How to Break Up a Happy Divorce

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How to Break Up a Happy Divorce
GenreComedy
Written by Gerald Gardner
Dee Caruso
Directed by Jerry Paris
Starring Barbara Eden
Hal Linden
Peter Bonerz
Marcia Rodd
Music by Nelson Riddle
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producer Charles Fries
Producers Gerald Gardner
Dee Caruso
CinematographyRichard A. Kelley
EditorsBob Moore
Bud Molin
Running time74 minutes
Production company Charles Fries Productions
Original release
Network NBC
ReleaseOctober 6, 1976 (1976-10-06)

How to Break Up a Happy Divorce is a 1976 American made-for-television comedy film starring Barbara Eden and Peter Bonerz, written and produced by writer partners, Gerald Gardner and Dee Caruso. It was broadcast on NBC on October 6, 1976. [1] [2]

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Plot

Ellen (Barbara Eden) and Carter (Peter Bonerz) used to be married, but are now divorced. Ellen is jealous of the woman Carter is dating, so her friend Eve (Marcia Rodd) advises her to try to make him jealous. She gets involved with Tony (Hal Linden), a handsome man-about-town.

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  1. Barnes, Mike (2012-06-01). "Dee Caruso, a Writer on Classic 1960s Sitcoms, Dies at 83". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 2012-06-26.
  2. "Comedy writer Dee Caruso dies, Penned 'Get Smart,' 'The Monkees' episodes". Variety . 2012-05-29. Retrieved 2012-06-26.