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Family drama Here and Now made for surreal times

Life in the present: Greg (Tim Robbins) and his wife Audrey (Holly Hunter) in Here and Now

THE FUNERAL-HOME SOAP OPERA SIX FEET UNDER HELPED form the backbone of HBO’s early-2000s industry-shaking success, and yet it remains far less influential than contemporaries like The Sopranos, The Wire and Sex and the City. The show’s oddball approach was sui generis in its day, and had remained so—until now.

Six Feet Under creator Alan Ball returns to HBO with

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