Love Shack (2016 Television Series)

Love Shack is a 2016 american sitcom which premiered on October 3, 2016 on The CW. The series centers around Joshua Filler, a 24-year old male who starts running a hotel called "Love Shack". It originally belonged to his father, who is now dead after battling cancer for far too long. He meets Jess, a 22-year old woman who is fresh out of college. She helps Joshua run the hotel. They eventually fall in love and start dating. The series premiered to 1.84 million viewers and was met with mixed to positive reviews. The show is the third highest rated show on The CW and the fourth highest viewed out of 15 shows.

On January 8, 2017, The CW ordered a second season. On April 4, 2017, the second season was given a 20-episode order.

Premise
The series centers around Joshua Filler, a 24-year old male who starts running a hotel called "Love Shack". It originally belonged to his father, who is now dead after battling cancer for far too long. He meets Jess, a 22-year old woman who is fresh out of college. She helps Joshua run the hotel. They eventually fall in love and start dating. Joshua's BBF, Yara has a crush on him. Darrin is a friend of Jess and he has feelings for her.

Main
Jonny Weston as Joshua Filler

Teresa Palmer as Jess Philip

Andrew Garfield as Darrin Folk

Cobie Smulders as Yara Few

Recurring
Neil Patrick Harris as Marvin

Bianca Kajlich as July Wednesday

Production
On March 17, 2014, The CW announced that they had a new series made by Arzaan Mazhar on their development slate. Later that day, Arzaan Mazhar shared the news on his twitter account that the show would air in the 2015-16 television season. On May 14, 2015, The CW announced their schedule for the season and Love Shack was noticeably absent. On May 17, 2015, The CW announced that they would not be moving forward with Untitled Arzaan Mazhar/The CW Sitcom but also said that the show could possibly come to fruition later on.

On September 19, 2014, CBS announced that the show would resume production and will be called Lovebirds. CBS cancelled the show just days before filming the pilot.

On May 22, 2016, The CW announced that due to the success of their rom-coms such as Jane The Virgin and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, they would take another shot at, what was then under the working title of Untitled Arzaan Mazhar Rom-Com. The series was finally ordered on June 23, 2016 under the title of Love Shack. The CW ordered 10 episodes for the first season. After 3 high rated episodes, The CW ordered 12 more episodes.

The show's pilot was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Season 1 (2016-17)

 * The first season will consist of 22 episodes.

Reception
The series was met with mostly positive reviews from television critics. On Rotten Tomatoes the season has a rating of 79%, based on 8 reviews, with an average rating of 6.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Love Shack sadly fails to recapture the feeling of last year's freshman rom-com, No Tomorrow however, it does hit it out of the park with most of it's jokes and it's main couple have strong chemistry." On Metacritic, the season has a score of 62 out of 100, based on 23 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews reviews"

Awards and Nominations
The show was nominated for Best Series - Musical or Comedy in the Golden Globe Awards 2017The series was nominated for three People's Choice Awards, the first being Favorite New TV Comedy, but lost to the critically hated, ''Man With A Plan. ''Teresa Palmer was nominated for Favorite Comedic TV Actress but lost to Sofia Vergara & Cobie Smulders was nominated for Favorite Actress In A New TV Series but lost to Kristen Bell. For the Kid's Choice Awards 2017, the show was nominated for Favorite Family Show but lost to Fuller House.