Happily Divorced

Happily Divorced is a designed by Fran Drescher and Peter Marc Jacobson and inspired mainly by their experience American sitcom that revolves around a florist from Los Angeles who finds out after 18 years of marriage that her husband is gay. The series was aired on the U.S. cable channel TV Land between 2011 and 2013. It is the third self-produced by TV Land broadcast for Hot in Cleveland and Retired at 35

In August 2013, the series was discontinued.

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Drescher plays a florist from Los Angeles, Fran Lovett, and learns one day by her husband Peter, that he is gay. Since it is neither of the two can afford to move out, they are still alive after the divorce - mostly peaceful - under one roof. While she tries to deal with the new conditions of the relationship, they want to jump back into the " dating pool " and find new love.

Occupation

Lead

The main characters are:

Guest Cast in recurring roles

  • Donald. W. Moffett as Elliot, Frans fiancé
  • Renée Taylor as Marilyn, a neighbor and friend and rival of Dori
  • Joan Collins Herself, Peter is her personal assistant

Guest Cast

  • Ian Ziering as Robert, head of a self-help group ( Season 1, Episode 5 )
  • Lou Diamond Phillips as David, Judi Date ( Season 1, Episode 8 )
  • Robert Gant as Marc Peters Date ( Season 1, Episode 8 )
  • Charles Shaughnessy as Gregory Sherwood, noted author ( Season 1, Episode 10 )
  • Morgan Fairchild as Jill, Frans nemesis from college ( Season 2, Episode 1 )
  • Ann Guilbert as Myrna Kapelmaster, Marilyn's mother ( Season 2, Episode 4 )
  • John Schneider as Adam Frans Adventure -Date ( Season 2, Episode 7 )
  • Rosie O'Donnell as Katy, a high school friend of Fran ( Season 2, Episode 9)
  • Dan Aykroyd as Harold, Frans blind date and a therapist ( Season 2, Episode 10 )
  • Judy Reyes as Teresa, Cesar's Wife ( Season 2, Episode 11 )
  • Ralph Macchio as Frankie, pizza man from New York and Frans Date ( Season 2, Episode 12 )
  • Robert Wagner as Elliot's father ( Season 2, Episode 14 )
  • Debi Mazar as Jan, potential roommate when Fran Peters takes off ( Season 2, Episode 15 )
  • Cyndi Lauper as Kiki, the daughter of Marilyn and Frans childhood friend ( Season 2, Episode 17 )
  • Colin Ferguson as Chris Peters brief friend ( Season 2, Episode 20 )
  • Molly Shannon as Peggy, Peter's sister and Frans Nightmare ( Season 2, Episode 21 )

Synchronization

For the German version of the series Peter Minges is responsible, who also wrote the dialogue book.

Development and production

Happily Divorced is inspired by the real life of the series creator Fran Drescher and Peter Marc Jacobson. The two were already in high school a couple and got married in 1978. In 1999 she got divorced. Later, Jacobson outed before Drescher as gay, but the two remained good friends. 2010 started the couple who has previously worked together on Drescher 's sitcom The Nanny success to develop the new show based on her life experiences. Originally planned Drescher Happily Divorced only to write and produce, but has decided to take on the lead role. In November, 2010, TV Land green light for a pilot episode. On 21 March 2011 the station announced a first 10 episodes comprehensive to produce season. The show will be added to the CBS Radford Studios in the " Studio City " in Los Angeles in front of a live audience. The leader is - as with Fran Drescher's sitcom The Nanny - one with specially composed music underlaid animation and presents the history of the couple before ( Getting to Know, Wedding, coming out, divorce, cohabitation ). Also in this sitcom - also as The Nanny - waived Drescher on another role name and is called here " Fran". The first broadcast of the series took place on 15 June 2011 after the show Hot in Cleveland instead.

On July 20, 2011, TV Land known to produce a second, twelve episodes full season of Happily Divorced, whose radiance is visible since 7 March 2012. On 29 February 2012, on the day of the TV Land Awards 2012, the station announced that extend to the original twelve episodes planned second season at twelve more episodes, so that the second season forms a complete season with a total of 24. The second half was aired between November 2012 and February 13, 2013 28.

In August 2013 gave TV Land announced that the series is set.

The German -speaking Original place since July 10, 2013 at the pay- TV channel Glitz * instead.

Endemol has Happily Divorced sold in several countries. The show was bought by SBS 6 in the Netherlands, SABC in South Africa, Shaw TV in Canada, Comedy Central Italy, MTV in South America and TVNZ in New Zealand. Similar negotiations with a German company for Happily Divorced will be given in the future known. Advanced negotiations are also available in India, Poland and Sweden.

Reception

Even before there was Air Date in the U.S. a lot of excitement about the new show, because with The Nanny Drescher created one of the successful formats of the 1990s. The first episode of Happily Divorced was as great a success: she was persecuted on the small transmitter TV Land of a total of 4.4 million viewers and was over four times the transmitter section. Happily Divorced contributed significantly to the fact that June 15, 2011 has become the second most successful day of TV Land.

First reviews are mixed. David Hinckley wrote for the New York Daily News that " will probably develop a very interesting story, although for a series premiere untypical many one-liners were carved out. " Brian Lowry of Variety felt the series as " only too obvious filled with gay prejudice, but a must for fans Drescher " Mark A. Perigards review in The Boston Herald was quite empathetic; he finds that " TV Land, has finally found a young and still quite small transmitter, Happily Divorced with a perfect format in addition to the huge success of Hot in Cleveland. "

DVD Release

  • Season 1 was released on 6 March 2012
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