Manhattan Love Story
| Manhattan Love Story | |
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Jeff Lowell |
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| Theme music composer | Alec Puro |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 11 (list of episodes) |
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| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
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| Distributor | Disney–ABC Domestic Television |
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| Original network |
ABC (eps 1-4) TVNZ OD (eps 5-9) Hulu (eps 5-11) |
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| Original release | September 30 – December 4, 2014 |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
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 (Eastern). On October 24, 2014, the series was canceled, becoming the first network television cancellation of the fall schedule and the 2014-15 season overall following modest viewership.
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.
The series chronicles the journey of a new couple and the questions they are thinking from the moment they begin their relationship.
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".
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.
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