Love, Inc. is an American television sitcom that originally aired for
one season on United Paramount Network (UPN) from September 2005 to May
2006. Although it was developed as a vehicle and sitcom debut for
Shannen Doherty, the series instead featured an ensemble cast led by
Busy Philipps, Vince Vieluf, Reagan Gomez-Preston, Ion Overman, and
Holly Robinson Peete (pictured) as five matchmakers working at a dating
agency. It suffered from low viewership despite its high ratings among
young Hispanic women; it was canceled following UPN's merger with The WB
to launch The CW in 2006. The cancellations of this and other black
sitcoms were criticized for reducing representation of African-American
characters and reducing the number of roles for African-American actors
on television. Critical response to Love, Inc. was mixed: some praised
its multi-ethnic cast, while others felt that the storylines and
characters were unoriginal and that Philipps' portrayal of her character
was unsympathetic. (
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1327:
Fourteen-year-old Edward III (pictured as adult) became King of
England, but the country was ruled by his mother, Queen Isabella, and
her lover, Roger Mortimer.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_III_of_England>
1411:
The First Peace of Thorn was signed, ending the
Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian%E2%80%93Teutonic_War>
1982:
Senegal and the Gambia formed the Senegambia Confederation to
promote cooperation between the two countries.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senegambia_Confederation>
2003:
All seven crew members aboard Space Shuttle Columbia were
killed when the orbiter disintegrated over Texas during reentry.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
gutbread:
The pancreas, especially the pancreas of livestock used as food.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gutbread>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be.
… Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed — Let it be that
great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme
That any man be crushed by one above.
--Langston Hughes
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