Cupid (1998 TV series)

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Cupid
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Format Romantic Comedy‑drama
Created by Rob Thomas
Starring Jeremy Piven
Paula Marshall
Jeffrey D. Sams
Opening theme “Human” by The Pretenders (cover of “Human on the Inside” by Divinyls)
Country of origin  United States
No. of episodes 15 (1 unaired) (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Scott Winant
Joe Voci
Scott Sanders
Running time approx. 44(?) minutes
Production company(s) Mandalay Entertainment
Columbia Pictures Television (Sony Pictures Television)
Broadcast
Original channel ABC
Original run September 26, 1998 – February 11, 1999

Cupid is a 1998–1999 American comedy-drama series created by Rob Thomas, which featured Paula Marshall as Dr. Claire Allen, a Chicago psychologist who is given charge of a man named Trevor Hale (Jeremy Piven). Hale believes he is Cupid, sent down from Mt. Olympus by Zeus to connect 100 couples without his powers, as a punishment for his arrogance.

Originally broadcast on ABC on Saturday evenings at 10 p.m. EST, the show lasted only one season.

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[edit] Plot

Trevor Hale is attractive, witty, uncommonly intelligent—and he may be Cupid, the Greco-Roman god of erotic love. Probably not, but he thinks so. Trevor's insistence that he is Cupid lands him in a mental hospital, where he meets psychologist Claire Allen, a renowned authority on romance. Trevor tells Claire that he has been stripped of his godly powers by Zeus, and exiled from Mount Olympus as a punishment for arrogance. To win his way back among the gods, Trevor must unite 100 couples in everlasting love, without his bow and arrows. Claire does not believe in Cupid, but she risks her career by releasing Trevor from the hospital, assuming responsibility for his behavior. Trevor finds work as a bartender, and regularly disrupts Claire's group therapy sessions. All the while, he plots his campaign to promote romance, and earn his way back to Olympus. While encouraging sexual abandon in others, Trevor remains celibate; he believes sex with a mortal will confine him to Earth forever. (Imdb.com)

[edit] Cast

[edit] Regular cast

[edit] Recurring cast

[edit] Recurring guests

[edit] Staff

  • Rob Thomas – Creator, executive producer, supervising producer
  • Scott Winant – Executive producer, director
  • Joe Voci – Executive producer
  • Scott Sanders – Executive producer
  • Jeff Reno – Executive producer
  • Ron Osborn – Executive producer
  • Hart Hanson – Co-Executive Producer
  • W.G. "Snuffy" Walden – Composer

[edit] Writers

[edit] Directors

[edit] Episodes

Main article: List of Cupid episodes

[edit] Reviews and articles

[edit] Production notes

[edit] Show resurrection

Main article: Cupid (2009 TV series)
  • On October 2, 2007, Variety broke the story that ABC had given Rob Thomas the "green light" to bring Cupid back to the airwaves. The project is one of two scripts Thomas has in the works via a one-year development deal with ABC Studios. The new Cupid will also relocate from Chicago to Los Angeles, allowing for more high-profile stunt casting. Jeremy Piven will not be involved in the new version.[1]
  • On March 14, 2008 The Hollywood Reporter reported that ABC had received scripts and approved production for the new Cupid series.
  • Bobby Cannavale has been cast as Trevor (now "Pierce" rather than "Hale") in the new series.
  • Sarah Paulson has been cast as Dr. Claire Allen.
  • Singer Leona Lewis will make her acting debut on the show according to IMDB [2].

[edit] Notes and trivia

  • "The Children's Hour", the last episode broadcast before the show's cancellation in the U.S., aired shortly before Valentine's Day 1999; it features Trevor's ruminations on why the holiday should instead be "Cupid's Day".
  • In a December 24, 2004, Entertainment Weekly article, creator Rob Thomas mentions that the show would have ended with Trevor and Claire becoming Trevor's 100th match—and without revealing whether Trevor really was Cupid.[1]
  • Series stars Paula Marshall and Jeffrey D. Sams both had recurring roles on Rob Thomas's most recent series, Veronica Mars. Thomas stated that, given the opportunity, he would have written an episode featuring both of their characters, as well as their Cupid co-star Jeremy Piven. Additionally, an episode featured a brief glance at a website of high school basketball statistics, with a high school named "Trevor Hale".[2]
  • The name "Trevor Hale" is an anagram for "Lover Hater" and "Heart Lover."
  • Trevor says "Let's hug it out, you little freaks!" in one episode. Jeremy Piven would later portray Ari Gold on Entourage with a famous catchphrase, "Let's hug it out bitch", which was originally ad-libbed by Piven himself.

[edit] References

  1. ^ ABC to give 'Cupid' another shot.
  2. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2452244/ Leona's IMDB Page

[edit] External links

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