Love Is (TV series)

• Michele Weaver as Nuri Summers in the year 1997
• Will Catlett as Yasir Omar in the year 1997
• Wendy Davis as Nuri in the year 2017
• Clarke Peters as Yasir in the year 2017
• Idara Victor as Angela in the year 1997
• Tyrone Brown as Sean in the year 1997
• Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing as Ruby in the year 1997
• Kadeem Hardison as Norman in the year 1997

• Tammy Townsend as Carol, the mother of Nuri
• Loretta Devine as Betty, the mother of Yasir
• Tim Reid as Sean in 2017.
• Vanessa Bell Calloway as Angela in 2017
• Tosin Morohunfola as Keith
• Michael King as Will
• Jef Holbrook as the Bookstore Manager[4]

The series originated under the title Documenting Love, a multi-camera comedy project at ABC with a pilot production commitment in August, 2016.[16] The project, which did not go to production at ABC network, later was rewritten as a one-hour single-camera dramedy. On July 18, 2017, it was announced that the project, now titled Love Is, was ordered direct-to-series on Oprah Winfrey Network for airing in 2018.[17]

On December 6, 2017, it was announced that newcomers Michele Weaver and Will Catlett will stars as Nuri, a sitcom staff writer, and Yasir, a writer-director.[18][19] On January 16, 2018, Idara Victor, Tyrone Brown, Kadeem Hardison, Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing, and Lana Young have been cast as series regulars.[20] On February 15, 2018 Clarke Peters joined the cast as regular.[21] On February 16, 2018, it was announced that Tammy Townsend, Loretta Devine, Tim Reid and Vanessa Bell Calloway have been tapped for recurring roles on the series.[22]

On April 13, 2018, it was announced that Wendy Davis will replace Lana Young as Nuri in the year 2017.[23]

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an approval rating of 80% based on 10 reviews, with an average rating of 6.7/10.[24] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 66 out of 100 based on 6 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[25]