I Love New York (TV series)

I Love New York
Created by	Cris Abrego Mark Cronin
Starring	Tiffany Pollard Michelle Patterson Mauricio "Chamo" Sanchez (Season one)
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	25
Production
Executive producer(s)	Cris Abrego Mark Cronin Ben Samek
Running time	60 minutes (including commercials)
Release
Original network	VH1
Original release	January 8, 2007 – January 6, 2008
Chronology
Preceded by	Flavor of Love
Followed by	I Love Money New York Goes to Hollywood Real Chance of Love New York Goes to Work Frank the Entertainer... in a Basement Affair
External links
Website

I Love New York is a reality television series that first aired on VH1. It features Tiffany Pollard (better known as "New York"), who is on a quest to find her true love. This series is a spin off of another relationship competition series, Flavor of Love, which featured Pollard as a finalist in two consecutive seasons. Season 2's final episode was leaked to the internet a week before the TV air date. The winner of the show's first season,Tango (Patrick S. Hunter) failed to deliver as New York's soul mate. When the second season aired, Tailor Made George Weisgerber was revealed as New York's chosen flame. During the taping of her latest show New York Goes to Hollywood, Weisgerber and Pollard somehow separated.

In addition to Pollard, a host of other individuals from Flavor of Love, including "Sister" Patterson (Pollard's mother), appeared on the show to help Pollard choose the right man. Mauricio Sanchez played New York's assistant, "Chamo," but only for the first season. The production of a second season of I Love New York was first announced during a commercial break for the April 29, 2007, episode of Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School. After the show was wrapped up, the house was used for another VH1 show, Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School.

Season	Season premiere	Season finale	Reunion show	Winner	Runner-up	Number of contestants	Number of episodes
Season One	January 8, 2007 (4.426M viewers[1])	April 2, 2007 (4.8M viewers[2])	April 15, 2007 (5.01M viewers[3])	Patrick Hunter "Tango"	Kamal Givens "Chance"	20	12
Season Two	October 8, 2007	December 17, 2007 (5.4M viewers[4])	January 6, 2008 (4.86M viewers[5])	George Weisgerber "Tailor Made"	Ezra Masters "Buddha"	20	13

Spinoffs

I Love Money

A large number of contestants from Flavor of Love, Rock of Love, and I Love New York are brought together in a mansion in Mexico to compete in a co-ed battle of mental and physical challenges to win $250,000. I Love Money was filmed from February to March 2008, with the season premiere on July 6, 2008.

New York Goes to Hollywood

New York Goes to Hollywood began on August 4, 2008, and consists of ten 30-minute episodes. The show will star New York as she goes throughout Hollywood trying to find an acting job. To focus on her new mission, New York has to put her last conquest, Tailor Made, on the backburner as she tries to take on Tinseltown. At the end of the series, Pollard decided to keep auditioning for film work, stating she would continue to document her career search in "New York Goes to Hollywood: Part 2"; if her film career doesn't pan out, she has mentioned a possible return to reality-television dating with an "I Love New York 3."

Real Chance of Love

Brothers Ahmad (Real) and Kamal (Chance) Givens did not win I Love New York, but they were given a second chance in the spin-off Real Chance of Love, which premiered October 20, 2008. On the show, the horse-breeding, music-producing entertainer brothers (known as the Stallionaires) were the stars of their own reality dating competition. Seventeen female contestants participated in the show and taking part in various challenges. Each week, women are eliminated until the final episode, where Ahmad selected "Corn Fed" and Kamal selected no one. A second season has been confirmed by Vh1 and casting began in March 2009. The season premiered on August 3, 2009 and the finale was on October 26, 2009. On the second season finale Ahmad selected "Doll" and Kamal selected "Hot Wingz". In 2015, Ahmad (Real) passed away from colon cancer at age 33.

New York Goes to Work

New York Goes to Work premiered on May 4, 2009.^[6] The reality show followed New York as she searched for a regular job. After the finale, viewers were asked to vote on what she should do next. The choices were: I Love New York 3, Take a vacation, or find a real job. America voted for I Love New York 3.

Frank the Entertainer... in a Basement Affair

A casting call was issued for a VH1 reality dating show starring Frank Maresca (The Entertainer). The show was tentatively entitled The Entertainer of Love^[7] but it was revealed on the VH1 Blog that the show was going to be called Frank the Entertainer... in a Basement Affair. The show premiered January 3, 2010.^[8]

References

1. "`Jump In!' Tops Cable Ratings". Associated Press. 18 January 2007.
2. Reynolds, Mike (6 April 2007). "Viewers Love VH1’s New York; Flavor of Love Spinoff Draws Series-Best 4.8M Viewers". Multichannel News. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
3. Crupi, Anthony (17 April 2007). "USA Tops Weekly Ratings Race". Mediaweek. Retrieved 26 May 2010. |section= ignored (help)
4. Nordyke, Kimberly; Gough, Paul J. (19 December 2007). "Showtime's 'Dexter' on fire". The Hollywood Reporter 402: 6. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
5. Crupi, Anthony (8 January 2008). "USA Rings In New Year With Ratings Win". Mediaweek. Retrieved 26 May 2010. |section= ignored (help)
6. "New York Goes to Work, Comes Back to VH1". VH1. March 27, 2008. Retrieved March 27, 2009.
7. "Entertainer of Love casting". vh1.com. Retrieved June 24, 2009.
8. "Frank The Entertainer In A Basement Affair » All Episodes".

External links

• I Love New York at the Internet Movie Database
• I Love New York at TV.com