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- 2014
- TV-14
- Bravo
- 2014
- TV-14
- Bravo
Summary A famous self-help book author Abby McCarthy (Lisa Edelstein) shocks everyone when she announces her separation from her husband, Jake (Paul Adelstein). Abby seeks advice from her divorced friends Her friend Lyla (Janeane Garofalo) and Phoebe (Beau Garrett) to restart her life as a single woman.
Created By: Marti Noxon
- 2014
- TV-14
- Bravo
- 2014
- TV-14
- Bravo
Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce
5 Seasons
Season 1 Premiere: Dec 2, 2014
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7.0
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Summary A famous self-help book author Abby McCarthy (Lisa Edelstein) shocks everyone when she announces her separation from her husband, Jake (Paul Adelstein). Abby seeks advice from her divorced friends Her friend Lyla (Janeane Garofalo) and Phoebe (Beau Garrett) to restart her life as a single woman.
Created By: Marti Noxon
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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64% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
69
64% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
36% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Bravo’s first original non-reality TV series is a sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking story about an L.A.-based self-help author.
This one is smartly acted, crisply written and willing to address all manner of issues--marriage, betrayal, family economics, friendship, even the pitfalls of public domesticity--in gratifyingly complex ways.
Girlfriends’ Guide is for the most part a pleasure, and unlike a lot of the network’s series, there’s nothing guilty about that.
Girlfriends’ Guide, loosely based on the series of books by Vicki Iovine, is, like most of Bravo’s shows, extremely entertaining, the TV equivalent of a great beach read.
Significant parts of Guide will remind you of past dramas about women in their 40s who are suddenly “out there” again. But it has its own sense of humor and hurt, all of which Edelstein conveys nicely.
Few divorces are pleasant, but the sharp, nasty scenes between Abby and Jake are the only emotionally honest moments over the first two episodes. Not surprisingly, they're the best ones, too. A shame the antagonists are so unlikable.
Finding the proper balance for dramedy isn't easy and Girlfriends’ Guide fails miserably at that task.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 User Ratings
7.0
70% Positive
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9% Mixed
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22% Negative
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Production Company:
- Canada Film Capital
- Universal Cable Productions
Initial Release Date: Dec 2, 2014
Number of seasons: 5 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
Awards
Women's Image Network Awards
• 3 Wins & 5 Nominations
The Joey Awards, Vancouver
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
