Manhattan Love Story is an American romantic comedy television series that was created by Jeff Lowell. He also served as an executive producer alongside Peter Traugott, Robin Schwartz, Rachel Kaplan, and Jon Liebman for ABC Studios. The series ran on ABC from September 30 to October 21, 2014, airing at 8:30 pm. Following modest viewership, the series' cancellation was announced on October 24: the first from network television for the fall schedule and for the 2014-15 season overall. The series aired online in New Zealand on TVNZ's on demand service from October 1, 2014, prior to an intended airing on TV2 in 2015. Following the series' cancellation by ABC, TVNZ continued to release the remaining episodes. It was announced on November 25, 2014, that the remaining episodes that were unaired by ABC would be released in the United States on Hulu and WatchABC.com on a weekly basis beginning on December 2, 2014. On December 4, 2014, all seven remaining episodes were released simultaneously on Hulu and WatchABC.com, with non-subscriber availability a week later. As a result, episodes 10 and 11 were released on Hulu before their release on TVNZ on demand.
Synopsis
The series chronicles the journey of a new couple and the questions they are thinking from the moment they begin their relationship.
Cast
Analeigh Tipton as Dana Hopkins: a young woman from a small town living in New York, determined to succeed in both business and love.
Jake McDorman as Peter Cooper: a native New Yorker who tends to date his way throughout the city.
Nicolas Wright as David Cooper: Peter's brother and Amy's husband, who loves his wife and money, even if she is the one who must manage it.
Jade Catta-Preta as Amy Cooper: David's wife and Dana's sorority sister.
Chloe Wepper as Chloe Cooper: Peter and David's half-sister.
Kurt Fuller as William Cooper: Peter, David, and Chloe's father, who owns the company at which his children work.
Manhattan Love Story received generally negative reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes gave the series a rating of 28%, based on 43 reviews, with an average rating of 4.8/10. The site's consensus read, "Saddled with a worn setup and offensively bad jokes, Manhattan Love Story isn't very lovable." Metacritic gave the show a score of 42 out of 100, based on reviews from 24 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
Episodes
International broadcast
In New Zealand, the series was released online on TVNZ ondemand, starting October 1, 2014, which included the episodes unaired by ABC. The release of episodes 5 through 9 was the first public release of the episodes. The show began airing in Spain on November 23, 2014 The show began airing Sunday nights on Sony Channel on October 19, 2014. M-Net has also aired the show in Africa. In Australia the series premiered from August 26, 2015 on the Seven Network at 1:30am. In India, the Murdoch-owned Star World channel premiered the show for weekday runs starting 13 October 2015, sandwiched between Modern Family and latest season of Masterchef Australia in primetime.
