After announcing a renewal for the fledging show, HBO has changed its mind about ordering a second season of Tell Me You Love Me — the heavy drama (costarring Ally Walker, pictured) about three couples who share the same therapist. Creator Cynthia Mort, who has an overall deal with HBO, questioned whether there were enough stories to tell in the second — and possibly third — seasons of the show. The decision was described as a mutual one between Mort and the network. “Given the considerable amount of time that has passed and despite the best efforts of everyone involved, we were unable to find the direction of the show for the second season,” explained Mort in a statement. “There are so many other stories to tell and many other ways to tell them. I look forward to doing that with HBO in the future.”
HBO has already renewed In Treatment — another intense drama involving a therapist and couples — for a second season, and has eight pilots in development under new president Sue Naegle. (Additional reporting by Michael Ausiello)
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Well I guess this is good in a way, because now Sonya Walger will be able to return to LOST more frequently than she would have been otherwise able to. Penny certainly has an interesting storyline coming up…
Don’t fret, everyone, there’s still plenty of porn to be found on TV.
i lost all confidence when they cancelled The Comeback. Long Live Valerie Cherish!
HBO has jumped they will now have 20 of no new series programming for the first time in ten years. Showtime now as more and better series. With TNT, FX, and USA doing great series TV there is no longer a reason to get HBO.
well that’s a shame. It appears that the creator didn’t think or plan ahead for a second season.
Yay. That show was really bad, and I started watching it so I had to keep watching it and now I am free from an awful second season. In treatment was a MUCH better show about therapists, although quite different.
HAHAHHAHAHA you’re funny, “I started watching it so I had to keep watching it…” Classic. Come one! Admit it, you loved the pilot, specially when you saw the young couple having very nice make-up sex and that for the first time EVER they showed the man’s BALLS!! I loved that show. Nom Nom Nom
GOOD.
boo.
I am kind of disappointed, because even though the show had some dry moments, it was different and it would have been interesting to see what happened to the characters second season.
thank god this show is canceled i thought it was the worst porn i had ever seen.
its not porn honey. never will that ever be porn. its couple intimacy. thats what happens when there is “love” involved.
I canceled my HBO last month. They’ve lost their edge and I seriously HATED this show.
I never watched this show. I had to stop committing to HBO’s new shows after they dumped Carnivale. They did so without any kind of conclusion for those of us who stuck through both seasons, only to leave us with a mother of a cliff hanger. I hope they do better by Big Love. I won’t start any more of their series for this reason.
I tried to watched this show for three weeks straight. I did not like it so I stopped watching it. Can’t say that I will miss it.
The people running the show have no idea what they are doing. I have seen all 6 episodes of “12 Miles of Bad Road” starring Lily Tomlin and an incredible cast. It is the best show I’ve seen in years and they never even aired it.
Thank God. Tell Me You Love Me was not just really bad, it was god-awful. Ever since losing Sex And The City, Six Feet Under, and The Sopranos, HBO has been losing audiences to other cable channels like Showtime, FX, and AMC.
If your show needs graphic nudity to get people interested, the show is doomed. Tell Me You Love Me was just plain boring, so boring not even the nudity kept me interested. The stories dragged on, you didn’t care about any of the characters. It’s simply one long snoozefest. I couldn’t believe HBO would air this. It was less about couples therapy and more about how much nudity can we get away with.
In Treatment doesn’t need that; it has great writing, characters you really care about, great acting. Seeing the eps five times a week is a challenge (thank goodness for DVR), but, trust me, it’s worth it. Those Emmy nods were well deserved.
@ dma69..i agree 100 % i think i caught and episode one time when the show was up and running..the sex scenes almost look Soft-core pornish..espcially michelle borths sex scenes .Its funny how she denys it in interviews about how it wasn’t soft-core porn…Usually when you got to go through those lengths to have a show put on..Chances are its going to be pretty bad