Country of origin United States Original network TV Land | No. of episodes 10 | |
Original release June 15 (2011-06-15) – August 17, 2011 (2011-08-17) |
The first season of the television comedy series Happily Divorced began airing on June 15, 2011 on TV Land in the United States. This season consisted of 10 episodes and aired in the United States on Wednesdays at 10:30pm following Hot in Cleveland.
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Cast and characters
The series focuses on Fran Lovett (Fran Dresher) a Los Angeles florist who finds out her husband Peter (John Michael Higgins), to whom she has been married for eighteen years, is gay. Naturally, they get a divorce but, because of their tight financial situation, they continue to live in the same house together. Other prominent characters in the series include Fran's mother Dori (Rita Moreno); Fran's father Glenn (Robert Walden); Fran's best friend Judi (Tichina Arnold) and Fran's employee Cesar (Valente Rodriguez).
Guest cast in season one include Fran's on-off boyfriend Elliot (D. W. Moffett); Dori and Glenn's neighbor Marilyn (Renée Taylor); support group leader Robert (Ian Ziering); Judi's date David (Lou Diamond Phillips); Peter's date Marc (Robert Gant) and Gregory Sherwood (Charles Shaughnessy). Co-creator Peter Marc Jacobson also guest starred in two separate episodes of season one. He played a waiter in episode one and Peter's date from Las Vegas in episode nine.
DVD release
On March 6, 2012, Paramount Home Video released a two-disc set of the first season was released on DVD. The DVD features every episode, Cast Interviews and an "Cancer Schmancer" PSA.