It looks like the long, strange journey of Love Bites has finally come to an end.
According to TV Guide, NBC has officially canceled the hourlong anthology, not long after reducing its episode order for a second time (from 9 to 8, after bringing it from 13 to 9 earlier this year). The show has had a pretty unusual existence, having been scheduled to air Thursdays at 10:00 last fall before pregnancy, cast turnover, and a crowded midseason pushed it into summer.
Similar to Love, American Style, Love Bites revolves around three separate vignettes tied together through character, references, and/or theme, with a constant stream of guest stars and a touch of narration to tie things together at the end of each episode. The show featured Becki Newton, Greg Grunberg, and Constance Zimmer as the three main characters and the foundation on which Love Bites rests, as most of the vignettes not featuring them are about people they know or are tied into them somehow.
It's not a surprising move, as the show's not been promoted, the ratings have been poor, and members of the cast are currently signed on to other projects. Plus, Annie had the baby on last week's episode, so it seems like there'll be at least some narrative resolution. It's disappointing, though, because it was nice to see something unusual on broadcast TV and the show had a lot of potential that it could have grown into. I only hope that the show's one-season won't hinder the development of any slightly off-kilter shows in the future.
What do you think about the cancellation of Love Bites? What type of resolution are you hoping to get in tomorrow's finale? Do you think there'll ever be another successful anthology?
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