Although Fran Drescher is perhaps best known for her role on the beloved '90s sitcom. Nannythere's another comedy she'd like to have on television.
IN recent interview with PeopleFormer SAG-AFTRA president singled out 'bad business model' that led to eventual cancellation TV Country's Happily divorced. Based on Drescher's real life, the series follows a woman who returns to the dating world after discovering her husband is gay and changing relationships with her current boyfriend and her ex-husband, with whom she still lives.
“It’s a pity that TV Land took it away Happily divorced turned off after only 36 episodes,” she said, adding: “I pointed it out to them, but they didn’t want to hear it. But in the end I was right.”
The series, created by Drescher and ex-husband Peter Marc Jacobson, was in the running for two seasons and was canceled in 2013.. It also stars John Michael Higgers, Tichina Arnold, Valente Rodriguez and Rita Moreno.
She continued, “Two years later, I ran into one of the executives and they said, 'If it's any consolation, this seems like a big regret at TV Land. This should not have been cancelled. It shouldn't have gone away. It was so good.”
Drescher said she believes the show is “finding itself” after a slow start and knows it will take longer for sponsors to see its value in syndication. Happily divorced had strong startThe series premiered in the summer of 2011 with 2.4 million viewers.
“If you have limited money, you can't pay for a show and hope you can bundle it or sell it before you run out of money,” she explained. “It was a couple who still loved each other, but he was gay. It would take a little over 36 episodes to sell. You couldn't find an audience because everyone loved it.”
The multi-hyphenate said she still gets contacted by fans who like the series: “People still to this day say, ‘I liked it better than Nanny. Why did they take it off? Unfortunately, we didn't have the opportunity to make it longer because there was so much more to say. The global message was: everyone has the right to live an authentic life, and love is love.”
