Fat Actress is an American sitcom television series starring Kirstie Alley

Kirstie Alley

Kirstie Louise Alley is an American actress known for her role in the TV show Cheers, in which she played Rebecca Howe from 1987–1993, winning an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award as the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1991...

. It aired on Showtime in the United States

United States

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 in the spring of 2005, on Movie Central

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 in Western Canada

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, The Movie Network

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 in Eastern Canada

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, FX

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 in the UK

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, Network Ten

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 in Australia

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 and VOX and Das Vierte in Germany

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. The series was created and written

Screenwriter

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 by Kirstie Alley

Kirstie Alley

Kirstie Louise Alley is an American actress known for her role in the TV show Cheers, in which she played Rebecca Howe from 1987–1993, winning an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award as the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1991...

 and Brenda Hampton

Brenda Hampton

Brenda Hampton is an American television show creator, writer and producer. She created, wrote and produced 7th Heaven, Fat Actress and The Secret Life of the American Teenager.-Life and career:...

.

The show was not picked up for a second season despite early reports from Showtime stating it had been in talks.

Plot

Fat Actress is about the life of overweight

Obesity

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 Hollywood actress Kirstie Alley

Kirstie Alley

Kirstie Louise Alley is an American actress known for her role in the TV show Cheers, in which she played Rebecca Howe from 1987–1993, winning an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award as the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1991...

. It is loosely based on her actual life, but is primarily satirically fictional.

Celebrity cameos

Several Hollywood celebrities appeared in the series as themselves:

• John Travolta
  John Travolta
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• Mayim Bialik
  Mayim Bialik
  Mayim Hoya Bialik is an American actress who also holds a PhD in neuroscience.Her most notable TV roles have been as Blossom Russo on NBC's Blossom and as Amy Farrah Fowler on CBS's The Big Bang Theory.-Early life:...
  
  
• Kelly Preston
  Kelly Preston
  Kelly Preston is an American actress and former model.- Early years :Preston was born Kelly Kamalelehua Smith in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her mother, Linda, was an administrator of a mental health center, and her father, who worked for an agricultural firm, drowned when Preston was three years old...
  
  
• Kid Rock
  Kid Rock
  Robert James "Bob" Ritchie , known by his stage name Kid Rock, is an American singer-songwriter, musician and rapper with five Grammy Awards nominations...
  
  
• Larry King
  Larry King
  Lawrence Harvey "Larry" King is an American television and radio host whose work has been recognized with awards including two Peabodys and ten Cable ACE Awards....
  
  
• Merv Griffin
  Merv Griffin
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• Rhea Perlman
• Jeff Zucker
  Jeff Zucker
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• Carmen Electra
  Carmen Electra
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• Leah Remini
  Leah Remini
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• Melissa Gilbert
  Melissa Gilbert
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• Alex Trebek
  Alex Trebek
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• Mo Collins
  Mo Collins
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• Mark Curry
  Mark Curry (actor)
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• Kevin Nealon
  Kevin Nealon
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• McG
  McG
  Joseph McGinty Nichol , better known as McG, is an American director and producer of film and television, as well as a former record producer....
  
  

Episodes

#	Episode Title	Director	Writers	Original air date
1	Big Butts (Pilot Television pilot A "television pilot" is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell the show to a television network. At the time of its inception, the pilot is meant to be the "testing ground" to see if a series will be possibly desired and successful and therefore a test episode of an... )	Keith Truesdell Keith Truesdell Keith Truesdell is an American television director and producer. He is best known for directing a number of stand-up comedy television specials for the likes Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, Kathy Griffin, Janeane Garofalo, Joan Rivers and countless others....	Kirstie Alley Kirstie Alley Kirstie Louise Alley is an American actress known for her role in the TV show Cheers, in which she played Rebecca Howe from 1987–1993, winning an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award as the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1991...  and Brenda Hampton Brenda Hampton Brenda Hampton is an American television show creator, writer and producer. She created, wrote and produced 7th Heaven, Fat Actress and The Secret Life of the American Teenager.-Life and career:...	March 7, 2005 (SHO)
2	Charlie's Angels	Keith Truesdell	Kirstie Alley and Brenda Hampton	March 14, 2005 (SHO)
3	Holy Lesbo, Batman	Keith Truesdell	Kirstie Alley and Brenda Hampton	March 21, 2005 (SHO)
4	The Koi Effect	Keith Truesdell	Kirstie Alley and Brenda Hampton	March 28, 2005 (SHO)
5	Crack for Good	Keith Truesdell	Kirstie Alley and Brenda Hampton	April 4, 2005 (SHO)
6	Cry Baby McGuire	Keith Truesdell	Kirstie Alley and Brenda Hampton	April 11, 2005 (SHO)
7	Hold This	Keith Truesdell	Kirstie Alley and Brenda Hampton	April 18, 2005 (SHO)