Six
Feet Under Relives on Bravo Beginning October 2nd
9/7/06
BRAVO
EMBRACES DEATH WITH THE HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED PREMIERE OF THE EMMY®-WINNING
AND GOLDEN GLOBE®-WINNING DRAMATIC SERIES 'SIX FEET UNDER'
THE FAMOUS FUNERAL HOME FINDS A NEW HOME ON BRAVO ON MONDAY NIGHTS WITH
TWO BACK TO BACK AIRINGS -- BEGINNING MONDAY, OCTOBER 2 AT 9:00 PM ET/PT
NEW YORK - September 5, 2006 - Bravo plays pallbearer with the launch
of "Six Feet Under," the critically acclaimed Emmy®-winning and
Golden Globe®-winning drama series, beginning with the pilot episode on
Monday, October 2, 2006 at 9:00 PM ET/PT. Bravo will premiere all five
seasons of "Six Feet Under," which focuses on the cathartic
journey of the extended Fisher family, whose personal trials and
tribulations are played out against the solemn backdrop of an independent
funeral home in Los Angeles. The "Six Feet Under" multi-season
run on Bravo will consist of 63 episodes, with each episode airing in a
one-hour and fifteen-minute block. Two new back-to-back episodes will
premiere every Monday night at 9:00 and 10:15 PM ET/PT.
On Monday, October 2, from 9:00 to 10:15 PM ET/PT, Bravo will kick off
the "Six Feet Under" series with the premiere pilot episode,
which features Nathaniel Fisher, the father and owner of the Fisher and
Sons Funeral Home, who is killed when a municipal bus broadsides his new
hearse on Christmas Eve. The second episode, entitled "The
Will," will immediately follow the pilot on October 2 and air from
10:15 PM to 11:30 PM ET/PT.
"It feels great to bring this creative and critically acclaimed
series back to 'life' on Bravo," said Lauren Zalaznick, President,
Bravo. "It's a perfect complement to our original programming and
will now be available for the first time to more than 80 million
households."
One of TV's most acclaimed drama series, "Six Feet Under" was
created and executive produced by the Oscar®-winning writer of American
Beauty, Alan Ball (also an Emmy®-winner for this show). "Six Feet
Under" was nominated for two 2004 Golden Globes®, with Frances
Conroy winning for Best Actress in a Television Series - Drama, and won
two 2004 Screen Actors Guild Awards (Conroy and the ensemble cast). The
show has received 46 Primetime Emmy® nominations and won nine times, and
has been nominated for eight Golden Globes®, winning three.
Bravo has consistently featured groundbreaking, critically acclaimed
series that challenge the medium and appeal to an upscale, influential
audience including "The West Wing," "The Larry Sanders
Show" and "Hill Street Blues."
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Emmy winner for Outstanding Reality Program, "Queer Eye" and the
Emmy-nominated hit competition series, "Project Runway."
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