Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce
Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce (also known as Girlfriends' Guide to Freedom in season 3, Girlfriends' Guide to Bossing Up in season 4, and Girlfriends' Guide to Ever After in season 5) is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Marti Noxon for the American cable network Bravo. Based on the Girlfriends' Guides book series by Vicki Iovine, the series revolves around Abby McCarthy, a self-help author who finds solace in new friends and adventures as she faces an impending divorce. Lisa Edelstein portrays the main character Abby. Beau Garrett and Necar Zadegan co-star. Janeane Garofalo was part of the main cast for the first seven episodes of season 1 before departing the cast. She was replaced in episode 8 with Alanna Ubach. Paul Adelstein co-starred as a main cast member for the first two seasons, before being reduced to a recurring character for the third and fifth seasons. Retta recurred during the show's second season before being promoted to the main cast at the start of season 3.
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| Based on | Girlfriends' Guides series by Vicki Iovine |
| Developed by | Marti Noxon |
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| Composer | Robert Duncan |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 45 (list of episodes) |
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| Cinematography | Florian Ballhaus (pilot only) Scott Williams |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Production companies | Tiny Pyro Productions Universal Cable Productions |
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| Network | Bravo |
| Release | December 2, 2014 – July 19, 2018 |
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| The 45 Rules of Divorce - Arabic adaptation | |
Produced by Universal Cable Productions, it is the first original scripted series for Bravo. A 13-episode first season was ordered by the network, which premiered on December 2, 2014. The show debuted to 1.04 million viewers. Critical reception for the series has initially been generally positive, with particular praise towards Edelstein's performance and the series' quality over the reality series on Bravo. The show was eventually renewed for a second season, which premiered on December 1, 2015. On April 13, 2016, it was announced that Bravo had renewed the show for a third, fourth and fifth season. On August 5, 2016, it was announced that the fifth season would be the show's last.