liquidcelluloid-1 Network: UPN; Genre: Sitcom; Content Rating: TV-PG (for language and adult content); Perspective: Classic (star range: 1 - 4); Seasons Reviewed: 1 season To be honest, when I watch a TV show, I certainly don't sit there critiquing the acting, story logic and visual symbolism. What fun would that be? I get a feeling about what I'm watching, and from that feeling comes an effort to describe it and break the show down in ways that others may understand it. I say that because a show like "Love, In." is a train-wreck of such horror it cannot be described in listing of technical failings, but in the general feeling that it injects in you. A great show gives me an inspired, excited, mildly euphoric feeling. "Love, Inc." is a virtually unwatchable mess that sounds like nails on a chalkboard and the feeling: it's more like Morgellon's Disease.Loosely plotted, played as loudly and broadly as possible and not the slightest bit funny, the characters of "Love" all work at a dating service where they help the romantically impaired find someone who will have them. Naturally, they can't heal their own hearts In other words, it is just about the most worthless job on the planet. They must have a day job. This can't pay the bills.There is no relationship insight here. None of their advice or techniques seems particularly innovative and all of their clients are pathetic misfits with enough of a good heart so we will root for them in the end. "Love" blatantly carries out the TV mandate to put forth the idea that everybody should get together and those that don't are "lonely and miserable". I can't fault "Love" too much for its single-minded almost propaganda-like attitude toward bashing single people, most of TV does it and because single people aren't a politically protected minority group, nobody ever says a word.But there is an attempt at audience manipulation going on here that is more insulting than the average sitcom. Holly Robinson Peete stars is the head of the business (down to Earth with her co-workers, but often succumbing to romantic flights of fancy on her own time) and the heart is Busey Phillips as the love-faithful believer. I'm going to give Phillips a pass here because she looks good as a brunette and all "Freaks and Geeks" alumni get a kind of diplomatic immunity for any future TV mis-step. It seems that Peete has staffed the business up with one eye on the quotas and another trying to make her co-workers as obnoxious as possible. From the greasy, goofy white guy (Vince Vieluf) to the loud, feisty Latina (Ion Overman, "The L Word"), nobody shuts up and all have been transparently designed to drag in the largest, multi-cultural demographic as possible. "Love" spreads itself so thin trying to appeal to everybody that the final produce is a completely diluted mess.One good idea is the episode titles, which reference other TV shows: from "Arrested Development" to "Bossom Buddies". Since "Love, inc." isn't about TV at all, I'm making a leap to say that this too is a bit of audience manipulation to lure the TV fans into a show that isn't a fraction as clever as the use of the titles. "Love, Inc." isn't worth the time it takes to tell you that it isn't worth your time.½ / 4

data_art At first glance, this show seems like it's going to be just another eye-candy extravaganza. However, it's MUCH more. I haven't missed an episode and I thoroughly enjoy the sidesplitting humor.I hadn't seen Busy Philipps before now, and she's quite the humorist and actress! Ms Gomez Preston's quippy brilliance is uncanny. Holly Robinson Peete is awesome as usual. Vince Veiluf's "interpretation of everyman" is really good. This show has plenty of potential - they meet new people constantly and their interoffice encounters are insightful, with many possibilities for depth. So far, they haven't gone with cheap humor and I appreciate that. P.S. Ion Overman?? WOW!! Angels walk on the earth.

pglen111 This show is awful and the jokes are flat and I really don't see any potential for it progressing. I don't know what's going on with these networks-maybe they need better writers or something, but most of the so called sitcoms on UPN or boring and lack humor. I like Holly Robinson-Pete, but I am just so surprised to see her in something like this. Of course, I hope the show will improve but for now it appears like their is no room for hope. The characters all appear like they don't have " life" they are all just so flat and lack energy. Everybody hates Chris is pretty funny which is a lead for love, inc, however, without it, I don't think it would have survived as long as it did.

mh1990 I love Holly Robinson Peete, and that's what initially attracted me to this show. However, the stand-out characters here are Fran (Reagan Gomez-Preston of "The Parent 'Hood") and Barry (Vince Vieluf).I think that the show is pretty funny. Not laugh-out-loud hilarious like its lead-in, "Everybody Hates Chris," but it's pretty good.Although I find the laughs entertaining and enjoyable, I wonder where a show like this could possibly go. What can they do to make the show better? Even "The Cosby Show" got better as the years progressed. What will the writers be able to do to keep viewers coming back? You can't just punch-line your way to into the classic series hall of fame. Sure, the punch lines are great, but there has to be more.Basically, I like the show (not love, as I do "Everybody Hates Chris"), but I don't think that it has any potential.