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Netflix orders two seasons of the Judd Apatow comedy ‘Love’

Judd Apatow
Judd Apatow
(Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times)
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Netflix is showing Judd Apatow some “Love.”

The online streaming service has ordered two seasons of “Love,” a half-hour comedy created and written by Apatow, Lesley Arfin and Paul Rust.

The series follows a couple, played by Rust and Gillian Jacobs of “Community,” “as they navigate the exhilarations and humiliations of intimacy, commitment, and other things they were hoping to avoid,” according to Netflix.

“Judd Apatow has a unique comedic voice that manages to be delightful, insightful, and shockingly frank -- often at the same time,” said Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos in a press release. “Together with Paul and Lesley, he’s bringing a whole new level of agony and ecstasy to this modern day comedy of manners.”

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It is the latest romantic comedy venture from Apatow, the writer-director-producer who’s explored contemporary relationships in films including “This Is 40” and “Knocked Up.” He is also executive producer of the Lena Dunham series “Girls,” which airs on HBO, one of Netflix’s primary rivals in the prestige-TV business.

Arfin is a former staff writer on that show and came under fire for her response to criticism of its lack of racial diversity. She was also a writer and producer on the MTV series “Awkward” and the Fox sitcom “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.”

Rust’s writing credits include the fourth season of “Arrested Development” on Netflix and “Comedy Bang! Bang!” on IFC. As an actor, he has appeared in “Inglorious Basterds,” “I Love You, Beth Cooper” and “Super Fun Night.”

“Love” will have 10 episodes in 2016 and 12 the following year. It is produced by Legendary Television and Apatow Productions.

Netflix, which has had remarkable success with one-hour series including the political drama “House of Cards” and the prison dramedy “Orange Is the New Black,” has recently begun to push more aggressively into original comedy. On the slate for 2015 is “Grace and Frankie,” starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as two rivals thrust together unexpectedly when their husbands become romantically involved.

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