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*Parking spaces have been blocked off 68th St between 1st and 2nd ave. in New York City as of Thursday, December 11, 2008, with signs informing that it is in preparation for filming of ''Cupid''.
*Parking spaces have been blocked off 68th St between 1st and 2nd ave. in New York City as of Thursday, December 11, 2008, with signs informing that it is in preparation for filming of ''Cupid''.

*Parking spaces have been blocked off on 47th Avenue between 41st and 43rd Street in Sunnyside, Queens, New York, in preparation for filming of ''Cupid'' on Monday, January 12.


==Notes and trivia==
==Notes and trivia==

Revision as of 19:10, 9 January 2009

Cupid
File:Cupid-titlecard.jpg
Created byRob Thomas
StarringJeremy 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 episodes15 (1 unaired) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersScott Winant
Joe Voci
Scott Sanders
Running timeapprox. 44(?) minutes
Production companiesMandalay Entertainment
Columbia Pictures Television (Sony Pictures Television)
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseSeptember 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.

Plot

The plot of Cupid is loosely based on the myth of Cupid and Psyche, as alluded to in the Pilot. Trevor begins in Claire’s singles therapy group, with mixed results. Claire and Trevor become attracted to each other as the show progresses, but are unable and unwilling to act on their feelings: she out of a desire to maintain a professional detachment, he because he believes he cannot form a relationship with a mortal woman, since he would have to leave Earth after completing his penance (also, he would never be able to return to Mt. Olympus if he had sex with a mortal before his task was complete). Viewers are never told whether Trevor is really Cupid, and are given hints both ways.

Cast

Regular cast

Recurring cast

Recurring guests

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

Writers

Directors

Episodes

Main article: List of Cupid episodes

Reviews and articles

Production notes

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]
  • Parking spaces have been blocked off at the corner of 35th St. and Lexington Ave. in New York City as of Sunday, July 20, 2008, with signs informing that it is in preparation for filming of Cupid.
  • Parking spaces have been blocked off on West 16th St in New York City as of Thursday, Nov 13, 2008, with signs informing that it is in preparation for filming of Cupid.

Filming took place of W94th St. in New York City on December 10, 2008.

  • Parking spaces have been blocked off 68th St between 1st and 2nd ave. in New York City as of Thursday, December 11, 2008, with signs informing that it is in preparation for filming of Cupid.
  • Parking spaces have been blocked off on 47th Avenue between 41st and 43rd Street in Sunnyside, Queens, New York, in preparation for filming of Cupid on Monday, January 12.

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, you little bitches!", in which was originally ad-libbed by Piven himself.

References

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