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Do you remember Jessica Goldberg's TV drama, "The Path," with Aaron Paul, Michelle Monaghan, and Hugh Dancy? Yeah, me neither. That's kind of the problem since I actually watched half of the Hulu series' first season back in 2016, but the only thing I can recall is that it was underwhelming, dull, and way too slow to hold my interest. It was meant to be the show that gave new life to Aaron Paul's career after he couldn't quite utilize the fame and praise "Breaking Bad" brought him over five years. Once Vince Gilligan's revolutionary masterpiece ended in 2013, Paul was offered a bunch of roles in various movies, but somehow none of those propelled him into the A-star category of actors who usually headlined features.

Maybe he just wasn't ready for it as much as his co-star and pal Bryan Cranston, who cashed in on his role of Walter...

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Cruel Intentions is a teen drama series created by Phoebe Fisher and Sara Goodman. Based on the 1999 film of the same name by Roger Kumble which in turn was based on the French novel Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, the Prime Video series is set in Washington D.C. in the prestigious Manchester College and it revolves around step-siblings Caroline and Lucien who are at the top of the social ladder. When a hazing incident goes wrong, Caroline bets Lucien to seduce Annie Grover, the daughter of the United States Vice President to make it go away. Cruel Intentions stars Sarah Catherine Hook, Zac Burgess, Savannah Lee Smith, Sara Silva, John Harlan Kim, Khobe Clarke, Sean Patrick Thomas, and Brooke Lena Johnson. So, if you loved the seductive drama, thrilling twists and turns, and compelling...

Lessons in Chemistry on Apple TV+ was a successful miniseries based on a best-selling book, featuring a chemist named Elizabeth Zott who faces challenges from the patriarchy while pursuing her love of science. The show explores Elizabeth's journey of falling in love, grieving, and finding new passions, while also highlighting the story of Harriet Sloane, her best friend and neighbor, who fights to prevent their neighborhood from being gentrified. The friendship between Elizabeth and Harriet evolves through mutual loss and support, with Elizabeth learning to recognize Harriet's struggles and becoming a true ally.

Apple TV+ saw great success with the conclusion of its recent miniseries, Lessons in Chemistry. Based on the best-selling book Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, the story follows a lab tech named Elizabeth Zott (Brie Larson) who brushes up against the patriarchy while pursuing her love of science. Over the course of 8 episodes, Elizabeth falls in...

“Lessons in Chemistry” star Aja Naomi King still finds hope in the devastating end to her character Harriet’s arc in the Apple TV+ drama series.

Based on real historical events, the show’s finale finds politicians passing the act that enabled the Santa Monica freeway construction that destroyed the Sugar Hill neighborhood in which Harriet and Elizabeth Zott (Brie Larson) live. When Calvin Evans (Lewis Pullman) first started at Hastings Lab before Elizabeth entered the picture and moved in with him, he forged a bond with Harriet and her husband Charlie (Paul James). Even before she grew closer to Elizabeth in the wake of Calvin’s death, Harriet advocated for the dismissal of building a freeway through her and Calvin’s neighborhood, which would render them homeless.

“The thing that I want people to take away is that it’s always worth it to fight. No matter what happens,...

Network: Showtime

Episodes: Eight (half-hour)

Seasons: One

TV show dates: May 1, 2022 -- June 19, 2022

Series status: Cancelled

Performers include: Vanessa Bayer, Molly Shannon, Jenifer Lewis, Paul James, Ayden Mayeri, Matt Rogers, Punam Patel, and Johnno Wilson.

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A comedy series, I Love That for You was created by Vanessa Bayer and Jeremy Beiler. The story is inspired by Bayer’s own story of overcoming childhood leukemia.

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Will Joanna realize her dreams in the first season of the I Love That for You TV show on Showtime? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like I Love That for You is cancelled or renewed for season two. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustrated when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we invite you to rate all of the first season episodes of I Love That for You here. *Status update below.

A Showtime comedy series, the I Love That for You TV show stars Vanessa Bayer, Molly Shannon, Jenifer Lewis, Paul James, Ayden Mayeri, Matt Rogers, and Punam Patel with Johnno Wilson in a recurring role. The story is inspired by Bayer’s own story of overcoming...

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Airing on the Showtime cable channel, the I Love That for You TV show stars Vanessa Bayer, Molly Shannon, Jenifer Lewis, Paul James, Ayden Mayeri, Matt Rogers, and Punam Patel, with Johnno Wilson in a recurring role. The story is inspired by Bayer’s own story of overcoming childhood leukemia. Joanna Gold (Bayer) dreams of becoming a host at a...

When it comes to scripted TV shows, Showtime typically airs dramas instead of comedies. How will their newest entry in the latter category perform in the ratings? Will I Love That for You be cancelled or renewed for season two? Stay tuned. *Status update below.

A comedy series, the I Love That for You TV show stars Vanessa Bayer, Molly Shannon, Jenifer Lewis, Paul James, Ayden Mayeri, Matt Rogers, and Punam Patel with Johnno Wilson in a recurring role. The story is inspired by Bayer’s own story of overcoming childhood leukemia. Joanna Gold (Bayer) dreams of becoming a host at a home shopping channel. Working to shed her life-long label as "that cancer girl," she moves away from her parents and starts a budding romance for the first time in her adult life. Joanna also forms a meaningful friendship with her idol, Jackie (Shannon),...

Joanna's tale won't continue on Showtime. I Love That for You has been cancelled so it won't be returning for a second season on the cable channel. The first season of eight episodes aired a year ago.

A comedy series, the I Love That for You TV show stars Vanessa Bayer, Molly Shannon, Jenifer Lewis, Paul James, Ayden Mayeri, Matt Rogers, and Punam Patel with Johnno Wilson in a recurring role. The story is inspired by Bayer’s own story of overcoming childhood leukemia. Joanna Gold (Bayer) dreams of becoming a host at a home shopping channel. Working to shed her life-long label as "that cancer girl," she moves away from her parents and starts a budding romance for the first time in her adult life. Joanna also forms a meaningful friendship with her idol, Jackie (Shannon), the...

It's going to be just one season for I Love That for You. Deadline reports that the series has been officially canceled with no second season in the works. The series premiered its first and only season in May of last year, wrapping up its eight-episode run in June 2022. It had been on the bubble ever since, having its future uncertain for a full year before arriving at this unfortunate conclusion. However, not all hope is lost, as the report also notes that the show's backers are planning to shop the series elsewhere with Showtime's support.

Confirming the news of the cancelation, a Showtime spokesperson said in a statement, "I Love That for You has completed its run on Showtime. We want to thank Vanessa [Bayer], Jeremy [Beiler] and Jessi [Klein], along with the incredible cast and crew for their hard work and wish them the best going forward.”

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Showtime has swung the axe on Vanessa Bayer's I Love That For You.

The comedy has been canceled after just one season on the premium cabler.

"I Love That for You has completed its run on Showtime," the network said. 

"We want to thank Vanessa, Jeremy and Jessi, along with the incredible cast and crew for their hard work and wish them the best going forward."

Inspired by Bayer's own story of overcoming childhood leukemia, the comedy centered on Joanna Gold (Bayer), who dreamed of becoming a host at a home-shopping channel.

Molly Shannon starred as Jackie, the charismatic star of the network and Joanna's idol.

Jenifer Lewis played Patricia, the network's icy, enigmatic founder and CEO.

Additional series regulars included Paul James, Ayden Mayeri, Matt Rogers, and Punam Patel.

I Love That For You is co-created and executive produced...

Nearly a year after the first season concluded, it’s finally clear that “I Love That for You” will not be getting a second season on Showtime. The comedy series starring Vanessa Bayer and Molly Shannon has been canceled, TheWrap has confirmed.

However, the network won’t stand in the way if the show’s producers shop it to other networks or streamers, according to an individual with knowledge of the matter.

“’I Love That for You’ has completed its run on Showtime. We want to thank Vanessa, Jeremy and Jessi, along with the incredible cast and crew for their hard work and wish them the best going forward,” the network said via a spokesperson.

The series, which premiered May 1, 2022, stars Bayer as Joanna Gold, a woman who lands her dream job of being a shopping channel host like her idol Jackie (Shannon), but has to resort to a big...

“I Love That for You” will not move forward with a second season at Showtime. The network has canceled the comedy series executive produced by Vanessa Bayer, Jeremy Beiler and Jessi Klein after one season.

“’I Love That for You’ has completed its run on Showtime,” a spokesperson for the network disclosed on Wednesday evening. “We want to thank Vanessa, Jeremy and Jessi, along with the incredible cast and crew for their hard work and wish them the best going forward.”

The news comes nearly a year after “I Love That for You” completed its pilot season, airing a finale on June 19, 2022. The first season was composed of eight episodes, which broadcast weekly on Sunday evenings.

While Showtime is terminating its relationship with “I Love That for You,” the production is open to search for a new home by shopping to other networks.

Created by Bayer and Beiler, “I Love That for You...

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The Showtime series starring Saturday Night Live star Vanessa Bayer has been cancelled after one season, TVLine has learned.

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“I Love That for You has completed its run on Showtime,” a network spokesperson said in a statement. “We want to thank Vanessa, Jeremy and Jessi, along with the incredible cast and crew for their hard work and wish them the best going forward.

Showtime has made a decision on its last remaining current scripted series whose fate had been up in the air, opting not to pick up a second season of comedy I Love That for You. The news comes a year after the Season 1 run of the show starring Vanessa Bayer, who co-created it with Jeremy Beiler. The two serve as executive producers alongside showrunner Jessi Klein and Michael Showalter.

“I Love That for You has completed its run on Showtime,” a spokesperson for the network said in a statement. “We want to thank Vanessa, Jeremy and Jessi, along with the incredible cast and crew for their hard work and wish them the best going forward.”

As Deadline reported, there had been an internal effort to get the well-received series renewed. I Love That for You co-star Matt Rogers claimed in December that a second season of the show already had been written.

When Paul James opened Uncle Paulie’s Deli in L.A. almost six years ago, he never imagined one day he’d be getting his own sandwich shop in a Las Vegas casino.

Certainly the idea of opening up in southwest Las Vegas — at least 15 minutes from the Strip — didn’t cross his mind. But now thanks to the innovative new food hall, Eat Your Heart Out, to debut at Durango Resort this fall, several West Coast fast-casual favorites with cachet are now living the desert dream.

“When the opportunity came to meet with Station Casinos, they told me about [their new] neighborhood casino. It was a perfect fit,” says James, adding that one of Uncle Paulie’s business philosophies is, “We’re from the neighborhood, for the neighborhood.”

Paulie’s motto is one that his new landlord can really get behind. Durango is the latest project from Station Casinos (Red Rock Resort and Green Valley Ranch,...

I Love That For You has not been renewed for a second season yet, but word has it that the entire season has already been written. Matt Rogers, who plays Darcy Leeds in the Showtime series, revealed the news on a recent podcast appearance.

The comedy from series star Vanessa Bayer is based on her own personal life. It follows a woman who survives childhood leukemia and is trying to achieve her dream of being a host of a show on the home shopping network. Molly Shannon, Jenifer Lewis, Paul James, Ayden Mayeri, and Punam Patel also star in the series. The first season debuted in April.

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Photo: ‘I Love That for You’ As we saw for seven years on SNL, Vanessa Bayer is funny. Her Jacob the Bar-Mitzvah boy, her Totino’s wife, and her Miley Cyrus impersonation are all characters that were charming and well-balanced. Unfortunately, the same laughs I had during her spot on Saturdays have not traveled over to her new show ‘I Love That for You’. The Premise ‘I Love That for You’ follows the story of childhood leukemia survivor Joanna Gold (Bayer) as she finally gets her dream job at the fictional home shopping channel Svn. When she gets fired on her first day, in a desperate plea to stay, she lies and tells her boss and coworkers her cancer is back. As she befriends her Svn idol Jackie Silton (Molly Shannon), is exploited for her illness by her boss Patricia Cochran (Jenifer Lewis), and begins a romance with showrunner Jordan Wahl...

As Hollywood events return to full force in New York and Los Angeles amid the coronavirus pandemic, here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings, including four days of star-studded CinemaCon presentations and red carpets for I Love That for You, Grace and Frankie and Spring Awakening.

Grace and Frankie season seven special event

In honor of the hit show’s final season, Netflix hosted a special FYC event for Grace and Frankie on Sunday at NeueHouse Hollywood, with stars Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, June Diane Raphael, Brooklyn Decker, Baron Vaughn and Ethan Embry.

Bosch: Legacy premiere event

The cast, creator and EPs of Amazon Freevee’s Bosch: Legacy attended a premiere event for the show at The London West Hollywood premiere on Sunday.

TCM Classic Film Festival

Turner Classic Movies returned for its annual Hollywood takeover April 21 to 24, kicked off by a 40th-anniversary celebration of E.

Showtime comedy “I Love That for You” traces a straight line back to “Saturday Night Live.” Not only did former “SNL” star Vanessa Bayer create the show with former “SNL” writer Jeremy Beiler, and Bayer’s co-star is “SNL” veteran Molly Shannon, but the relationship between the actresses’ characters also looks a lot like… Shannon and Bayer’s, back when they were on “SNL.”

They didn’t overlap on the show, but it remained a shared experience. The actresses grew up 10 minutes away from each other in Cleveland suburbs and brought their Midwestern sensibilities to the venerable comedy show.

“Like when Vanessa’s character is getting a makeover, I relate to her character because that’s how I felt when I started on ‘Saturday Night Live,” Shannon said at the show’s premiere and FYC event at the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles Wednesday night. “You’re kind of green,...

Vanessa Bayer, Molly Shannon, and Jenifer Lewis headline Showtime‘s upcoming comedy I Love That For You (premiering April 29). And as if that stacked cast of leads isn’t enough of a draw, I Love That For You‘s leads and ensemble cast shine thanks to hilarious writing from Bayer and fellow Saturday Night Live alum Jeremy Beiler. Inspired by Bayer’s own story of overcoming childhood leukemia, I Love That For You stars Bayer as Joanna Gold, a woman who dreams of becoming a host on a home shopping channel called Svn. Shannon plays Jackie Stilton, the charismatic longtime star of the network whom Joanna idolizes. And in her first role after black-ish, Lewis plays Patricia Cochran, Svn’s icy, enigmatic founder and CEO. Paul James, Ayden Mayeri, Matt Rogers, and Punam Patel round out the series regulars as a wickedly funny ensemble. I Love That For You is...

Joanna Gold (Vanessa Bayer) lands her dream job of being a shopping channel host like her idol Jackie (Molly Shannon), but has to resort to a big lie — she has cancer! — to avoid being fired in the official trailer for “I Love That For You,” which Showtime released on Wednesday.

Joanna did have cancer as a child but is now cancer-free, a fact that’s sure to come out eventually in this half-hour comedy, which is based on Bayer’s own battle with childhood leukemia. She executive produces and stars, along with fellow “Saturday Night Live” alum Shannon and Jenifer Lewis of “Black-ish,” who plays the stern, disapproving founder and CEO of the popular home shopping channel.

The series will premiere on Friday, April 29 on streaming and on-demand for all Showtime subscribers, before making its on-air debut on Sunday, May 1 at 8:30 p.m. Et/Pt. The eight-episode season will...

Don Johnson returned as Nash Bridges this Saturday night, with Cheech Marin’s Joe Dominguez again riding shotgun. Did the reunion movie for USA Network prove worthy of a full-on series revival?

The two-hour movie — which producers, at least at one point, hoped would serve as a backdoor pilot for a full series relaunch — picked up with Nash and Joe chasing after Trevor Garrison, a baddie involved in trafficking teenage girls. After a gunshot from Joe accidentally explodes a nearby gas truck (but in doing so Ko’s Trevor), both he and Nash nonetheless get a two-week suspension from the...

Amazon Prime Video and Sony Pictures Television released a new clip from “The Wheel of Time” and announced Ceara Coveney, Natasha O’Keeffe and Meera Syal will join the cast as series regulars in Season 2.

Based on Robert Jordan’s bestselling fantasy novels, “The Wheel of Time” is set in an epic world where magic exists and only certain women are allowed to access it. Moiraine (Rosamund Pike), a member of the powerful all-female organization called Aes Sedai, embarks on an adventure with five men and women — with one prophesied to be the Dragon Reborn, who will either save or destroy humanity.

The series stars Pike, Joshua Stradowski, Marcus Rutherford, Zoë Robins, Barney Harris, Madeleine Madden and Daniel Henney.

“The Wheel of Time” was adapted for TV by Rafe Judkins, who serves as showrunner. In addition to Judkins, Larry Mondragon, Rick Selvage, Mike Weber, Ted Field, Darren Lemke, Marigo Kehoe and...

Nash Bridges fans will feast — and without none of that nap-inducing L-tryptophan — when USA Network premieres the long-awaited reunion movie during Thanksgiving weekend.

The cabler has announced that the two-hour Nash Bridges telepic will air Saturday, Nov. 27 at 9/8c, with original cast members Don Johnson and Cheech Marin reprising their roles as Nash and his partner Joe Dominguez, now elite investigators for the San Francisco Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit. As previously reported, producers are hopeful that the movie will serve as a backdoor pilot for a full series relaunch.

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USA Network’s two-hour film Nash Bridges has been given a Thanksgiving weekend premiere date. It wll debut on Saturday, Nov. 27.

The movie brings back original cast members Don Johnson and Cheech Marin as elite investigators for the San Francisco Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit. The film is part of USA’s modified programming strategy that focuses on event scripted programming. If the movie does well, it could launch a Nash Bridges series revival.

In addition to Johnson and Marin, the film brings back original Nash Bridges cast member Jeff Perry. They are joined in the cast by new additions Joe Dinicol, Diarra Kilpatrick, Angela Ko, Paul James, Alexia Garcia and Bonnie Sommerville.

Produced by Village Roadshow Television, which also controls rights to the original series created by Carlton Cuse, the film was written by Bill Chais and directed by Greg Beeman.

Johnson, Chais and Beeman executive produce alongside Cuse,...

Black-ish‘s Jenifer Lewis is set as a lead alongside Vanessa Bayer and Molly Shannon in Bayer’s half-hour Showtime comedy series I Love This for You.

Co-created and executive produced by Bayer and Jeremy Beiler (Saturday Night Live), I Love This for You is inspired by Bayer’s own story of overcoming childhood leukemia. It centers on Joanna Gold (Bayer) who dreams of becoming a host at a home-shopping channel. Working to shed her life-long label as “that cancer girl,” she moves away from her parents, starts a budding romance for the first time in her adult life and forms a meaningful friendship with her idol Jackie (Shannon), the charismatic host at the network, all against the backdrop of a highly competitive workplace run by an unstable billionaire, where people play dirty to succeed.

Lewis will play Patricia, the icy, enigmatic founder and CEO of a popular home shopping network.

Jenifer Lewis has joined the upcoming Showtime comedy series “I Love This For You.”

Lewis joins previously announced series lead Vanessa Bayer and cast members Molly Shannon, Paul James, Ayden Mayeri, Matt Rogers, and Punam Patel.

Inspired by Bayer’s own story of overcoming childhood leukemia, the series centers on Joanna Gold (Bayer) who dreams of becoming a host at a home-shopping channel. Working to shed her life-long label as “that cancer girl,” she moves away from her parents, starts a budding romance for the first time in her adult life and forms a meaningful friendship with her idol Jackie (Shannon), all against the backdrop of a highly competitive workplace run by an unstable billionaire, where people play dirty to succeed.

Lewis will play Patricia, the icy, enigmatic founder and CEO of a popular home shopping network. Cybil Shepherd was previously set for the role, but she exited around the...

Showtime’s home-shopping comedy I Love This for You has made an exchange: black-ish actress Jenifer Lewis has boarded the series, replacing the previously cast Cybill Shepherd, TVLine has learned.

Co-created by SNL‘s Vanessa Bayer and Jeremy Beiler (Inside Amy Schumer) — and inspired by Bayer’s own story of overcoming childhood leukemia — I Love This for You follows Bayer’s Joanna Gold, who dreams of becoming a home-shopping channel host. “Working to shed her lifelong label as ‘that cancer girl,’ she moves away from her parents, starts a budding romance for the first time in her adult life and...

“Black-ish” star Jenifer Lewis has been cast as a lead alongside Vanessa Bayer and Molly Shannon on the upcoming Showtime comedy series “I Love This for You,” filling a role previously held by the now-exited Cybill Shepherd.

Inspired by Bayer’s own story of overcoming childhood leukemia, “I Love This for You” centers on Joanna Gold (Bayer) who dreams of becoming a host at a home-shopping channel. Working to shed her life-long label as “that cancer girl,” she moves away from her parents, starts a budding romance for the first time in her adult life and forms a meaningful friendship with her idol Jackie, all against the backdrop of a highly competitive workplace run by an unstable billionaire, where people play dirty to succeed.

Lewis will play Patricia, the icy, enigmatic founder and CEO of a popular home shopping network. The part was originally played by Shepherd for the comedy’s pilot,...

I Love This For You is headed to Showtime. The cable channel has ordered the new comedy starring Vanessa Bayer and Molly Shannon. Paul James, Ayden Mayeri, Matthew Rogers, and Punam Patel also appear in the series which takes viewers into the workings of a home shopping channel.

revealed more about the upcoming comedy series in a press release.

“Showtime has picked up the half-hour comedy series I Love This For You, starring and executive produced by Emmy(R) nominee Vanessa Bayer (Saturday Night Live), along with fellow nominee Molly Shannon also leading the cast. Bayer co-created the series with Emmy nominee and two-time Peabody winner Jeremy Beiler, who will executive produce. Emmy and Peabody winner Jessi Klein...

Showtime has picked up to series I Love This For You, Vanessa Bayer’s half-hour comedy pilot, written by and starring Bayer.

Co-created and executive produced by Bayer and Jeremy Beiler (Saturday Night Live), I Love This for You is a grounded comedy in which Bayer plays a character, inspired by her own past, who overcame childhood leukemia to achieve her lifelong dream of landing a job as a successful home-shopping channel host. Bayer’s fellow SNL alum Molly Shannon also leads the cast as Jackie, the charismatic host at the network.

Paul James, Ayden Mayeri, Matt Rogers and Punam Patel round out the ensemble cast. We hear the role of Patricia, originally played by Cybill Shepherd in the pilot, is being recast.

Jessi Klein will serve as showrunner and executive produce along with Michael Showalter.

“Vanessa...

Showtime has picked up the half-hour comedy series “I Love This For You,” based on former “Saturday Night Live” star Vanessa Bayer’s own story of overcoming childhood leukemia. Bayer co-created the series and will executive producer and star in it.

Fellow “SNL” alum Molly Shannon will also star, while Cybill Shepherd, who had originally signed on to star opposite Bayer and Shannon, has departed the project. Her role will be recast.

Bayer co-created “I Love This For You” with Jeremy Beiler, who will also executive produce. On board to serve as showrunner and executive produce is Jessi Klein, along with Michael Showalter.

“I Love This For You” stars Bayer as Joanna Gold, a woman looking to shed her past cancer identity and dreaming of becoming a host at a home-shopping channel. Joanna moves away from her parents, falls in love and befriends Jackie (played by Shannon), the star of...

Vanessa Bayer’s Showtime comedy is finally going forward with a series order. The series, now titled “I Love This for You,” stars Bayer and fellow “SNL” alum Molly Shannon.

The project, previously titled “Big Deal,” has been in the works since 2018.

Inspired by Bayer’s own story of overcoming childhood leukemia, “I Love This for You” centers on Joanna Gold (Bayer), who dreams of becoming a host at a home-shopping channel. Working to shed her lifelong label as “that cancer girl,” she moves away from her parents, starts a budding romance for the first time in her adult life and forms a meaningful friendship with her idol Jackie — all against the backdrop of a highly competitive workplace run by an unstable billionaire, where people play dirty to succeed.

Shannon appears as Jackie, the charismatic star of the network; Paul James as Jordan, a charming but dry stage manager; Ayden Mayeri as Beth Ann,...

We’ve got some “pretty cool” news for fans of Vanessa Bayer. Showtime on Monday handed a series order to I Love This for You (fka Big Deal), a half-hour comedy co-created and headlined by the Saturday Night Live alumna.

The single-camera series — which has been in development since 2018 — is inspired by Bayer’s own story of overcoming childhood leukemia. It centers on Bayer’s Joanna Gold, “who dreams of becoming a host at a home-shopping channel,” according to the official logline. “Working to shed her life-long label as ‘that cancer girl,’ she moves away from her parents, starts a...

Exclusive: USA Network has firmed up cast for its upcoming Nash Bridges revival. The network has confirmed Nash Bridges will return as a two-hour movie with stars Don Johnson (Nash Bridges), Cheech Marin (Joe Dominguez) and Jeff Perry (Harvey Leek) reprising their roles. Joining Johnson, Marin and Perry are new cast members Diarra Kilpatrick (American Koko), Bonnie Somerville (Code Black), Joe Dinicol (Arrow), Alexia Garcia (Pose), Angela Ko (Rebel) and Paul James (The Last Ship). A premiere date has not yet been announced.

The movie brings Johnson and Marin back together as elite investigators for the San Francisco Police Department Special Investigations Unit. The revival, which has been in development at USA since 2019 as a two-hour movie, comes from Johnson, Bill Chais (Franklin & Bash) and Marc Rosen. Village Roadshow Television, which also controls rights to the property, is producing.

Perry’s Harvey Leek is an eccentric, paranoid, conspiracy-theory spouting former...

Exclusive: Punam Patel, who starred in Netflix comedy Special, and Matt Rogers, host of HBO Max’s dog-grooming competition series Haute Dog, have joined I Love This for You, Showtime’s comedy pilot written by and starring Vanessa Bayer.

If picked up to series, the pair would appear as series regulars. Cybill Shepherd, Molly Shannon, Ayden Mayeri and Paul James also star.

Co-created and executive produced by Bayer and Jeremy Beiler (Saturday Night Live), I Love This for You is a grounded comedy in which Bayer plays a character, inspired by her own past, who overcame childhood leukemia to achieve her lifelong dream of landing a job as a successful home-shopping channel host.

Patel will play Tami, an offbeat backstage producer, while Rogers will play Darcy, the ingratiating right-hand man to the CEO of a home-shopping network.

2020-21 Showtime Pilots & Series Orders

Patel also has appeared in Netfix’s Space Force...

Exclusive: Ayden Mayeri, who has appeared in Amazon’s Homecoming and Fox’s New Girl, will star in I Love This For You, Showtime’s Vanessa Bayer comedy pilot.

Mayeri joins Cybill Shepherd, who Deadline revealed was to star alongside Bayer and Molly Shannon, in the pilot.

If picked up to series, Mayeri, who has also starred in Veep, Grace and Frankie and Blumhouse anthology series Into the Dark, would become a series regular.

Co-created and executive produced by Bayer and Jeremy Beiler (Saturday Night Live), I Love This for You is a grounded comedy in which Bayer plays a character, inspired by her own past, who overcame childhood leukemia to achieve her lifelong dream of landing a job as a successful home shopping channel host.

Mayeri is playing Beth Ann McGann: a chipper, strategic host at a successful home shopping network. Paul James (Soundtrack) also features.

Emmy winner Jessi Klein...

President-elect Joe Biden will give his first post-election interview to Lester Holt during Tuesday’s NBC Nightly News, our sister site Variety reports.

The full interview will air during the newscast at 6:30 pm Et, after which it will be available on NBC News’ website and NBC News Now. Portions of the sit-down, which was filmed in Wilmington, Delaware, will also be featured on Today, Nightly News and MSNBC on Wednesday.

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Exclusive: Paul James (Soundtrack) is set as a series regular opposite Vanessa Bayer, Molly Shannon and Cybill Shepherd in Bayer’s half-hour Showtime comedy pilot I Love This for You (fka Big Deal).

Co-created and executive produced by Bayer and Jeremy Beiler (Saturday Night Live), I Love This for You is a grounded comedy in which Bayer plays a character, inspired by her own past, who overcame childhood leukemia to achieve her lifelong dream of landing a job as a successful home shopping channel host.

James will play Jordan Wahl, a charming, down-to-earth stage manager at a successful home shopping network.

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Emmy winner Jessi Klein will serve as showrunner and executive produce along with Michael Showalter, who will direct, as well as Annapurna’s Megan Ellison and Sue Naegle and Jordana Mollick of Semi-Formal.

It’s been more than three years since Freeform scrapped its plans for Greek: The Reunion, and star Jake McDorman (aka Evan Chambers) is still in the dark about why the network opted not to pledge the two-hour holiday movie, which would have found the gang returning to Cypress-Rhodes University for their five-year reunion.

The project was first announced in April 2016, but just over a year later in June 2017, Freeform quietly abandoned the mini-revival with no explanation. At the time, series creator Sean Smith told TVLine, “I delivered a script to Freeform in February that they seemed to love enough to want to move forward.

It's the end of the road for two Netflix shows—and they had very different endings. BoJack Horseman wrapped up its run with the last eight episodes of season six on January 31, 2020. The show was able to plan its ending and complete its story. And then there's Soundtrack. The musical drama from Smash and Gossip Girl veteran Joshua Safran dropped its first and only season of 10 episodes on December 19, 2019. Safran took to Twitter to lament the end of the series that starred Jenna Dewan, Callie Hernandez, Paul James and Madeline Stowe. "What if you made a show and no one noticed?" Safran posted in a screenshotted note. "That's how it's felt with Soundtrack." ...

Netflix will not be putting Soundtrack on repeat: The musical drama has been cancelled after one season, TVLine has confirmed.

Soundtrack, which dropped on the streamer in December 2019, followed a disparate group of interconnected people in contemporary Los Angeles, all of whom were involved with the city’s music industry somehow. Callie Hernandez (Graves), Paul James (Greek), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Without a Trace), Jenna Dewan (The Resident), Madeleine Stowe (Revenge) and Campbell Scott (Royal Pains) were among the show’s stars.

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Netflix has canceled its musical drama series “Soundtrack” after one season, a rep for the streaming service confirmed to TheWrap.

The show, which hailed from “Quantico” creator Joshua Safran, only just premiered on Dec. 18.

The series was described as a romantic musical drama that “looks at the love stories connecting a diverse, disparate group of people in contemporary Los Angeles through the music that lives inside their hearts and minds.”

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“Every song is a love song,” star Paul James proclaimed in the trailer, which you can watch here. “Each one of us has a soundtrack, and it tells the story of all we have loved.”

Originally developed at Fox under the title “Mixtape,” the series stars James, “La La Land” alum Callie Hernandez, Jenna Dewan and “Revenge” star Madeleine Stowe. Robbie Fairchild, Jahmil French, Campbell Scott,...

Netflix has canceled the musical drama “Soundtrack” after one season, Variety has confirmed.

The series had originally been set up as a pilot at Fox before moving to the streamer with a series order. It was described as a romantic musical drama that looked at the love stories connecting a diverse, disparate group of people in contemporary Los Angeles through the music that lives inside their hearts and minds. The first and only season debuted on Dec. 18.

It starred Paul James, Callie Hernandez, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Jenna Dewan, Jahmil French, Megan Ferguson, Isaiah Givens, Madeleine Stowe, and Campbell Scott. It was created by Joshua Safran, who also executive produced along with Megan Ellison, Sue Naegle, and Ali Krug. Annapurna Pictures produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television and Fox 21 Television Studios.

The show, which was originally titled “Mixtape” when it was at Fox, had strong buzz behind it early on last pilot season,...

From show creator Joshua Safran, the Netflix original series Soundtrack is a romantic musical drama that looks at the love stories of a diverse group of people in Los Angeles, as they navigate relationships and explore how the music in our hearts connects us. The series stars Paul James, Callie Hernandez, Jenna Dewan, Madeleine Stowe, Campbell Scott and Marianne Jean-Baptiste. During this 1-on-1 phone interview with Collider, actress Callie Hernandez talked about how she came to be a part of Soundtrack, the roller coaster she went on with the series getting picked up by …...

From show creator Joshua Safran, the Netflix original series Soundtrack is a romantic musical drama that looks at the love stories of a diverse group of people in Los Angeles, as they navigate relationships and explore how the music in our hearts connects us. The series stars Paul James, Callie Hernandez, Jenna Dewan, Madeleine Stowe, Campbell Scott and Marianne Jean-Baptiste. Collider had the chance to speak with James about his role on the show. During this 1-on-1 phone interview with Collider, actor Paul James talked about how he came to be a part of …...

RuPaul’s Drag Race may be on hiatus, but if a lip sync extravaganza is what you crave, Netflix can offer you a quick fix in the form of Soundtrack, a new musical drama from the mind of Smash‘s Josh Safran.

Now streaming, the series premiere introduces viewers to Nellie (Graves‘ Callie Hernandez), a young artist whose musician boyfriend just got his big break. Levi is on the precipice of stardom, so when he makes special dinner reservations for their anniversary, Nellie is sure — or at least her friends are sure — that he’s going to propose. But anyone...

Netflix’s new musical drama “Soundtrack,” from “Smash” executive producer Joshua Safran, is a deeply frustrating entry to the genre. Originally pitched as “Mixtape” for broadcast network TV, “Soundtrack” uses a vague framework of “Love songs are good” to have its characters lip-sync existing songs — by artists ranging from Demi Lovato to Joni Mitchell —at sporadic moments throughout the series. In two intertwining timelines, romantic leads Sam and Nellie — played with verve by Paul James (“Greek”) and Callie Hernandez (“Under the Silver Lake”)— circle each other and express their frustrations to the tune of Imagine Dragons and St. Vincent. Their concerned mother figures Antoinette (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) and Margot (Madeleine Stowe) pace across the screen to Whitney Houston and Dolly Parton. Nellie’s father, Frank (Campbell Scott), fittingly embraces classic dad rock, while Sam’s struggling cousin Dante (Jahmil French) prefers The Weeknd.

Though the series opens with Sam earnestly gushing...

Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Soundtrack,” streaming now on Netflix.

Veteran television writer and producer Joshua Safran says music is actually his “No. 1 passion.” Having grown up playing music well before he studied film and television, Safran has had a longtime love of musicals. He was able to combine the mediums in 2013 when he joined then-NBC musical drama “Smash” as showrunner, but now has taken it to another level by creating “Soundtrack” for Netflix.

“‘Smash’ taught me a lot. It taught me how to shoot a musical sequence. That show was the top of the line creative team. One thing I did not know when I started was how to ensure that you are always telling a story through song that was not already being told through the script,” Safran tells Variety.

Safran notes that when he came into “Smash,” the show already...