July 29, 2008
After renewing the lightly watched series after its first season last fall, HBO has decided to abandon its sexually explicit drama Tell Me You Love Me, a decision that show creator Cynthia Mort and the network seemed to have arrived at together.
"Despite the best efforts of everyone involved, we were unable to find the direction of the show for the second season," Mort said in a statement.
November 20, 2007
For those who have missed an episode of HBO's Tell Me You Love Me and for those who just want to relive the drama, you can catch the entire first season on DVD. According to the network, Tell Me You Love Me: The Complete First Season will be released on February 12, 2008.
Created by Cynthia Mort, Tell Me You Love Me is an adult drama series that focuses on three couples struggling to stay together. It explores infidelity and prenuptial concerns through the relationship of 20-something couple, Hugo (Luke Kirby) and Jamie (Michelle Borth), sheds light on unsuccessful attempts to start a family through 30-something couple, Palek (Adam Scott) and Carolyn (Sonya Walger), and taps on devotion and sustaining physical intimacy through 40-something couple, Dave (Tim DeKay) and Katie (Ally Walker). As the couples go through various relationship issues, they seek the help of therapist Dr. May Foster (Jane Alexander), who depicts the female side of a 50-something couple, as she herself has issues with her partner Arthur (David Selby), and enlightens them on how all these anxiety and concerns affect their sex life.
November 15, 2007
While Tell Me You Love Me is stirring much controversy with its extremely realistic depictions of sex, cast member Tim Dekay dishes out on what really goes on behind the cameras.
For those who are not familiar, Tell Me You Love Me is a drama series broadcast on HBO that revolves around three couples, Jamie (Michelle Borth) and Hugo (Luke Kirby), Katie (Ally Walker) and David (Tim DeKay) and Carolyn (Sonya Walger) and Palek (Adam Scott), each struggling with their own issues on intimacy in their relationships. Throughout the series, they seek the help of therapist Dr. May Foster (Jane Alexander), who herself has relationship issues with her partner Arthur (David Selby).
November 2, 2007
HBO's Tell Me You Love Me, which premiered in September, has been getting some mixed reviews with its controversial storylines and extremely realistic depiction of sex. But while that's stirring various media outlets, Michelle Borth has something to reveal about her character Jamie that's quite unexpected.
On Tell Me You Love Me, Borth plays a line cook who breaks off her engagement with the idealistic Hugo (Luke Farrell Kirby) because of her jealousy and her emotional issues. According to the actress, her character has actually been written for her.
October 20, 2007
Gone are the days of fun and laughter-inducing depictions of sex, as evidenced by HBO's new series, Tell Me You Love Me. The show, created by Cynthia Mort, takes a less erotic and more serious approach to the highest form of intimacy between couples, all for the sake of realism and uncovering a truth.
"Being erotic was certainly never a consideration," Mort told the Los Angeles Times. "In all those scenes, the primary motivation was to tell the story and advance the characters and reveal something about them. They're not in a place to turn the lights down low and put on some music, light some candles… That's not who they are right now. I think there are some very intense moments between these couples. They may not be erotic, but they're certainly compelling."
October 13, 2007
HBO's Tell Me You Love Me has made viewers who are in serious relationships squirm with discomfort, though this isn't necessarily a bad thing.
The new drama series, which centers on three couples who are trying to cope with different kinds of intimacy issues, have forced some real-life couples who tune in to the show to examine the problems in their own relationships.
October 5, 2007
HBO has picked up the new original series, Tell Me You Love Me, for a second season, despite the show's rocky start.
The relationship drama premiered with a mere viewer count of 910,000 early in September. The number proves dismal in comparison to nearly all of the pay cable network's original programs in recent years. The least-watched episode of John from Cincinnati, a unique surf-noir drama that HBO declined to renew, actually drew in more viewers than Tell Me You Love Me's premiere.
September 29, 2007
Tell Me You Love Me is attempting to push the envelope on television shows which tackle the subject of love and relationships. With its unabashed and unapologetic depiction of goings-on behind closed doors, between the lines and beneath the sheets, Tell Me You Love Me is both shocking and refreshing to audiences.
Foremost on the list of controversial elements is its frank and stark depiction of human sexuality and its place in any coupling. Last week, show creator, Cynthia Mort spoke openly about her use of nudity and sex scenes on Tell Me You Love Me. This week, we hear from several of the female leads about what they think of the somewhat graphic nature of the new show.