Love, Unsuccessfully Trivia Quiz

Answer: Two and a Half Men

When Judith threw Alan out of their house, he went to his brother Charlie's house, asking to stay for the night. One night turned into many years; Alan even managed to keep living in Charlie's house after Charlie was killed off at the beginning of the show's ninth season and the house was sold. Though Alan and Judith divorced soon after she threw him out, Judith made regular appearances throughout the show, particularly in situations involving her and Alan's son Jake, the "half man" in the show's title.

Judith was played by Marin Hinkle, and Alan by Jon Cryer. Charlie Sheen initially starred as Charlie Harper; when he was killed off, Ashton Kutcher joined the show's cast as Walden Schmidt, the new owner of Charlie's house who let Alan live with him.

Answer: The New Adventures of Old Christine

"The New Adventures of Old Christine" ran for five seasons from 2006 to 2010. Julia Louis-Dreyfus starred as Christine Campbell. When Christine's ex-husband Richard began dating a younger woman also named Christine, his new girlfriend came to be referred to as 'New Christine', leading to his ex-wife being called 'Old Christine'. Richard and New Christine became fixtures in Old Christine's life. In another little twist, Old Christine dated New Christine's father for awhile. Old Christine and Richard almost got back together a couple of times, but ultimately Richard married New Christine and they had a baby girl in the fifth season.

Richard was played by Clark Gregg. New Christine was played by Emily Rutherfurd.

Answer: Golden Girls

One of the show's starring characters, Dorothy Zbornak (played by Bea Arthur) was recently divorced from her husband Stanley when the series began. After 38 years of marriage, Stan had left her for a much younger woman. Later on, Stan wanted to win Dorothy back and almost did, but she called off the re-wedding when she was asked to sign a pre-nup. Stan was a loveable kind of guy, if irresponsible at times.

He was played by Herb Edelman.

Answer: My Name is Earl

Jason Lee starred as Earl, who decided to make a list of all bad things he'd done and people he'd hurt to make it up to them after he was hit by a car and learned about karmic retribution. Joy was Earl's ex-wife, who was not always very nice to him. Joy and Earl had two kids, but throughout the series it was believed that neither kid was Earl's, unbeknownst to Earl. As it turned out, the older boy actually was Earl's son and the paternity of the younger boy was left a mystery when the show ended. It had previously been thought that the younger boy was the son of Joy's new husband, Darnell, Earl's friend who hooked up with Joy while she was still married to Earl.

Despite their divorce, Joy remained part of Earl's life. He even went to prison when he confessed to a crime that Joy had committed, to save Joy from going to jail.

Answer: Carol

Carol Willick was played in her first appearance by Anita Barone, and then in all subsequent appearances by Jane Sibbett. Ross and Carol split up because Carol realized she was a lesbian and wanted to pursue a relationship with a woman named Susan. Right after this after, Carol realized she was pregnant with Ross' child. Their son, Ben, kept Carol and Susan involved in Ross' life. Ross and Carol are quite different from the usual sitcom divorced couple; their split was amicable and they were shown to be very caring towards one another throughout Carol's appearances on the show. Ross even 'gave her away' when Carol and Susan got married.

Ross' other ex-wives were Emily (a much less amicable split) and fellow "Friend" Rachel. Rachel and Ross drunkenly got married in Las Vegas in the fifth season, and, unable to secure an annulment, had to get divorced. They did, however, get back together at the very end of the series.

Answer: Boston

The characters Frasier Crane and Lilith Sternin originated on the show "Cheers", which took place in Boston. They got married during the run of "Cheers" and had their share of problems, including Lilith having an affair. "Cheers" ended with it unclear whether Lilith and Frasier would stay married, but when the spin-off "Frasier" began, they were already divorced and Frasier was relocating to Seattle. Lilith and their son Frederick stayed in Boston, but both visited Frasier several times during the run of his show. Frasier also often talked about Lilith. Though he usually focused on her faults and had not-so-nice things to say about her, during Lilith's appearances on "Frasier" they tended to get along quite well and even show affection for each other.

Kelsey Grammer played Frasier Crane and Bebe Neuwirth won two Emmy awards for her role as Lilith Sternin.

Answer: Cougar Town

When "Cougar Town" began, the lead character Jules, played by Courteney Cox was 40-ish and wanting to date much younger men. That concept didn't last too long, and the show really became about a group of friends and neighbours who spend a lot of time drinking wine and getting into funny situations. Bobby Cobb, Jules' ex-husband, remained part of her circle of friends after they divorced and was frequently at Jules' house. At first his presence in her home was largely because of him spending time with their son, Travis, but Bobby spent just as much time there once Travis was away a lot of the time at college. Bobby was even great friends with Jules' second husband, Grayson.

Bobby was played by Brian Van Holt.

Answer: Gary Unmarried

"Gary Unmarried" ran for two seasons starting in 2008. At the beginning of the series, he and Allison were just recently divorced but still saw each other often because of their kids, Tom and Louise. There was always a lot of banter and insult-flinging between Gary and Allison, but underneath that they got along well. Gary especially liked to make fun of Allison's new love interest, a man several years older than her played by Eg Begley, Jr.

Answer: DeDe

DeDe Pritchett is Jay's ex-wife and the mother of his older children, Mitchell and Claire. She is a manipulative and unstable woman. She showed up to Jay and Gloria's wedding and made a scene, bitter that he was getting re-married. DeDe is portrayed by Shelley Long.

Jay, played by Ed O'Neill, not only has adult children with DeDe but also gained a stepson when he married Gloria (played by Sofia Vergera). Jay and Gloria also had a baby together.

Answer: Reba

Country music star Reba McEntire starred as Reba Hart in "Reba", which premiered in 2001 and ran for six seasons. At the beginning of the show, Reba and her husband Brock were having marital troubles, but the troubles became insurmountable in the pilot episode when it revealed that Brock's mistress was pregnant. Brock left Reba to marry Barbara Jean. At the same time, Brock and Reba's teen daughter Cheyenne also found out she was pregnant and she married her boyfriend Van. They lived in Reba's house to raise their baby Elizabeth.

After the divorce, Brock and Reba remained in each other's lives and were often shown to be friendly. Though at first Reba hated Brock's new wife Barbara Jean, Barbara Jean loved Reba and wanted to be best friends with her. Eventually Reba realized she truly did like Barbara Jean and they did become friends, though that did not stop Reba from often making sarcastic comments about BJ.

Christopher Rich played Brock and Melissa Peterman played Barbara Jean.