Love in the Time of Corona

Love in the Time of Corona is an American romantic comedy television miniseries created by Joanna Johnson that premiered on Freeform on August 22, 2020.^[1] The title is a play on the title of the novel Love in the Time of Cholera.^[2] The series was removed from Hulu on May 26, 2023.^[3]

Love in the Time of Corona
Genre	Romantic comedy
Created by	Joanna Johnson
Starring	Ava Bellows Gil Bellows L. Scott Caldwell Tommy Dorfman Rya Kihlstedt Leslie Odom Jr. Rainey Qualley Nicolette Robinson
Music by	Amanda Jones
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	4
Production
Executive producers	Joanna Johnson Leslie Odom Jr. Nicolette Robinson Christine Sacani Robyn Meisinger
Producers	Resheida Brady Gillian Sonnier
Cinematography	Marco Fargnoli
Editors	Geoff Saville Adam Tiller
Running time	27–35 minutes
Production companies	J.J. Prods Anonymous Content
Original release
Network	Freeform
Release	August 22 (2020-08-22) – August 23, 2020 (2020-08-23)

Premise

Love in the Time of Corona follows lives of people who are looking for "love, sex and connection" during the COVID-19 pandemic while social distancing.^[4]

Cast and characters

Main

• Ava Bellows as Sophie
• Gil Bellows as Paul
• L. Scott Caldwell as Nanda
• Tommy Dorfman as Oscar
• Rya Kihlstedt as Sarah
• Leslie Odom Jr. as James
• Rainey Qualley as Elle
• Nicolette Robinson as Sade

Recurring

• Emilio Garcia-Sanchez as Adam
• Jordan Gavaris as Sean
• Charlie Robinson as Charles
• Tyler Alvarez as Jordan
• Gail Bean as Adeah
• Catero Alan Colbert as Dedrick
• Chelsea Zhang as Kaia

This is Charlie Robinson's final TV work before his death in July 2021.

Episodes

No.	Title [5]	Directed by	Written by	Original release date [5]	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	"The Course of Love"	Joanna Johnson	Joanna Johnson	August 22, 2020 (2020-08-22)	0.201[6]
2	"#RelationshipGoals"	Joanna Johnson	Heather Flanders	August 22, 2020 (2020-08-22)	0.137[6]
3	"Seriously Now"	Joanna Johnson	Lauren Bans	August 23, 2020 (2020-08-23)	0.217[7]
4	"Love and Protest"	Joanna Johnson	Resheida Brady	August 23, 2020 (2020-08-23)	0.134[7]

Production

Development

On May 7, 2020, it was reported that Freeform had given the production a straight-to-series order consisting of four parts.^[8] Love in the Time of Corona is executive produced by Joanna Johnson, Christine Sacani, and Robyn Meisinger. Anonymous Content is involved with producing the series.^[9]

Casting

On June 29, 2020, it was announced that Leslie Odom Jr., Nicolette Robinson, Tommy Dorfman, Rainey Qualley, Gil Bellows, Rya Kihlstedt, Ava Bellows, and L. Scott Caldwell were cast in starring roles.^[10]

Filming

Production began virtually on June 29, 2020, in Los Angeles using remote technologies.^[8][10] on Freeform on August 22, 2020.

Release

The miniseries premiered on August 22, 2020, on Freeform in the United States.^[1] In selected international territories, the series is available on Disney+ under the dedicated streaming hub Star as an original series, since March 12, 2021.^[11] The series was removed from Disney+ on May 26, 2023.^[3]

Reception

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 58% based on 12 reviews.^[12] On Metacritic, the series holds a rating of 55 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[13]

Accolades

Love in the Time of Corona was one of the IMDbPro Top 200 Scripted TV Recipients for the ReFrame Stamp in 2021.^[14]