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In 2014, Rob Delaney said goodbye to America and relocated his family to the UK. Just one year after settling into his new home, the hit series Catastrophe premiered to Britain's Channel 4 and, soon after, Amazon Prime's streaming platform. Delaney stars as Rob Norris, an American businessman who accidentally gets a woman pregnant during a one night stand. The Emmy-nominated, BAFTA-winning series is co-created and co-written by Delaney and Sharon Horgan, who co-stars as Sharon Morris, his fling-turned-baby mama in question.

Not only did the series disrupt the rom-com formula, with a pleasant amount of vulgarity throughout, the realistic subject matter — including topics like post-partum depression, infidelity, in-law drama, cancer scares, and other daily parental challenges — came at audiences with a brutal sense of honesty seldom seen on the small screen.

"Marriage is just fascinating and it's really hard to do in film, TV and even novels," Delaney explained to The Los Angeles Times.  He referenced Richard Linklater's Before films as a huge inspiration behind the hit series. "I know people had found [the third film] 'Before Midnight' depressing but I didn't. They're choosing to make it work, and that's a big element, maybe the biggest, of a successful marriage."

Clearly, Amazon's got a winning formula on its hands. Variety reported back in 2016 the streaming service renewed Catastrophe for two more seasons.