HBO is ending its relationship with Divorce. The cable network has decided that season 3, which premieres tonight, will be its last.
Despite HBO’s decision to end the series, its star and executive producer, Sarah Jessica Parker, will remain in business with the premium cable network where her company, Pretty Matches Prods., has been under a first-look deal for 14 years. Parker and her long-time producing partner Alison Benson have built up a slate that spans scripted drama, comedy and unscripted TV series as well as features and documentaries.
Divorce stars Parker and Thomas Haden Church as divorcing couple Frances and Robert. Parker said in a statement that she feels the final season does provide closure for the viewers:
“It feels to me as if the first season we were pretty entrenched in battle and it was not surprising to reveal that neither Frances nor Robert were very good at divorce; most people aren’t. By the end of last season, it started to feel as if Frances had made peace with the unforeseen complexities of being free from the marriage. So this season feels like a genuine fresh start. For both Frances and Robert, it appears as if they’re on a path that feels more in their control.”
Ending the series with a six-episode installment was a joint decision by Parker, Benson and the other producers took after conversations with HBO and showrunner Liz Tuccillo.
