The series follows Riley Parks (
Jennifer Love Hewitt), who begins work in a
day spa
in a local town after her husband abandons her and their children,
leaving her in financial debt. She quickly realizes that the spa gives
much more than massages, but works with the parlor's owner in order to
keep food on the table. While helping to run the business, she struggles
to discreetly balance two lives – a single mother who must provide for
her family and a strong businesswoman working in a unique and
frowned-upon business.
On May 7, 2012, Lifetime renewed the series for a second and final
season of 15 episodes. Filming for the second and final season began on
November 1, 2012,
and premiered on March 10, 2013
Well guys, it’s official. Jennifer Love Hewitt will no longer be
parading around in her underwear and setting up appointments for dudes
to receive happy endings in a massage parlor. Not on Lifetime, at least.
The network did not move forward with a third season renewal of
The Client List
when it was expected to this past June, and now it turns out the show
won’t ever be hitting the schedule, as Lifetime has officially given the
drama the axe.
When
The Client List’s second season wrapped up this June, it did so amidst the
news that Love Hewitt was pregnant with her first child. She’s been dating her
Client List
co-star, Brian Hallisay, since 2012. As of today, the couple are now
engaged and well in the throes of prepping for the new baby. While
plenty of actresses have gotten pregnant while filming a TV program in
the past, either choosing to hide the baby weight through clever
tailoring or incorporate the baby into the plot, apparently, there was
some difficulty regarding how to handle Love Hewitt’s pregnancy in a
potential Season 3.
Back
in June, reports indicated that
The Client List
showrunners and Love Hewitt had agreed a baby should be a part of the
potential Season 3, but they couldn’t get on the same page about who the
fictional baby daddy should be. Hewitt obviously wanted her real-life
baby daddy to be the father, but the creators wanted another one of the
actors on the drama to take on the role. That seems like a ridiculous
catfight, but it was real enough that Lifetime held off on renewing the
show.
This leads us to today’s cancellation news.
TV Line
got the official confirmation that the show has, indeed, been cut from
the schedule. While disagreements and a baby could totally be behind
Lifetime’s decision, the outlet is also noting that ratings did drop for
the drama during Season 2, falling from 2.7 million total viewers to 2
million total viewers by the end of the season. That’s enough of an
“ouch” moment that ratings could also be a factor in the show getting
dropped from the cable station, although to be fair,
Devious Maids does similarly in the
ratings. So maybe that catfight was a bad one, after all.
Lifetime has been in the scripted drama game for a little while, but
The Client List’s racy subject matter helped to raise the network’s profile considerably, and has paved the way for shows like
Devious Maids and the
Charmed knock-off
Witches of Eastwick
to find a place on the schedule. Still, dropping the drama is unlikely
to be a huge loss. At least Love Hewitt will be able to spend some time
with her little tyke before she figures out her next career move.
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