Divorce (TV series)

Divorce
Genre	Comedy drama
Created by	Sharon Horgan
Starring	Sarah Jessica Parker Thomas Haden Church Molly Shannon Talia Balsam Tracy Letts Sterling Jerins Charlie Kilgore Becki Newton
Composer	Keegan DeWitt
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	24
Production
Executive producers	Sharon Horgan Paul Simms Aaron Kaplan Sarah Jessica Parker Alison Benson Jenny Bicks Liz Tuccillo
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	HBO Entertainment Pretty Matches Productions Merman Films Kapital Entertainment 343 Incorporated (season 1) Perkins Street Productions (season 2) Tuccillo (season 3)
Original release
Network	HBO
Release	October 9, 2016 (2016-10-09) – August 5, 2019 (2019-08-05)

Divorce (styled as Divorce.) is an American comedy-drama television series created by Sharon Horgan, set in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, and starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Thomas Haden Church as a middle-aged divorcing couple. The series premiered on HBO on October 9, 2016. ^{[1] [2]} The pilot episode was written by Horgan and directed by Jesse Peretz. ^[3] On November 14, 2016, HBO renewed the show for a second season, which premiered on January 14, 2018. ^[4] On November 2, 2018, HBO renewed the show for a third season, which was later announced on its premiere date to be the final season. ^{[5] [6]}

Cast

Main

• Sarah Jessica Parker as Frances Dufresne, a married woman who has an affair which precipitates her divorce
• Thomas Haden Church as Robert Dufresne, Frances' hapless husband who discovers the affair and divorces her
• Molly Shannon as Diane, Frances' high-strung friend
• Talia Balsam as Dallas Holt, Frances' close friend
• Tracy Letts as Nick, Diane's husband (seasons 1–2; guest season 3)
• Sterling Jerins as Lila Dufresne, Frances and Robert's daughter
• Charlie Kilgore as Tom Dufresne, Frances and Robert's son
• Becki Newton as Jackie Giannopolis, Robert's new girlfriend and later wife (season 3; recurring season 2)

Recurring

• Jemaine Clement as Julian Renaut
• Alex Wolff (seasons 1-2), Isaac Josephthal (season 3) as Cole Holt
• Dean Winters as Tony Silvercreek
• Jeffrey DeMunn as Max Brodkin
• Roslyn Ruff as Sylvia
• Yul Vazquez as Craig Anders
• Keisha Zollar as Grace
• Jorge Chapa as Sebastian
• Danny Garcia as Gabriel
• James Lesure as Henry

Production

In December 2014, it was announced Sarah Jessica Parker had been cast in the pilot and would also serve as an executive producer. ^[7] In February 2015, Molly Shannon, Thomas Haden Church and Jemaine Clement joined the series. ^{[8] [9]} In November 2015, Alex Wolff joined the cast. ^[10] In December 2015, Sterling Jerins joined the cast. ^[11]

Episodes

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	10		October 9, 2016 (2016-10-09)	December 11, 2016 (2016-12-11)
2	8		January 14, 2018 (2018-01-14)	March 4, 2018 (2018-03-04)
3	6		July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	August 5, 2019 (2019-08-05)

Season 1 (2016)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Pilot"	Jesse Peretz	Sharon Horgan	October 9, 2016 (2016-10-09) [a]	0.570 [12]
2	2	"Next Day"	Jesse Peretz	Sharon Horgan & Paul Simms	October 16, 2016 (2016-10-16)	0.849 [13]
3	3	"Counseling"	Jesse Peretz	Sharon Horgan & Paul Simms	October 23, 2016 (2016-10-23)	0.637 [14]
4	4	"Mediation"	Ben Taylor	Patricia Breen	October 30, 2016 (2016-10-30)	0.518 [15]
5	5	"Gustav"	Adam Bernstein	Cindy Chupack	November 6, 2016 (2016-11-06)	0.530 [16]
6	6	"Christmas"	Jamie Babbit	Tom Scharpling	November 13, 2016 (2016-11-13)	0.512 [17]
7	7	"Weekend Plans"	Adam Bernstein	Adam Resnick	November 20, 2016 (2016-11-20)	0.622 [18]
8	8	"Church"	Beth McCarthy-Miller	Hayes Davenport	November 27, 2016 (2016-11-27)	0.631 [19]
9	9	"Another Party"	Jesse Peretz	Gabrielle Allan & Jennifer Crittenden	December 4, 2016 (2016-12-04)	0.638 [20]
10	10	"Detente"	Jesse Peretz	Hayes Davenport & Sharon Horgan & Adam Resnick & Tom Scharpling & Paul Simms	December 11, 2016 (2016-12-11)	0.497 [21]

Notes

1. The first episode was released online on October 7, 2016, two days before the series premiere.

Season 2 (2018)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	U.S. viewers (millions)
11	1	"Night Moves"	Adam Bernstein	Jenny Bicks	January 14, 2018 (2018-01-14)	0.647 [22]
12	2	"Happy Now?"	Adam Bernstein	Julie Rottenberg & Elisa Zuritsky	January 21, 2018 (2018-01-21)	0.565 [23]
13	3	"Worth It"	Wendey Stanzler	Liz Tuccillo	January 28, 2018 (2018-01-28)	0.431 [24]
14	4	"Ohio"	Janicza Bravo	Adam Resnick	February 2, 2018 (2018-02-02)(online) [25] February 4, 2018 (2018-02-04)(HBO)	0.229 [26]
15	5	"Breaking the Ice"	Beth McCarthy-Miller	Stuart Zicherman	February 11, 2018 (2018-02-11)	0.572 [27]
16	6	"Losing It"	Scott Ellis	Kristen Lange	February 18, 2018 (2018-02-18)	0.528 [28]
17	7	"Going, Going... Gone"	Adam Bernstein	Julie Rottenberg & Elisa Zuritsky	February 25, 2018 (2018-02-25)	0.537 [29]
18	8	"Alone Again, Naturally"	Adam Bernstein	Jenny Bicks	March 4, 2018 (2018-03-04)	0.452 [30]

Season 3 (2019)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date  [31]	U.S. viewers (millions)
19	1	"Charred"	Ryan Case	Liz Tuccillo	July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	0.369 [32]
20	2	"Miami"	Shira Piven	Mark Steilen	July 8, 2019 (2019-07-08)	0.328 [33]
21	3	"Gaps & Bunches"	Ryan Case	Adam Resnick	July 15, 2019 (2019-07-15)	0.281 [34]
22	4	"Bad Manners"	So Yong Kim	Lisa Albert & Liz Tuccillo	July 22, 2019 (2019-07-22)	0.330 [35]
23	5	"Away Games"	Rachel Lee Goldenberg	Adam Resnick	July 29, 2019 (2019-07-29)	0.311 [36]
24	6	"Knock Knock"	Ryan Case	Liz Tuccillo & Mark Steilen	August 5, 2019 (2019-08-05)	0.251 [37]

Broadcast

The series premiered in the United Kingdom on Sky Atlantic on October 11, 2016. ^[38] It premiered in Australia on Showcase on October 12, 2016. ^[39]

Reception

Critical reception

Divorce has received mixed to positive reviews from television critics. On Rotten Tomatoes the first season has a rating of 63%, based on 51 reviews, with an average rating of 5.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "While the execution borders on superficial, the dark humor and character chemistry in Divorce hit the mark." ^[40] On Metacritic, the first season has a score of 60 out of 100, based on 37 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". ^[41]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Recipients	Outcome
2017	Golden Globe Awards [42]	Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy	Sarah Jessica Parker	Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Awards [43]	Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour)	Reed Morano (for "Pilot")	Nominated

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External links

• Official website
• Divorce at IMDb