The famously conclusive and definitive ending of the series felt very much in line with a show that is, ultimately, about death, which makes this revival news a bit perplexing. While not quite as popular as other HBO series at the time, like Sex and the City and The Sopranos, it was nominated for 53 Emmy awards and picked up a Peabody. It was the type of show in which, if it took place today, someone dying on a Peloton would have been a standard cold open. It followed the Fisher family as they ran a funeral home in Los Angeles and contemplated their own lives and mortality. The original series, which ran from 2001 until 2005, was created in the immediate wake of Ball’s breakthrough with the Oscar-winning American Beauty. “No plotline has been decided, meaning it could be a reboot or more of a sequel series following up on existing characters from the show in the present day, but no decision has been made,” reports Variety.Ĭreator Alan Ball, along with executive producers Bob Greenblatt and David Janollari are the only names definitely attached at this point.
The word “series” isn’t even conclusively used, and it seems that HBO itself isn’t even sure what, exactly, it wants quite yet. The news comes from a report in the trade outlet Variety, which claims that a “follow-up” is in “early development” at HBO. More than 15 years later, it’s still mentioned as one of the best if not the best endings to a television series ever. Soundtracked to “Breath Me,” it is almost entirely the reason Sia became a mainstream star. Back on August 21, 2005, America was left collectively gut-punched when Claire Fisher drove across the country to New York and the conclusive fates of all the major cast members of the death-obsessed series played out on screen. Six Feet Under remains the gold standard for series finale episodes.