Some of them are funny, some of them bring a tear to your eye. Whether it’s because the couple were together for a long time and you’re sad to witness their demise, or because their ending was so explosive, their destruction kept your eyes were glued to the TV, most television breakups have a way of sticking in your mind forever.

Tonight, yet another couple in TV land calls it quits. The Starter Wife follows a newly single mother (Debra Messing, Will & Grace) as she tries to raise her daughter and resurrect her ailing career after her marriage to a former studio exec goes south.

See how well you remember other infamous splits with TVGuide.ca’s breakup quiz. Good luck!

1. Why did Will and Grace break up in college?
2. What high-school sweethearts broke up after one of them hooked up with the other’s best friend?
3. Which couple’s “break” lasted several seasons before they officially reunited on this hit show’s finale?
4. Why did Diane break up with Sam on Cheers?
5. Who does Alex cheat on Izzie with in Season 2 of Grey’s Anatomy?
6. At what event do Joey and Pacey break up on Dawson’s Creek?
7. On The Simpsons, what is the title of the song that Kirk Van Houten sings to his wife Luann after she leaves him?
8. What circumstances prompted Victor to marry Nikki for the second time on The Young and the Restless?
9. What city does Angel move to after he and Buffy break up on Buffy the Vampire Slayer?
10. How many times do Carrie and Mr. Big break up on Sex and the City?
11. On Gary Unmarried, what is the connection between Gary and his ex’s fiancée, Walter?
12. What did Carlos replace Gabrielle’s birth control pills with on Desperate Housewives?
13. Debra Morgan’s boyfriend, Rudy Cooper, is revealed as whom on Dexter?
14. How many years were Christine and Richard Campbell married on The New Adventures of Old Christine?
15. On Melrose Place, what disorder does Kimberly have, which ultimately causes a rift between her and Michael?

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ANSWERS:
1. Will refuses to sleep with Grace
2. Brenda Walsh and Dylan McKay
3. Ross and Rachel, Friends
4. She left to write a book
5. Olivia
6. The senior prom
7. “Can I Borrow a Feeling”
8. She had been shot and was presumed to be dying
9. Los Angeles
10. Twice
11. Walter was Gary and Allison’s former marriage counsellor
12. Sugar pills
13. The Ice Truck Killer
14. 10
15. Multiple personality disorder

SCORE:
0-5: Watching other people’s hardships is much more fun than wallowing in your own. Give it a try some time!
6-10: You’ve found a nice balance between watching regular TV and focusing on the on-screen splits.
10-15: Seriously, I hope you know the difference between reality and fantasy. Chances are real-life break-ups are not as bad as the ones on the tube.