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Airdate: Divorce

New Sarah Jessica Parker comedy from HBO will launch express from the US in October.

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HBO’s new comedy Divorce, starring Sarah Jessica Parker, will premiere on Showcase in early October.

It will launch express from the US at 8:30pm Tuesday October 11.

Divorce centres on Frances (Sarah Jessica Parker) who, after more than a decade of marriage and two children, has suddenly begun to reassess her life and her strained relationship with her husband Robert (Thomas Haden Church).

Created by Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe), the 10 part series looks at the never-ending process of unwinding a marriage. It is executive produced by Horgan, Paul Simms, Sarah Jessica Parker, Alison Benson and Aaron Kaplan. Paul Simms from Girls is showrunner.

The cast also includes Molly Shannon, Talia Balsam, Tracy Letts, Sterling Jerins and Charlie Kilgore, with Season one guests including Jemaine Clement, Dean Winters, Joanna Adle and Robert Forster.

Set in Westchester County, New York, the series begins with the couple attending the 50th birthday party of their friend Diane – an occasion marked by high drama when Diane and her husband Nick get into an over-the-top fight – which convinces Frances to tell Robert they should split. But Frances soon discovers that making a clean break and a fresh start is harder than she thought, while Robert, blindsided by Frances’ epiphany, struggles to cope with their marriage falling apart.

The story of a very, very long divorce, the 10-episode first season follows Frances and Robert as they grapple with the fallout from their failing union, not just for themselves, but also for their children and friends. Finding sharp, observant humor in tense situations ranging from awkward public encounters to bitter private therapy sessions, Divorce is about two people at the most difficult moment in their lives, feeling more intense emotions for each other than they’ve felt in years.

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