Cupid
Format	Romantic Comedy‑drama
Created by	Rob Thomas
Starring	Jeremy Piven Paula Marshall Jeffrey D. Sams
Opening theme	“Human” by The Pretenders (cover of “Human on the Inside” by Divinyls)
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	15 (1 unaired) (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Scott Winant Joe Voci Scott Sanders
Running time	approx. 44(?) minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Original run	September 26, 1998 – February 11, 1999
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Cupid is a 1998-1999 American comedy-drama series created by Rob Thomas, which featured Paula Marshall as Dr. Claire Allen, a Chicago psychologist who is given charge of a man named Trevor Hale (Jeremy Piven). Hale believes he is Cupid, sent down from Mt. Olympus by Zeus to connect 100 couples without his powers, as a punishment for his arrogance. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A romantic comedy may be a film or novel, presenting a story about romance in a comedic style. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the writer Rob Thomas. ... Jeremy Samuel Piven (born July 26, 1965)[1] is a two-time Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated American actor. ... Paula Marshall (born June 12, 1964 in Rockville, Maryland, USA) is an American actress, who has an unfortunate reputation for having many television series in which she is a main cast member cancelled in its first season and several shows on which she was a guest star cancelled soon after... Jeffrey D. Sams is an American actor known primarily for his television work. ... The Pretenders are an Anglo-American rock band. ... Divinyls (often incorrectly referred to as The Divinyls) are an Australian rock music band. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The following is a list of episodes for the television show Cupid. ... -1... Scott Russell Sanders (born 1946) is an American novelist and essayist. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the writer Rob Thomas. ... Paula Marshall (born June 12, 1964 in Rockville, Maryland, USA) is an American actress, who has an unfortunate reputation for having many television series in which she is a main cast member cancelled in its first season and several shows on which she was a guest star cancelled soon after... Nickname: Motto: Urbs in Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country State Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ... A psychologist is a scientist or clinician who studies psychology, the systematic investigation of the human mind, including behavior and cognition. ... Jeremy Samuel Piven (born July 26, 1965)[1] is a two-time Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated American actor. ... It has been suggested that Cupid (holiday character) be merged into this article or section. ... Mount Olympus (Greek: ; also transliterated as Mount Ólympos, and on modern maps, Óros Ólimbos) is the highest mountain in Greece at 2,919 meters high (9,576 feet)[1]. Since its base is located at sea level, it is one of the highest mountains in Europe, in real absolute altitude... The Statue of Zeus at Olympia Phidias created the 12-m (40-ft) tall statue of Zeus at Olympia about 435 BC. The statue was perhaps the most famous sculpture in Ancient Greece, imagined here in a 16th century engraving Zeus (in Greek: nominative: Zeús, genitive: Diós), is...

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Plot

Trevor begins in Claire’s singles therapy group, with mixed results. Claire and Trevor become attracted to each other as the show progresses, but are unable and unwilling to act on their feelings: she out of a desire to maintain a professional detachment, he because he believes he cannot form a relationship with a mortal woman, since he would have to leave Earth after completing his penance (also, he would never be able to return to Mt. Olympus if he had sex with a mortal before his task was complete). Viewers are never told whether Trevor is really Cupid, and are given hints both ways.

Cast

Regular Cast

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

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Recurring Cast

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

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Recurring Guests

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

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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

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Writers

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

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Directors

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

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Episodes

Main article: List of Cupid episodes

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Reviews & 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^{[citation needed]}.
• Cupid was filmed on location in the Chicago, due to Piven’s love for the city.^{[citation needed]}

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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.[1]
• 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”.[2]

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External links

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Cupid

• Creator Rob Thomas’s site, including show synopsis, reviews and scripts for unaired episodes.
• Jeremy Piven Home Page, including biography, pictures and information on Jeremy Piven.
• Entry on epguides.com

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Sources

• Cupid at the Internet Movie Database