Tell Me You Love Me: HBO Cancels Racy Drama, No Season Two
Eight months after HBO picked up Tell Me You Love Me for a second year, the TV series hasn’t returned. Now, apparently, it never will. What happened?
The sexually-explicit drama debuted on September 9, 2007 and revolves around three couples, each with their own set of intimacy problems. They seek help from Dr. May Foster (Jane Alexander), an analyst with relationship issues of her own. The series’ ensemble cast includes Michelle Borth, Tim DeKay, Luke Kirby, Adam Scott, David Selby, Katharine Towne, Sonya Walger, and Ally Walker. The tenth episode aired on November 10, 2007.
The ratings for the show’s first season weren’t great but HBO renewed Tell Me for another season after just four episodes had aired. Despite the renewal, the show didn’t return to production. Now, it appears that the reason for the stall was that creator/executive producer Cynthia Mort couldn’t figure out what should come next.
In a written statement, she said, “Given the considerable amount of time that has passed and despite the best efforts of everyone involved, we were unable to find the direction of the show for the second season. There are so many other stories to tell and many other ways to tell them. I look forward to doing that with HBO in the future.”
The cancellation decision was apparently a mutual decision. HBO has a development deal with Mort and intends to continue working with her. Michael Lombardo, HBO’s West Coast president, said, “We really feel Cynthia has an important voice that belongs on HBO and we look forward to the next show she will create for us.” Stay tuned! 
May 19th, 2009 at 11:59 am
Too bad, this was a great show. Not much on HBO since Sopranos and Six Feet Under are gone.
April 18th, 2009 at 12:07 am
OHH COME ON!!! i was waiting and waiting!!! now this crap! that show was so good. it was more of a reality show then anything else out there. it was real people and real problems. there arent any other shows like it…they should hurry up and firgure out which way they want the show to go!. like seriously…and why even put the first season on dvd? there aint gunna be no collection!!!
April 8th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
THAT SUCKS! I’ve been waiting for it to come back on…… my husband and I loved watching it together.
April 6th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Very dissapointed, thought it was a great show for couples to watch together as well as conversation starter. Great, young, unique show, best for me since Sopranos
April 4th, 2009 at 6:59 pm
I really liked the show. It was a honest portrayal of how tough relationships are and how much they are worth fighting for. It is really an adult show in a tv climate where everything is made for a teen demographic that was refreshing. When do you ever see an elderly couple in love and actually having sex. Anyway boo HBO for canceling such a great show
April 1st, 2009 at 4:50 pm
I am so sick of HBO, this is just like Big Love and Entourage everyone waited 2 years for season 3 and they only showed what? 6-7 episodes? So now what?, wait another 2 years? How do you expect people to get into a series or have a successful series when you yourself as a company can not come up with a reasonable amount of time in between seasons to keep the viewers interested. I am so upset they cancelled this show and didn’t even have the nerve to post it on their website or announce it. I’m about to cancel my HBO on demand and get Showtime this has gotten ridiculous.