Tonight | Separated at Birth on ABC: Nazeem Hussain’s Sameer faces fatherhood and divorce – Separated at Birth premieres tonight, with Nazeem Hussain and Urzila Carlson as two paramedics who are brilliant at work and hopeless at home. The six-part comedy starts at 8.30pm on ABC and ABC iview.
Sameer and Donna are best friends and work partners. On the job, they excel. Away from it, they fail at adulting.
Hussain and Carlson are two of Australia’s best-known comedians. With baby and house disasters piling up, the series promises it will take a child to raise this village.
A birth and a fixer-upper
The first episode opens on a big day. Sameer’s wife Aaleyah, played by Sana’a Shaik, goes into labour.
Anxious paramedic Sameer should be focused on his family. Instead, he is distracted helping Donna inspect her disastrous fixer-upper.
An even bigger shock
Hours later, their son Omar is born. But the birth brings an even bigger shock when Aaleyah asks for a divorce.
Sameer now has to navigate fatherhood and heartbreak at the same time. He fights to keep his family together.
Donna, meanwhile, has a house that needs far more work than she bargained for. Between the two of them, there is plenty of chaos to come.
It is a warm, messy setup for a comedy about friendship, family and the people who hold each other up.
Don’t miss Separated at Birth, Wednesday 11 November at 8.30pm on ABC and streaming on ABC iview.
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