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Love Bites (TV series)

American television series

Summary

American television series

FieldValue
imageLove Bites 2011 logo.svg
genre{{Plainlist
creatorCindy Chupack
writerCindy Chupack
starring{{Plainlist
theme_music_composerChrissie Hynde
opentheme"Message of Love", performed by Emily Zuzik and Art Hays
composerDanny Lux
countryUnited States
languageEnglish
num_seasons1
num_episodes8 + original pilot
executive_producerCindy Chupack
Marc Buckland
Eric Fellner
Tim Bevan
Shelley McCrory
Jon Kinnally
Tracy Poust
runtime60 minutes
companyLoud Blouse Productions
Working Title Television
Universal Media Studios
Open 4 Business Productions
channelNBC
first_aired
last_aired
  • Comedy drama
  • Romantic comedy
  • Anthology
  • Becki Newton
  • Greg Grunberg
  • Constance Zimmer Marc Buckland Eric Fellner Tim Bevan Shelley McCrory Jon Kinnally Tracy Poust Working Title Television Universal Media Studios Open 4 Business Productions

Love Bites is an American anthology comedy-drama television series originally planned for the 2010–11 television season on the NBC network that eventually aired as a summer replacement series. It premiered in its regular Thursday night time slot at 10:00 pm Eastern/9:00 pm Central, on June 2, 2011. On July 11, 2011, NBC canceled the show and the series finale aired on July 21, 2011.

Plot

Love Bites was originally{{cite web

Due to off-camera complications, the show was retooled as an anthology series focusing on multiple vignettes per episode. Each story was loosely connected by common themes or romantically-challenged characters related to the pilot's three main protagonists: Annie (Becki Newton), Judd (Greg Grunberg), and Colleen (Constance Zimmer/Pamela Adlon).

Cast and characters

Main

  • Becki Newton as Annie Matopoulos, A single woman who is Frannie's best friend.
  • Greg Grunberg as Judd Rouscher, Colleen's love interest.
  • Constance Zimmer as Colleen Rouscher, Judd's love interest.

Guest

  • Krysten Ritter as Cassie
  • Lindsay Price as Liz
  • Kyle Howard as Carter
  • Steve Howey as Kell
  • Craig Robinson as Bowman
  • Michelle Trachtenberg as Jodie
  • Jennifer Love Hewitt as herself
  • Krista Allen as Janine
  • Spencer Locke as Christy Hayes
  • Vincent Martella as Josh Ford
  • Abigail Mavity as Kit
  • Moises Arias as Jeff
  • Austin Rogers as Roddy
  • Emily Rutherfurd as Julia Clark
  • Izabella Miko as Audrey
  • Christopher Gorham as Dale
  • Jeffrey Tambor as Dr. O
  • Bret Harrison as Charlie
  • Beau Bridges as Hal Sacovitch
  • Frances Conroy as Faye Strathmore
  • Kurtwood Smith as Ed Strathmore
  • Laura Prepon as Alex
  • Jim Beaver as Trucker
  • Keegan-Michael Key as Andrew
  • Ayda Field as Sapphire
  • Merle Dandridge as Krista
  • Audra Griffis as Jenny the Barista
  • Steve Talley as Dan Sullivan
  • Donald Faison as Ricky
  • Joy Bryant as Angie
  • Jessica St. Clair as Chloe
  • Guillermo Díaz as Luis
  • Matt Long as Matt
  • Matt Winston as Matt Two
  • Isaiah Mustafa as Craig
  • Ken Jeong as Takashi
  • Eddie McClintock as Scott
  • Anna Camp as Prudence
  • James Roday as Jeff
  • Ashley Williams as Bridget
  • Cheryl Hines as Kristen Lerner (aka Mrs. Waltham)
  • Vanessa Marano as Becky, Kristen's older daughter
  • Jay Harrington as Brian, Bridget's brother
  • Madison Leisle as Emma, Brian's daughter
  • G Hannelius as Maddy Tinelli, Kristen's younger daughter
  • Riki Lindhome as Alexis
  • Jaime King as Amanda
  • Ben Feldman as Sam
  • Adam Baldwin
  • Ashley Palmer as Kelly
  • David Giuntoli as Jordan
  • Skylar Astin as Ben
  • Rebecca Creskoff as Marissa
  • Pamela Adlon as Colleen Rouscher (pilot)
  • Kathy Kinney as Karen

Episodes

Marc Buckland ("Eyegasms") Danielle Sanchez-Witzel & Larry Wilmore ("Eyegasms") Marc Buckland ("Ninja Vanish") Larry Wilmore & Danielle Sanchez-Witzel ("Ninja Vanish")

Development and production

In January 2010, NBC announced Love Bites as one of many pilots on its early development slate. Becki Newton was cast in late February, followed quickly by Jordana Spiro. In May 2010, NBC announced it had green-lit the series. On May 17, 2010, Greg Grunberg announced via Twitter that he will be joining the cast.

A number of changes eventually prevented the series from going into production as planned. On June 24, 2010, Spiro left the series after 3 episodes due to her contracted role on My Boys. Krysten Ritter guest starred in the pilot episode as Cassie, replacing Spiro. Due to Newton's announced pregnancy, her character, a virgin, was reimagined, and prior to production, showrunner Cindy Chupack voluntarily reduced her role to writer, citing personal reasons. NBC moved Love Bites to midseason 2010–11 and moved The Apprentice to fall 2010 to take the timeslot. Pamela Adlon was originally cast as Colleen in the unaired pilot

On December 9, 2010, Deadline Hollywood reported that NBC had cut back the episode order from 13 to 9 episodes.

After numerous delays, NBC announced that the 9 completed episodes were to premiere on June 2, 2011.

References

References

  1. (May 7, 2010). "NBC Picks Up Three New Series for the 2010-11 Season with "The Event", "Outsourced", and "Love Bites"".
  2. The Futon Critic Staff (TFC). (July 11, 2011). "Breaking News - Exclusive: NBC to Wrap "Love Bites" on July 21, Leaving One Episode Shelved".
  3. The Futon Critic Staff (TFC). (February 27, 2010). "Development Update: Saturday, February 27".
  4. "Shows A-Z - love bites on nbc".
  5. Andreeva, Nellie. (December 9, 2010). "NBC Cuts Back Order For 'Love Bites'". [[Deadline Hollywood]].
  6. Sullivan, Brian Ford. (June 14, 2010). "Rants & Reviews - The Futon's First Look: "Love Bites" (NBC)". TheFutonCritic.com.
  7. Gorman, Bill. (June 3, 2011). "Thursday Final Ratings: 'So You Think You Can Dance' Adjusted Up; NBA Finals Game 2 Ratings Even With Game 1 & Last Year". TV by the Numbers.
  8. Gorman, Bill. (June 10, 2011). "Thursday Final Ratings: NBA Finals Game 5 Draws 18.3 Million, 'So You Think You Can Dance,' 'Love Bites' Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers.
  9. Gorman, Bill. (June 17, 2011). "Thursday Final Ratings: 'So You Think You Can Dance,' 'Love Bites' Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers.
  10. Seidman, Robert. (June 24, 2011). "Thursday Final Ratings: 'Wipeout,' 'Expedition Impossible,' 'So You Think You Can Dance' Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers.
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  12. Seidman, Robert. (July 8, 2011). "Thursday Final Ratings: 'Big Brother' Even Bigger, 'So You Think You Can Dance' Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers.
  13. Seidman, Robert. (July 22, 2011). "Thursday Final Ratings". TV by the Numbers.
  14. (2011-07-22). "Thursday Final Ratings: 'Wipeout,' 'Rookie Blue' and 'Big Brother' Adjusted Up - Ratings". Zap2it.
  15. (January 10, 2010). "NBC Announces Some of its Early Development Slate for 2010-11".
  16. Andreeva, Nellie. (February 21, 2010). "Becki Newton commits to NBC's 'Love Bites'".
  17. The Futon Critic Staff (TFC). (March 5, 2010). "Development Update: Friday, March 5".
  18. Bednarski, P.J.. (2010-05-16). "NBC To Offer 13 New Shows In 2010-11". TV News Check.
  19. (May 17, 2010). "Greg Grunberg 'It's official!!!....'". Twitter.
  20. Andreeva, Nellie. (March 10, 2011). "Jordana Spiro To Star In ABC Comedy Pilot 'Lost And Found'".
  21. Andreeva, Nellie. (July 19, 2010). "Tracy Poust and Jon Kinnally Ink UMS Deal, Join 'Love Bites' As Writing Showrunners".
  22. Andreeva, Nellie. (March 11, 2011). "Becki Newton To Star In CBS Comedy Pilot"".
  23. Andreeva, Nellie. (January 28, 2011). "Greg Grunberg To Topline A&E's 'Big Mike' Pilot, Camille Guaty Joins USA's 'Eden'".
  24. Andreeva, Nellie. (April 29, 2011). "NBC's 'Love Bites' To Premiere In June".
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