Valentine (TV series)

Infobox Television
show_name = Valentine


caption = Valentine Title Card
creator = Kevin Murphy
format = Romantic Comedy drama
runtime = 60 minutes
starring = Jaime Murray
Kristoffer Polaha
Autumn Reeser
Christine Lakin
Robert Baker
Patrick Fabian
Greg Ellis (ep 2+)
country = USA
executive_producer = Kevin Murphy
Courtney Conte
network = The CW
first_aired = October 5, 2008
last_aired = present
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 13
website = http://www.cwtv.com/thecw/valentine
imdb_id = 1274409
tv_com_id = 75700

"Valentine" is a romantic comedy/drama television series created by Kevin Murphy, who also serves as executive producer alongside Courtney Conte. The show is produced by Media Rights Capital. It premiered on October 5, 2008 at 8:00pm on The CW Television Network and Citytv in Canada.

Premise

The show focuses on the Valentine family, a group of gods living amongst humans. They must keep their true identities secret as they do whatever it takes to bring soulmates together. In modern times however the gods' methods have become less effective, and unless they improve their matchmaking skills they will end up becoming mortal. As a result Grace, aka the goddess Aphrodite, has decided to recruit romance novelist Kate Providence to help them adapt their skills. With help from the fates and the Oracle of Delphi, now housed in a hot tub, it's up to the gods and Kate to help bring love back into people's lives.

Production

The show was ordered into production after Media Rights Capital took over programming Sunday nights on The CW. The show was originally titled Valentine Inc. but dropped the 'Inc.' from the title prior to the fall 2008 television season. The 13 episode first season is currently being filmed in the Los Angeles area, with filming primarily taking place at the Los Angeles Centre Studios.citeweb|url=http://christinelakin.blogspot.com/2008/08/life-around-valentine.html|title=Christine Lakin's Offical Blog: Life Around Valentine|accessdate=2008-10-06] The show is filmed on Sound Stage 1, which has previously been used to film Women's Murder Club and also Mad Men.citeweb|url=http://www.lacenterstudios.com/|title=Los Angeles Centre Studio|accessdate=2008-10-06]

Cast and Characters

Jaime Murray - Grace Valentine, family matriarch and the goddess Aphrodite. Grace oversees the Valentines Earthly operations and is the one to bring Kate onboard. She is currently involved in a relationship with her former lover Ray Howard.

Kristoffer Polaha - Danny Valentine, The God of erotic love, Eros and son of Grace and Ari. Danny is the loose cannon amongst the Valentines, and spends his nights seducing the ladies. His classic bow and arrow has now been replaced by a gun, which shoots magic to help create feelings of love in his targets.

Autumn Reeser - Phoebe Valentine. The most childlike member of the Valentines, Phoebe serves as
Goddess of the Oracle at Delphi. It is she who communicates with The Fates to match soul mates and also sees what will happen if they don't find one another.

Christine Lakin - Kate Providence, a mortal romance novelist. Kate is brought into the Valentines' world after meeting Grace at a book reading. At first resistant to the idea of the Greek Gods being on Earth, a display of magic from Grace soon convinces her the Gods are real, and she endures to help them reunite soul mates.

Robert Baker - Leo Francisci, Hercules. Leo is the moral compass for Danny and an all around good person. In the pilot it is said he hates cops.

Patrick Fabian - Ray Howard, the god Hephaestus. Ray is the former lover of Grace and has recently begun to date her again despite the fact she is still married to Ari.

Greg Ellis - Ari Valentine, the god Ares. Grace's estranged husband and father to Danny. Ari was not around for a lot of Danny's childhood, and Grace blames him for their son’s disobedient behaviour.

Casting

Autumn Reeser, Kristoffer Polaha and Robert Baker [cite web|url=http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-valentineincreeserpolahabaker,0,7951162.story|title=CW's 'Valentine, Inc.' Casts Godly Trio|work=Zap2it.com|accessdate=2008-07-21] were the first actors announced to join the series on July 15 2008. Just days after the first announcement on July 18 2008 The Hollywood Reporter announced that Jaime Murray would also be part of the cast, playing the shows title character Grace Valentine. [cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3ifcadec3fe426ce3c8cea737d5f409cde|title=Bob Saget, Jaime Murray to star in CW shows|work=THR.com|accessdate=2008-07-21] On July 19, The CW formally announced the shows cast, adding Nikki Snelson, Patrick Fabian and Greg Ellis to the previously announced actors on the show. [cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20080719cw03|title=MEDIA RIGHTS CAPITAL AND THE CW NETWORK ANNOUNCE PREMIERE DATES AND CASTING FOR ORIGINAL SUNDAY NIGHT PRIMETIME PROGRAMS "IN HARM'S WAY," "SURVIVING SUBURBIA," "VALENTINE" AND "EASY MONEY"
work=thefutoncritic.com|accessdate=2008-07-21] Prior to production of the pilot Nikki Snelson had to leave the cast due to conflicts with her role in the 2008 Tour of A Chorus Line. [cite web|url=http://www.algonquintheater.org/images/7.28.08.doc|title=Algonquin Update 7/28 The strange case of Nikki Snelson|work=Tony Sportiello|accessdate=2008-09-07] As a result Christine Lakin joined the cast, replacing Snelson as romance novelist Kate. [cite web|url=http://christinelakin.blogspot.com/2008/07/valentine-on-cw.html|title=Christine Lakin's Official Blog: Valentine on the CW!
work=Christine Lakin|accessdate=2008-08-29]

Episodes

Season One

Television Ratings

References

External links

*imdb title|id=1274409|title=Valentine
*tv.com show|id=75700|title=Valentine