I Love That for You

Name: I Love That for You
Genre: Comedy
Released: April 18, 2022
Rating: 65

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SHOWTIME | Release Date: April 18, 2022

Summary: Childhood cancer survivor Joanna Gold (Vanessa Bayer) seeks to become a home shopping channel host in this semi-autobiographical comedy series co-created by Bayer and Jeremy Beiler.

Genre(s): Comedy

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S1:E8. Shop Cancer's A.
Air Date: June 19, 2022
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S1:E7. Point of No Returns
Air Date: June 12, 2022
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S1:E6. Crystal Buddiez
Air Date: June 5, 2022

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Kelly Lawler

Apr 28, 2022

Season 1 Review: Earnest, playful and hilarious with a bit of cringe, "Love That" is Bayer's coming out as a leading actress. ... Bayer is a joy to watch, and she's complemented by a strong supporting cast, especially Shannon and Lewis. Read full review

Rob Owen

Apr 28, 2022

Season 1 Review: The show approaches these themes [what it means when companies commodify and exploit employees’ personal stories and Joanna’s stunted-by-childhood-cancer inner life] with a deft subtlety but it’s enough to ground it and make the cringe comedy more palatable. Read full review

Matthew Gilbert

May 11, 2022

Season 1 Review: It’s a lot — a workplace sitcom, a satire of home shopping, a coming-of-age comedy, a pathos-filled portrait of lost soul, a rom-com (as Joanna develops a crush on coworker), and more. But it works for me, especially since the cast is so good. Read full review

Sean L. McCarthy

Apr 29, 2022

Season 1 Review: [Bayer's] comedy chops here easily remind you of how she shined behind the Weekend Update desk with in-over-their-head characters such as Jacob the Bar Mitzvah Boy or flailing meteorologist Dawn Lazarus. ... The pilot, directed by Michael Showalter, has an even slower burn than say, Search Party, which he co-created. Read full review

The Guardian Lucy Mangan

Jul 21, 2022

Season 1 Review: On paper, this Paramount+ sitcom is a tough sell. But, overall, it works. There might not be abundant belly laughs (though there are often great throwaway lines, such as assistant Darcy begging the CEO for time off to attend Graydon Carter’s barn warming on Martha’s Vineyard), but Bayer – on whose own story Joanna’s is based – keeps our sympathy throughout. Read full review

Kristen Baldwin

Apr 29, 2022

Season 1 Review: Bayer is excellent at playing cartoonishly awkward, which made her a standout in the sketch-comedy confines of Saturday Night Live, but her cringey antics don't quite translate to episodic storytelling. Shannon salvages the underwritten Jackie. Read full review

Daniel D'Addario

Apr 26, 2022

Season 1 Review: For “I Love That for You” to succeed, we must first believe in Joanna’s story and then root for her within it. Nothing about this show feels real on its own terms, because it’s never clear what those terms even are. Read full review

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TVJerry

Jun 13, 2022

Anyone who watched SNL from 2010 to 2017 will recognize Vanessa Bayer. She's parlayed her unique, hesitant, big-smile style into this new series, where she plays a woman eager for a job on a national shopping channel. Once she gets the gig, it comes out that she has cancer (based partiallyAnyone who watched SNL from 2010 to 2017 will recognize Vanessa Bayer. She's parlayed her unique, hesitant, big-smile style into this new series, where she plays a woman eager for a job on a national shopping channel. Once she gets the gig, it comes out that she has cancer (based partially on Bayer's own experience with childhood leukemia). The twist is: She doesn't really have cancer, which this results in her obvious dilemma between truth and success. Bayer's character takes full advantage of her comic awkwardness to the point of sometimes inducing cringes. Fellow SNL alum Molly Shannon adds to the fun, while Jenifer Lewis, as the CEO, makes a wonderfully wicked boss. There are def funny moments and enjoyable characters, but each ep has serious elements that give the show a deeper dramatic effect. Although Bayer doesn't stray far from her SNL style, it still provides her with a delightful new oddball in an amusing and sweet series. (Eight 30-minute eps)… Expand

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carlossolrac

Sep 20, 2022

Worth it for the Shannon/Bayer dynamic. They did some serious research. Darcy good too.

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Seasons & Episodes

65

Series Overview
Season 1

65
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: May 1, 2022
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  S1:E8. Shop Cancer's A.
  Air Date: June 19, 2022
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  S1:E7. Point of No Returns
  Air Date: June 12, 2022
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  S1:E6. Crystal Buddiez
  Air Date: June 5, 2022
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  S1:E5. Daddy's Lil' Cookies
  Air Date: May 29, 2022
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  S1:E4. Impeccable She Casuals
  Air Date: May 22, 2022
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  S1:E3. #JoannaStrong
  Air Date: May 15, 2022
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  S1:E2. Faux Florals
  Air Date: May 9, 2022
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  S1:E1. GottaHaveIt
  Air Date: April 18, 2022