Sharon Horgan Comedy Series Ordered By HBO As Network Inks First-Look Deal With ‘Bad Sisters’ Star

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EXCLUSIVE: Sharon Horgan‘s followup to Bad Sisters will be for HBO. The WBD network has signed a two-year first-look TV deal with the BAFTA-winning and Emmy-nominated actor, writer and producer and her production company Merman.

Under the pact, which began this month, HBO has given a straight-to-series order for a new original comedy series, with Horgan serving as writer, star, and executive producer.

The yet-untitled half-hour, produced by Merman, follows a 50-year-old divorcee’s (Horgan) search for sex and love whilst juggling caring for her ailing parents and parenting her should-be grown up son.

This marks a return to HBO for Horgan who created and executive produced the network’s 2016 comedy series Divorce, starring Sarah Jessica Parker, which ran for three seasons. “We’re thrilled to be reunited with Sharon,” Amy Gravitt, EVP, HBO & Max Comedy Programming, said. “Her willingness to offer up her own experiences through the characters she creates makes us all feel a little less lonely, that is what sets her comedy apart so brilliantly.