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Genre | Family drama |
Created by | Jonathan Gavin and Imogen Banks |
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Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 7 |
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Production locations | Melbourne, Victoria |
Running time | 43 minutes |
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Network | Network Ten |
Release | 25 October – 6 December 2017 |
Sisters is an Australian television drama series, created by Jonathan Gavin and Imogen Banks, and produced by Imogen Banks and Nicole O'Donahue, that screened locally on Network Ten in October 2017 and launched as a Netflix Original Series on September 1, 2018.
Sisters follows the story of Julia Bechly as her life is turned upside-down when her father, in vitro fertilisation pioneer Dr Julius Bechly, publishes a deathbed confession that during his award-winning 30 year career as a fertility specialist, he used his own sperm and is potentially the father of hundreds of children. Julia decides to make the most of the situation and throws a family gathering where she finds out she has hundreds of brothers, but only two sisters: troubled children's television star Roxy Karibas and belligerent lawyer Edie Flanagan. [1]
No. overall | Title [3] | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | Aus. viewers |
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1 | "Episode 1" | Emma Freeman | Jonathan Gavin | 25 October 2017 | 300687-1 | 624,000 [4] |
Julia Bechly is living her usual life caring for her terminally ill father Julius, until a news story reports that Julius used his own sperm during the time he was a fertility specialist. She asks her father if it's true, and he confirms it. Although panicked, Julia decides to throw a “family gathering” to meet all her biological siblings; she discovers she has many, many brothers but only two sisters: troubled children’s television star Roxy Karibas and belligerent lawyer Edie Flanagan. Note: This episode has an extended run time of 75 minutes. | ||||||
2 | "Episode 2" | Emma Freeman | Jonathan Gavin | 1 November 2017 | 300687-2 | 351,000 [5] |
3 | "Episode 3" | Emma Freeman | Benjamin Law | 8 November 2017 | 300687-3 | 251,000 [6] |
4 | "Episode 4" | Shannon Murphy | Monica Zanetti | 15 November 2017 | 300687-4 | 218,000 [7] |
5 | "Episode 5" | Shannon Murphy | Anita Jankovic | 22 November 2017 | 300687-5 | 150,000 [8] |
6 | "Episode 6" | Corrie Chen | Michael Lucas | 29 November 2017 | 300687-6 | 172,000 [9] |
7 | "Episode 7" | Corrie Chen | Jonathan Gavin | 6 December 2017 | 300687-7 | N/A |
No. | Title | Air date | Overnight ratings | Consolidated ratings | Total viewers | Ref(s) | ||
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Viewers | Rank | Viewers | Rank | |||||
1 | "Episode 1" | 25 October 2017 | 624,000 | 12 | 83,000 | 10 | 707,000 | [4] [10] |
2 | "Episode 2" | 1 November 2017 | 351,000 | — | 49,000 | 19 | 400,000 | [5] [11] |
3 | "Episode 3" | 8 November 2017 | 251,000 | — | — | — | 251,000 | [6] |
4 | "Episode 4" | 15 November 2017 | 218,000 | — | — | — | 218,000 | [7] |
5 | "Episode 5" | 22 November 2017 | — | — | — | |||
6 | "Episode 6" | 29 November 2017 | — | — | — | |||
7 | "Episode 7" | 6 December 2017 | — | — | — |
In February 2019, U.S. network Fox ordered a pilot for a U.S. remake of Sisters with Annie Weisman and Jason Katims ( The Path and Parenthood ) producing. [12] [13] Not Just Me was ordered to series on Fox in May 2019, for 2019–20 United States network television season. [14] However in June 2019, reported that the series change the title to Almost Family . [15]
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