Love Monkey is an American comedy-drama television series set in New York City starring Tom Cavanagh. The series was created by Michael Rauch, based on the book of the same name, by Kyle Smith. It was a co-production of Paramount Television and Sony Pictures Television.
The first episode aired on January 17, 2006, on CBS, attracting an audience of about 8.6 million viewers. By its third episode on February 7, viewership was down to 6.2 million, and CBS pulled it from the schedule.CBS Breaks Up with 'Love Monkey', from zap2it.com CBS later made one episode available online via its short-lived Innertube website.
At the end of March 2006, VH1 announced plans to re-broadcast the three episodes broadcast on CBS and air the five remaining unaired episodes.Canceled CBS series 'Love Monkey' finds new life on VH1; March 29, 2006 USA Today article The last episode aired on May 16, 2006, on VH1. The series was subsequently aired on the Canadian MuchMoreMusic (later M3) channel.
In the summers of 2009 and 2010, the series was shown on the Universal HD cable network.
Cast Tom Cavanagh as Tom Ferrell, 30-something single record executive Judy Greer as Bran Lowenstein, Tom's friend who always tells things to him straight Christopher Wiehl as Jake Dunne, closeted homosexual ex-baseball player turned sportscaster Larenz Tate as Derrick "Shooter" Cooper, Tom's wealthy womanizing friend Ivana Miličević as Julia, Tom's colleague and possible girlfriend Katherine LaNasa as Karen Freed, Tom's sister and Mike's wife Jason Priestley as Mike Freed, Tom's friend and brother-in-law (he is married to Tom's sister)
Music
Theme song Episodes 1 – 3: "Someone Who's Cool" by Odds Episodes 4 – 8: "For You I Will (Confidence)" by Teddy Geiger
Geiger's theme song "For You I Will (Confidence)" became a hit single, reaching #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 2006. On MuchMoreMusic, the theme was "Someone Who's Cool" by Odds on all episodes.
Musical guest appearances The show featured established musicians (often in bit roles) and also features fictional musicians (in italics). Episode 1: Teddy Geiger, Aimee Mann Episode 2: LeAnn Rimes, Ben Folds, Teddy Geiger, Zoe Episode 3: James Blunt, Teddy Geiger Episode 4: Aimee Mann, Paul Shaffer, She Wants Revenge, Gladwell Episode 5: The Barbarian Bros. Episode 6: Ray, Dr. John Episode 7: Gordon Decker - Portrayed by Terrence Mann Episode 8: Natasha Bedingfield, John Mellencamp, Lisa Loeb, Mýa, Teddy Geiger
Episodes
Trivia Several episodes of Love Monkey featured the acting and music/recording studio script input of New York City guitarist and recording engineer Hugh Pool and his recording studio Excello Recording.
Tom Cavanagh was set to go on Late Night with Conan O’Brien when it was made known to him just ten minutes before taping that Love Monkey had been canceled.
References
External links from CBS from VH1
MuchMoreMusic website Review of Love Monkey from The Book Standard