How to Survive a Marriage is a soap opera which ran on the NBC of 7 January 1974 to 18 april 1975. The series was broadcast at half past 4 in the afternoon and could compete with game shows Match Game and other soap One Life to Live not to. After 16 months, the series was cancelled. The Days of Our Livestook out Monday it released half an hour in and from then on this series lasted an hour.