Happily Divorced is an American sitcom created by Fran Drescher and ex-husband Peter Marc Jacobson. Inspired by their experience, the series, which became the original third series of Land TV that followed Hot in Cleveland and Retired on 35 , ran from June 15, 2011, until February 13th, 2013, and revolving around a Los Angeles florist who found her 18-year-old husband was gay. The series was canceled after two seasons on 23 August 2013.
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Premise
Drescher plays Fran Lovett, a florist in Los Angeles who was surprised when Peter, her 18-year-old husband, came out of the closet as gay. They are divorced, but because of the bad economy, they can not live apart. He struggles with navigating the new parameters of their relationship while re-entering the dating pool.
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Transmission and character
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The main characters include:
- Fran Drescher as Fran Lovett (nÃÆ'Â © e Newman), a L.A. florist.
- John Michael Higgins as Peter Lovett, real estate agent and ex gay husband Fran
- Tichina Arnold as Judi Mann, best friend of Fran
- Valente Rodriguez as Cesar, Fran-Mexico-American flower shop employee
- Rita Moreno as Dori Newman, mother of Fran
- Robert Walden as Glenn Newman, Fran's father
Repeats
D. W. Moffett as Elliot, Fran's first love after divorcing Peter, then continued interest in the relationship, and former friend Fran 'e'/
Episode
Development and production
Gladly divorced inspired by the real life creator of the series Fran Drescher and Peter Marc Jacobson, who had become a middle school lover and then married in 1978. They divorced in 1999. Jacobson then came out as gay to Drescher and both remain friends. In 2010, this couple, who had previously created Drescher's previous series, The Nanny , began developing the series based on their life experiences. Initially Drescher was planned only to write and produce Happily Divorced but eventually decided to star as well. Set in Los Angeles, Franz's gay ex-husband still lives with him for economic reasons, with a "very traditional family." Everyone is very accepting that he's gay, they're both dating, he's new in that, he's new in that. " TV Land gave the go-ahead for a pilot episode in November 2010. The network announced on March 21, 2011, that the series has been taken in sequence of ten episodes. The show was photographed in front of a live studio audience at CBS Radford in Studio City., Which provided Happily Divorced a distinctive style of sitcoms of the 1990s. There's more in common with The Nanny : the opening is animated, below with specially composed music and also, Drescher rejects the role name and is simply called 'Fran'. The Nanny fixed, Renà ©  © Taylor and Charles Shaughnessy, have made guest appearances; the latter also starred in Living With Fran . The show premiered on Wednesday, June 15, 2011, at 10:30 pm time slot after the Cleveland Hot show .
The event was updated on July 20, 2011, for the second season of 12 episodes, which began airing weekly on March 7, 2012. The new season is advertised under the slogan "The Laugh is Back". Early February 2012 TV Land made a guest star for the public season 2. There are more famous faces of The Nanny: Renà ©  © Taylor (aka Sylvia Fine ) returns from season 1 as Dori's neighbor Marilyn, and Ann Guilbert (aka Yetta) appear as Marilyn's mother, "Mrs. Kapelmaster". In addition, beautiful Hollywood artists Morgan Fairchild and Joan Collins will also perform.
On April 29, 2012, TV Land Awards Day 2012, the cable broadcaster extended the second season, taking an additional 12 episodes, bringing the total number of seasons 2 to 24 episodes. The sequence of 12 initial episodes was concluded June 6. 12 additional episodes begin airing Nov. 28, 2012, at 10:30 pm EST, following the premiere of Season 4 Hot in Cleveland at 10pm.
The event was officially canceled on August 23, 2013.
Ratings
Critical reception
The initial reviews of this series are diverse. David Hinckley, writing for The New York Daily News, noted that "perhaps all of this will develop an interesting story.On the opening night, though, it feels like the main purpose of the event is to organize a single sentence - which is not how great performances have to be great. "Brian Lowry of Variety calls it" very painful and full of all gay stereotypes but the most loyal fans of Drescher will long to be separated from their TV, "while Matthew Gilbert from The Boston Globe The Boston Herald is very resolute; he notes that "in Happily Divorced, TV Land, the cable channel for baby boomers, may finally find the perfect partner for the Hot in Cleveland smash."
DVD release
Paramount Home Video released the first season Happily Divorced on DVD Region 1 on March 6, 2012.
Broadcast
Endemol has sold Happily Divorced to some regions. The event has been purchased by SBS in the Netherlands, SABC in South Africa, Global in Canada, Comedy Central in India, Italy, Mexico and Brazil, MTV in Latin America and TVNZ in New Zealand. A similar transaction with a German company for Happily Divorced will be announced shortly. In Bulgaria the show has been purchased by Fox Life. Continuing negotiations are under way in Poland and Sweden. In Greece, the sitcom aired on October 15, 2012, in prime-time slot on Macedonia TV. In Belgium the premiere of April 8, 2013, and airs daily at VIJF after a rerun of The Nanny at 18:30. In the United Kingdom, the series debuted on May 12, 2013, at TLC UK.
References
External links
- Official website
- Gladly divorced on IMDb
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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