I Love That for You

I Love That for You is an American comedy television show created and executive produced by Vanessa Bayer and Jeremy Beiler for Showtime. The show stars Bayer as Joanna Gold, an aspiring host for shopping channel SVN, who lies that her childhood cancer has returned in order to keep her job. The story is inspired by Bayer's personal experience with childhood leukemia. I Love That for You premiered on May 1, 2022. In June 2023, the series was canceled after one season.

Cast

Main

Vanessa Bayer as Joanna Gold
Molly Shannon as Jackie Stilton
Paul James as Jordan Wahl
Ayden Mayeri as Beth Ann McGann
Matt Rogers as Darcy Leeds
Punam Patel as Beena Patel
Jenifer Lewis as Patricia Cochran, CEO of SVN

Recurring

Matt Malloy as Chip Gold
Michelle Noh as Suzanne Dunaysh
Bess Armstrong as Marcy Gold
Jason Schwartzman as Ethan
Johnno Wilson as Perry

Production

I Love That for You was filmed in Los Angeles. The series consists of eight episodes. The show was originally titled I Love This for You. On June 7, 2023, Showtime canceled the series after one season.

Reception

Critical response

Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 62 out of 100 based on 12 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".