I Love New York (TV series)

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Main Articles: I Love New York 1 & I Love New York 2

I Love New York
The cast of Season 1
Created by	Cris Abrego Mark Cronin
Starring	Tiffany Pollard Michelle Patterson Mauricio "Chamo" Sanchez (Season one)
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	42
Production
Executive producers	Cris Abrego Mark Cronin Ben Samek
Running time	60 minutes (including commercials)
Original release
Network	VH1
Release	January 8, 2007

I Love New York is a reality television series on VH1. It features Tiffany Pollard (better known as "New York") in a quest to find her true love. The series is a spin off of another relationship competition series, Flavor of Love, which featured Pollard as a finalist in two consecutive seasons. Season 2's final episode was leaked to the internet a week before the TV air date.^{[citation needed]} After Tango (Patrick S. Hunter), the winner of the show's first season, failed to deliver as New York's soul mate, the second season aired, revealing Tailor Made (George Weisgerber) as New York's chosen flame. Somehow during the taping of her latest show New York Goes To Hollywood, Weisgerber and Pollard became no longer together.

In addition to Pollard, a host of other individuals from Flavor of Love, especially "Sister" Patterson,Pollard's mother, appear on the show to help choose the right man for her. Mauricio Sanchez played New York's assistant, "Chamo," but only for the first season. The production of a second season of I Love New York was first announced during a commercial break for the April 29, 2007, episode of Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School. After the show was wrapped up, the house was used for another VH1 show, Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School.

On March 6, 2008, The Futon Critic reported that New York would star in New York Goes To Hollywood. The show will consist of ten 30 minute episodes.^[1]

On May 8, 2008, it was reported that two of the rejected bachelors from I Love New York would have a show together that closely follows the format of Flavor of Love.^[2] It turns out that the two bachelors are brothers Kamal (Chance) and Ahmad (Real) Givens. Their show Real Chance of Love premiered on October 20, 2008.

A number of contestants from Flavor of Love, Rock of Love, and I Love New York are brought together in a mansion in Mexico to compete in a co-ed battle of mental and physical challenges to win $250,000. I Love Money started filming in February 2008 and ended in March 2008, and premiered on July 6, 2008.

The show began on August 4, 2008, and consists of ten 30-minute episodes. The show will star New York as she goes throughout Hollywood trying to find an acting job. To focus on her new mission, New York has to put her last conquest, Tailor Made, on the backburner as she tries to take on Tinseltown. At the end of the series, Pollard decided to keep auditioning for film work, stating she would continue to document her career search in "New York Goes to Hollywood: Part 2"; if her film career doesn't pan out, she has mentioned a possible return to reality-television dating with an "I Love New York 3."

Bachelor brothers Real and Chance may not have been lucky in love on “I Love New York” but now they will both get a second chance with “Real Chance of Love” premiering October 20 at 9:00 PM ET/PT. The tables have turned for these horse-breeding, music-producing entertainer brothers known as the “Stallionaires.” Now, Real and Chance are the ones in control and this time it’ll be a gamble for 17 young ladies who will move into their ranch house to fight for their hearts.

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• Pootie (Lamonty Council) from season one was in War of the Worlds, Ghost and Demons, and Prison Break before he was on I Love New York and threw himself down a flight of stairs.
• Chance and Real were discovered by the VH1 producers through their MySpace pages. Both of the brothers and a third brother are in a rap group known as the Stallionaires. They have an upcoming show entitled "Real Chance of Love" airing October 20th on VH1.
• Wood (Randy Richwood) was the winner of Mr. Romance on the Oxygen Channel, and was also featured on elimiDATE. Wood is currently in a relationship with Niecy Nash.
• Heat (Jason Rosell) appeared in Dr. G: Medical Examiner, The Celestine Prophecy, Unemployed, 7-10 Split, and Chill before he was on I Love New York.
• Chamo (Mauricio Sanchez) was on Center Stage, Guiding Light, All My Children, and Date Movie.
• T-Money was on MTV's Next and is an aspiring game show host.
• T-Weed (Kevin Watson) appeared in more than ten television shows or movies all before appearing on I Love New York.
• Tango (Patrick Hunter) was an up and coming rapper and he has supposedly written several tracks for well known rappers, R&B singers, and alternative singers.
• David Otunga "Punk" is now engaged to singer/actress, Jennifer Hudson And also a developmental wrestler in WWE based In FCW(Florida Championship Wrestling).
• Trendz (Hashim Smith) formed a group with his stepbrother as his introduction into the music world, known originally as Ballistic Vocab and later as Intellect-n-Trends. Their official debut came out on Itakks Entertainment in 1999 with the singles “Let’s Get It On” and “Who You Be.”, which sold 5,000 copies and was spinning on college radio. He was also part of the studio audience of Yo Momma. He admitted on Rap Session that the producers contacted him before he signed up for the show and was only there for his music.
• Bonez (Kevin Peters) received his BA in theater at Morehouse College in 2004 and set off to Los Angeles to become an actor. Since arriving in Los Angeles, Kevin has appeared in the Korean TV series, Love Story in Harvard, several commercials, short films, indies, and stage plays. He has also substitute taught at elementary, middle, & high schools around the Culver City, California area.
• 12 Pack (Dave Amerman) was an English/Film major at Montclair State University. He appeared on stage in Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid and performed gay striptease at the New Jersey gay bar "Feathers." Dave has directed and acted in several films in which he won Best in Show at the MSU Film Festival. He has also admitted he went on the show to further his acting career.
• Onix (Wil Lash) is currently part of the cast for the feature film Misunderstandings. He was a former track & field star hurdler for Indiana State University. Lash graduated in 1997 as an All-American after running for four years for the Sycamores. He was the runner-up in the Illinois State meet and was an NCAA qualifier. He received his Master's Degree of Public Administration from ISU in 1999.
• Ezra "Buddha" Masters was featured in Cinemax's softcore porn series Zane's Sex Chronicles.
• Mr. Boston (Lee Marks) admitted that after he moved to Los Angeles his friends suggested he audition for a reality show since he was funny. He chose I Love New York because he felt it was more edgy and more his style even though he did not think he would be interested in New York. He felt he was picked to make the show more interesting. He is also hoping to get his own show and has hinted at " A day in the life of Mr.Boston"; a petition was even being signed by his fans to get his own show. His thick accent has been likened to that of Barbara Walters on many websites, and as a result, many people refer to him as the next Baba Wawa (a term coined by the late Gilda Radner).
• Chance (Kamal Givens) has a 4 year old son.

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