Based on The New York Times column of the same name, Modern Love follows individual tales of love. Created by David Carney and starring Hollywood talent including Andrew Scott, Tina Fey and Anne Hathaway, the series has been much anticipated since its announcement. From its start date to how many episodes are in the new show, here’s everything viewers need to know about Modern Love.
When does Modern Love start?
Modern Love is released on Amazon Prime Video today (Friday, October 18) on the platform.
Amazon does not reveal the exact time that it releases its series, but it is thought to be made available in the morning.
All episodes of the series will be made available to stream at once.
In order to watch the new show, viewers will need to have a subscription to Amazon Prime.
How many episodes are in Modern Love?
The new series features eight episodes in total, which will all be available on the platform from October 18.
Each episode of the anthology series focuses on an individual story of love, covering everything from familial bonds to lost romance.
The outings are all based on essays published in The New York Times column that inspired the show.
Almost all of the episodes take the original title of the essays.
The episodes are as follows:
- Episode 1. When the Doorman is Your Main Man, based on the 2015 essay by Julie Margaret Hogben
- Episode 2. When Cupid is a Prying Journalist, based on 2015 episode by Deborah Copaken
- Episode 3. Take Me as I Am, Whoever I Am, based on the 2008 essay by Terri Cheney
- Episode 4. Rallying to Keep the Game Alive, based on the 2013 essay by Ann Leary
- Episode 5. At the Hospital, an Interlude of Clarity, based on the 2014 essay by Brian Gittis
- Episode 6. So He Looked Like Dad. It Was Just Dinner, Right?, based on the 2006 essay by Abby Sher
- Episode 7. Hers Was a World of One, based on DJ’s Homeless Mommy 2005 essay by Dan Savage
- Episode 8. The Race Grows Sweeter Near Its Final Lap, based on the 2013 essay by Eve Pell
What is Modern Love about?
The new show takes its inspiration from various personal essays published in the NYT column of the same name.
Covering everything from dating when you’re older to the importance of friendships, each half hour-long episode picks up on an individual story.
One particular story focuses on Lexi (played by Anne Hathaway) as bipolar woman struggling to open up while another tells the tale of dating website founder Joshua dealing with heartbreak.
Daniel Jones has been the editor of the NYT column that inspired the series for 15 years and was involved in the show as a consulting producer.
He spoke exclusively to Express.co.uk ahead of the air date about what it is all about.
He said of the show: “One way that this series is different from other scripted television shows is that these are real lives and there’s a lack of polish I guess to those lives or unexpected endings or different ways that love is represented than you would dream up in a Hollywood writers room.
“These are real stories and these are real touchstones for people in a time of real political upheaval, and big abstract problems in the world that sometimes feel overwhelming – these are normal little stories about people being good to each other.”
Jones was even involved in naming the column when it first began back in 2004, which he hopes encapsulates what it is all about.
He said about the choice: “The word ‘modern’, I thought whether it meant that these are new ways that people are connecting or have love in their lives.
“And then, the word love, I just thought was broad enough in our interpretation to capture all the different ways we connect not just romantically.”
Modern Love is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video from Friday, October 18.
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