Six Feet Under

74
Metascore
2001-2005
5 seasons
HBO
Comedy, Drama
TV-MA

When death is your business, what is your life? From Oscar-winner Alan Ball comes this darkly comic series about a dysfunctional L.A. family running a funeral business.

74
Metascore
2001-2005
5 seasons
HBO
Comedy, Drama
TV-MA

When death is your business, what is your life? From Oscar-winner Alan Ball comes this darkly comic series about a dysfunctional L.A. family running a funeral business.

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As the writers' strike drags on, I seem to find no shortage of old and current shows to catch up on. If you really stop and think about it, there are hundreds of quality television series that have been produced over the years, and I don't care how much TV you watch, no one has time to catch them all! To start with, I have been mixing some oldies with some newbies and have also revisiting some of my personal old faves. My DVR is getting a workout and I am finally starting to utilize the video functionality of my iPod. Isn't technology great? Here are just a few of the shows I am watching and how I am consuming them. 1) Six Feet Under on NetflixWhile Netflixing a long-running series with many DVDs takes a considerable amount of time, it's a smaller investment than buying the DVDs, at least until I figure out if I'm going to stick with it. And then if I decide to buy, each season is only $19.99 right now on Amazon.com. 2) Weeds on iTunesI received a lot of iTunes gift cards for Chris...

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