Cupid (1998) Information

Plot

Cast

Regular cast

• Jeremy Piven – Cupid/Trevor Hale
• Paula Marshall – Dr. Claire Allen
• Jeffrey D. Sams – Champ Terrace

Recurring cast

• Paul Adelstein – Mike
• Noelle Bou-Sliman – Tina
• Daniel Bryant – Laurence
• Melanie Deanne Moore – Jaclyn
• Jeff Parise – Nick
• Geryll Robinson – Chris

Recurring guests

• Kevin Scott Greer – Single Guy (4 episodes)
• Joe Flanigan – Alex (4 episodes)
• Hollis Resnik – Linda (3 episodes)

Guest stars

• Laura Leighton
• Lisa Loeb
• Tiffani Thiessen

Staff

• Rob Thomas – Creator, executive producer, supervising producer
• Scott Winant – Executive producer, director
• Joe Voci – Executive producer
• Scott Sanders – Executive producer
• Jeff Reno – Executive producer
• Ron Osborn – Executive producer
• Hart Hanson – Co-Executive Producer
• W.G. "Snuffy" Walden – Composer

Writers

• Michael Green
• Ron Osborn
• Jeff Reno
• Rob Thomas
• Elle Triedman

Directors

• Michael Engler
• Michael Fields
• Tucker Gates
• Michael Katleman
• Elodie Keene
• Patrick Norris
• Peter O'Fallon
• David Petrarca
• Scott Winant
• Deran Sarafian

Episodes

Reviews and articles

• E! Online named Cupid as #4 on its "Top Ten Shows Cancelled Before Their Time".
• Two 1998 articles from Tim Goodman San Francisco Examiner and Alan Sepinwall New Jersey Star-Ledger as listed on Rob Thomas's Site.

Production notes

• Cupid was produced by Columbia TriStar Television and Mandalay Productions.
• Cupid was filmed on location in Chicago, due to Piven's love for the city.

Show revival

Notes and trivia

• "The Children's Hour", the last episode broadcast before the show's cancellation in the U.S., aired shortly before Valentine's Day 1999; it features Trevor's ruminations on why the holiday should instead be "Cupid's Day".
• In a December 24, 2004, Entertainment Weekly article, creator Rob Thomas mentions that the show would have ended with Trevor and Claire becoming Trevor's 100th match—and without revealing whether Trevor really was Cupid.
• Series stars Paula Marshall and Jeffrey D. Sams both had recurring roles on Rob Thomas's most recent series, Veronica Mars. Thomas stated that, given the opportunity, he would have written an episode featuring both of their characters, as well as their Cupid co-star Jeremy Piven. Additionally, an episode featured a brief glance at a website of high school basketball statistics, with a high school named "Trevor Hale".
• The name "Trevor Hale" is an anagram for "Lover Hater" and "Heart Lover."
• Trevor says "Let's hug it out, you little freaks!" in one episode. Jeremy Piven would later portray Ari Gold on Entourage with a famous catchphrase, "Let's hug it out bitch", which was originally ad-libbed by Piven himself.