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NBC has cut the order to midseason dramedy Love Bites from 13 to 9. The anthology series, originally slated for a fall launch in the Thursday 10 PM slot, was pushed to midseason after a series of setbacks, including the pregnancy of star Becki Newton, the decision by creator/executive producer Cindy Chupack to step down from day-to-day showrunner duties and the exit of Jordana Spiro because of her commitment to TBS’ My Boys. However, word is NBC brass are happy with the episodes they’ve seen and resorted to the order reduction as they’re running out of shelf space for midseason. NBC has 9 new and returning series – 6 scripted and 3 unscripted – on deck for midseason. Love Bites is one of 3, including half-hour comedies Friends with Benefits and The Paul Reiser Show, which are yet to be scheduled.
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what the hell is ‘Love Bites’? never even heard of it…
Love Bites is actually a really funny comedy in the vein of Love American Style. Greg Grunberg and Constance Zimmer are stand outs on this show. Very very funny. Their chemistry is undeniable. If it gets to air, you will see what I mean. Until then, let’s stop bashing a show without giving it a chance.
VERY DISAPPOINTED that this was cancelled. Love bites is awesome. NBC is one of my LEAST favorite networks and now there is only one thing I watch on this network. NBC you have horrible taste. I’ll stick to fox, cbs, and the cw.
Never even heard of it.
Nobody cuts back the order of something that’s working. Especially if you’re NBC.
Friends with Benefit should just not air. When not even the trailer is funny, it should tell you something.
F.W.B. is the most anticipated new show of the mid-season. The title is excellent.
Looking forward to it!
Um, My Boys was canceled back in September.
DISCLAIMER: This is not bitter jealously, simply a fact. This is the worst script I have read in years.
You’re joking, right? You didn’t read Chase, Outlaw, or Undercovers?
Reiser’s show is awful. Look for it in August after J. Fallon.
Sounds like this isn’t working. I’m SHOCKED SHOCKED SHOCKED that Shelley McCrory has something to do with it…
Why even bother airing it. It will flop/tank anyways like most everything else at NBC.
They don’t know if it’s working. It HASN’T aired yet. That’s probably why you haven’t heard of it. I guess that’s what happens when people comment on the headline without actually reading the article.
Oh, Paul.
Yes, we all know it hasn’t aired. And yes, I actually read the article, not just the headline. And now I will try to explain this to you as simply as I can: NBC has read the scripts and they’ve seen the initial footage. They have determined that this show is not “working”. So, they’re cutting back on the order to minimize the damage that airing it will do to what’s left of the network. Clear enough for ya?
Unfortunately I also read the scripts on both Reisers show and Love Bites…both shows are embarrasingly unfunny.Shouldn’t even get on the air. It’s time to stop buying “people” over good solid creative ideas no matter who writes them…By latching on to “people”…these executives sadly believe it’s the way to keep them from losing their jobs! It’s JJ Abrahams fault…Point made.
It’s the classic trap people fall into when they’re spiraling down. They don’t trust their own opinions so they try to go with something “foolproof”, i.e. something that worked before. Problem is, it doesn’t work that way. You have to be bold – or at least the industry version of bold, which is a new twist on an old idea. These are old twists on old ideas.
For someone who tires to sound like they know what they are talking about and want to be taken seriously, you should google.
It’s J.J. Abrams…
I haven’t read either script… And could tell just on basic premise that no one wants to watch crap.
If I worked at a network… NBC for example…
I would pull every string under the sun to resurrect Seinfeld, because a show based on NOTHING, is seriously relevant TODAY…
I would do everything under my power to structure a family sitcom starring Danny Devito and his wife Rhea Perlman together…
I would find develop a 90210/Melrose Place hybrid for 2010…
I would re-imagine Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories…
And with the new launch of 10pm comedies, I would develop comedies purposely designed to be on at 10pm, push the limits, go NYPD Blue with some slight nudity and raunchiness to combat the cable networks.
But I don’t run a network… I am unemployed if anyone is hiring.
I would go one step further to say…
Any network stupid enough to try and duplicate Glee…
Deserves to fail, because Glee can’t even duplicate itself in it’s 2nd season.
I read the other networks are actually trying, unless it’s a 180 version of Glee, it’s not going to work.
I said 5 years ago a show with current pop hits would work as a musical series. It’s happened.
Now it’s time to reinvent something else.
A horror anthology in the vein of Tales From The Darkside or Tales from the Crypt, would be ideal.
The problem with trying to do seinfeld today is half the series would be negated if they all had cell phones.
this got me worried! I love becky and am SO excited for this…!
What happened to Perfect Couples? Is that still on deck for the midseason?
Can jordana brewster actually get back on the show now that my boys was cancelled — whis is so stupid that they held her to that contract and then went ahead and cancelled the show anyways.
Dude, put down the bottle. It’s Jordan SPIRO. Sober up and spell check!
That’s good advice… It’s JORDANA!
NBC can’t find their **S with both hands. Way to go Angela.
NBC strangles anything original out of any new series in development and pre-production. They overthink everything, note scripts to death, want everyone to be likeable and “good at their jobs” and then when the shows stink – they blame the creators. It is so broken over there it is sad. Throw everyone out and try to start over and god forbid – maybe let some creative people try and do the vision they have for their idea. Why not? Most new shows fail anyway – at least it would an original, singular failure then the failure of six suits trying to mold their homogenized pablum together.
Seriously, this show went from hot to troubled production and no time slot. Doesn’t bode well for the series.
Don’t discount that there is a new ‘king’..as Greenblatt reviews his options, there will surely be other ‘adjustments.’ But Richard is right-they aren’t liking what they’re seeing, and thus the cutback–doesn’t matter if it hasn’t aired, and ‘not enuf shelf space’ is a bunch of bs
But this show seems like it was sort of doomed from the start with the showrunner leaving just as it was picked up! Typically not a good sign. There hasn’t been a successful scripted anthology in many years..not to say it can’t work but it’s a tough format to create week-to-week appetites, although it has worked w/reality –Undercover Boss, Extreme Makeover–to a degree.