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Big Love is an American television drama that aired on HBO between March 2006 and March 2011. The show is about a fictional fundamentalist Mormon family in Utah that practices polygamy. Big Love stars Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloë Sevigny, Ginnifer Goodwin, Amanda Seyfried, Douglas Smith, Bruce Dern, Grace Zabriskie, Mary Kay Place, Matt Ross, and Cassi Thomson.
The series premiered in the United States on March 12, 2006 following the sixth-season premiere of the HBO series The Sopranos. The show ran for five seasons, ending on March 20, 2011.
The show was co-created by Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer, who also served as executive producers. Olsen and Scheffer spent almost three years researching the premise of the show, with the intent of creating a fair portrayal of polygamy in America without being judgmental.
The theme song for the final two seasons of the series was "Home" by the band Engineers. During the first three seasons, "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys played during the opening titles. The musical score for the series was composed by Anton Sanko. Mark Mothersbaugh composed music for the first season, while David Byrne was in charge of music during the second season.
Big Love, an American drama television series created by Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer, premiered on HBO March 12, 2006. The series revolves around Bill Henrickson (Bill Paxton), a polygamist living in Sandy, Utah with his three wives, Barb (Jeanne Tripplehorn), Nicki (Chloë Sevigny) and Margene (Ginnifer Goodwin) and their children. Bill struggles to maintain a happy family life whilst keeping their illegal lifestyle a secret. Big Love aired its fifty-third and final episode on March 20, 2011.
Prior to Season 2, HBO aired a series of 3 Webisodes collectively entitled "Big Love: In The Beginning" which explored how the Henricksons came to be a family. These 3 short films were also included on the Season 2 DVD release.
This is the list of awards and nominations received by the television series Big Love (2006–2011).
Actors: Florian Ross (producer), Florian Ross (writer), Florian Ross (director), Juliane Baldy (actress), Uwe Hesse (producer), Nicole Hecht (actress), Oliver Daniel Lein (actor),
Genres: Short,Looking out for love
And the night's so still
I will build you a kingdom
In that house on the hill
Looking out for love
And the night's so still
I will build you a kingdom
In that house on the hill
Looking out for love
Big love
You said that you love me
And that you always will
Oh you begged me to keep you
In that house on the hill
Looking out for love
Big love
I wake up
Alone with it all
I wake up
But only to fall
Looking out for love
Big love