setup | 35 mm; single camera |
Running time | 46–60 minutes 72 minutes (series finale) |
Production company(s) | Actual Size Films The Greenblatt/Janollari Studio HBO |
Distributor |
Warner Bros. Television HBO Enterprises |
Release | |
Original network | HBO |
Picture format |
480i (4:3 SDTV) (seasons 1–2) 480i (16:9 SDTV) (seasons 3–5) |
Original release | June 3, 2001 | – August 21, 2005
External links | |
Website |
Six Feet Under is an American drama television series created and produced by Alan Ball. It premiered on the premium cable network HBO in the United States on June 3, 2001 and ended on August 21, 2005, spanning five seasons and 63 episodes. The show depicts members of the Fisher family, who run a funeral home in Los Angeles, and their friends and lovers. The series traces these characters' lives over the course of five years. The ensemble drama stars Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy, Lauren Ambrose, Freddy Rodriguez, Mathew St. Patrick, and Rachel Griffiths as the show's seven central characters. The series 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. Regarded by many as one of the greatest TV dramas of all time, it has since been included on TIME magazine's "All-TIME 100 TV Shows", as well as Empire magazine's "50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time" list. It has also been described as having one of the finest series finales in the history of television. It won numerous awards, including nine Emmy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Peabody Award.