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.

Cast & crew

Eric Schaeffer

Creator

Eric Schaeffer

Sam

Laura Benanti

Billie Frasier

Sterling K. Brown

Adam Williams

Del Pentecost

Dan Roundtree

Jackie Hoffman

Group Leader

Maureen Flannigan

Amy Roundtree

Susan Misner

Alison

Nikki Ghisel

Joaney

Robyn Cohen

Shanti

D

Darla Hill

Tanorexic

Neal Huff

Randy

D

Daniel Hank

Jerry

E

Emily Schweitz

Sarah

C

Christina Christian

Submissive

Ronald Guttman

Charles

Edward Hibbert

Harold

Rebecca Mader

Puma Girl

C

Chris John

Nate

Charles Socarides

Waiter

Jeff Hiller

Gay Man

Seasons

7 episodes

Season 12005 · 7 episodes