Showtime Orders Vanessa Bayer Semi-Autobiographical Comedy ‘I Love This For You’ to Series; Cybill Shepherd Exits
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeShowtime has picked up the half-hour comedy series “I Love This For You,” based on former “Saturday Night Live” star Vanessa Bayer’s own story of overcoming childhood leukemia. Bayer co-created the series and will executive producer and star in it.Fellow “SNL” alum Molly Shannon will also star, while Cybill Shepherd, who had originally signed on to star opposite Bayer and Shannon, has departed the project.