Love, Inc. (2005)
Love, Inc. (2005)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This TV Show Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Busy Philipps
Denise Johnson
Vince Vieluf
Barry
Reagan Gomez-Preston
Francine
Ion Overman
Viviana
Elena Finney
Elena
Andrew Secunda
Writer
Holly Robinson Peete
Clea
Al Whiting
Formica Bar Patron
Adam Chase
Executive Producer
Rick Fox
David
Warren Littlefield
Executive Producer
Mark Burg
Executive Producer
Greg Cromer
Mike Smith II / Mike Smith
Sean Conroy
Weird Guy / Radio DJ
Oren Koules
Executive Producer
Steve Zuckerman
Director
Sheldon Epps
Director
Arlene Sanford
Director
Katy Garretson
Director
John Fortenberry
Director
Henry Chan
Director
Kevin S. Bright
Director
Maggie Bandur
Writer
Clarence Livingston
Writer
Brittany Brower
Honey
Noureen DeWulf
Neil Flynn
Jennifer Milmore
Charlie O'Connell
Tamala Jones
Felicia Day
Page Kennedy
Emmanuelle Vaugier
Rachel Boston
Kathryn Joosten
Charlie Finn
Shannen Doherty
Jamie Denbo
Kevin Christy
Eric Winter
Details.
Release DateSeptember 22, 2005
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes22
Running Time30m
Content RatingTV-PG
Genres
Wiki.
Love, Inc. is an American television sitcom created by Andrew Secunda, which originally aired for one season on United Paramount Network (UPN) from September 22, 2005, to May 11, 2006. With an ensemble cast led by Busy Philipps, Vince Vieluf, Reagan Gomez-Preston, Ion Overman and Holly Robinson Peete, the show revolves around five matchmakers working at a dating agency. The series was produced by Chase TV, the Littlefield Company, Burg/Koules Television, and Paramount Television. It was distributed by UPN in its original run and later by LivingTV and Nelonen in the United Kingdom and Finland respectively. The executive producers were Adam Chase, Warren Littlefield, Mark Burg and Oren Koules.
The series was originally developed as a vehicle and sitcom debut for Shannen Doherty under the working title Wingwoman. Though picked up by UPN, Doherty was removed from the project at the request of the network due to her poor reception by preview audiences; she was replaced by Philipps. The show was set in New York City, but filming took place at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles and other locations in California. It included contemporary hip hop music and was promoted heavily by UPN to attract an urban audience, and to that end it was paired with Everybody Hates Chris as its lead-in on Thursday nights.
Love, Inc. suffered from low viewership despite its high ratings among young Hispanic women; it was canceled following UPN's merger with the WB to launch the CW in 2006. The series' cancellation, along with that of other black sitcoms, was criticized by media outlets for reducing representation of African American characters and the amount of roles for African American actors on television. Critical response to Love, Inc. was mixed; some critics praised its multi-ethnic cast, while others felt that the storylines and characters were unoriginal and Philipps' portrayal of her character was unsympathetic.