After just one season, Showtime has cancelled the comedy seriesI Love That For You.TheVanessa Bayer-starring series will not be renewed for a second season, despite scripts having already been written and a strong effort to have the series renewed.
“I Love That for Youhas completed its run on Showtime,” a spokesperson for Showtime said before thanking the producers for creating and working on the series. “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.” Back in December, starMatt Rogers(Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile,Fire Island,Big Mouth) revealed the scripts for the second season had already been written, with plans now suggesting Annapurna will shop it on other networks pending Showtime’s support.
I Love That for Youis not the only Showtime series to have been cancelled by the network in recent months. Despite being the only comedy series on Showtime (untilNeil Patrick Harris’Uncoupledwas cancelled by Netflix and picked up in February), the series follows the current trend of the network refusing to renew series. The only exception has been the thriller-drama seriesYellowjackets(starringChristina Ricci,Melanie Lynskey,Juliette Lewis, andSophie Thatcher), which was picked up for its third season in December last year. SinceChris McCarthytook over the network from longtime CEODavid Nevins, the network has also cancelledLet the Right One In,American Gigolo, andThe L Word: Generation Qin a bid to focus on Paramount +’s new programming strategy. As part of this, McCarthy earlier promised the network will focus instead on shows featuring high-stakes worlds (such asHomelandandBillions), complex characters and subversive antiheroes (such asDexterandYour Honor), and culturally diverse series (includingFellow TravelersandThe Chi), as well as building up franchises with spin-off series.
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What isI Love That for YouAbout?
Created and executive produced by Bayer andJeremy Beilerand based on Bayer’s personal experiences with childhood leukemia,I Love That For Youis a comedy series that tells the story of Joanna Gold and her bid to keep her job. In lying that her childhood cancer has returned, Gold believes she can keep her job as host of shopping channel SVN. Premiering on Showtime in May 2022, the eight-episode series also starsMolly Shannon(The Other Two),Paul James(Gossip Girl),Ayden Mayeri(Cora Bora), Rogers,Punam Patel(Ghosts), andJenifer Lewis(The Princess and the Frog).Jessi Klein,Michael Showalter,Megan Ellison,Sue Naegle,Jordana Mollick, andAllyce Ozarskialso serve as executive-producers.
Season 1 ofI Love That for Youis currently streaming on Showtime and Hulu. Check out the official trailer for the comedy below:
