--- description: Netflix announced Tuesday that it signed a two-season deal for the mogul's new comedy series Love, starring Community's Gillian Jacobs. title: Netflix Signs Judd Apatow For Two-Season Comedy Series image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt804339a125e56389/6986a38455a859a011a82933/451235880.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Judd Apatow's New Show Is Headed to Netflix for 2 Seasons by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 16, 2014 3:44 PM CUT  Judd Apatow attends the 'Begin Again' premiere Judd Apatow attends the 'Begin Again' premiereGary Gershoff—Getty by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 16, 2014 3:44 PM CUT Judd Apatow is going from the big screen to your computer screen. Netflix [announced](https://twitter.com/netflix/status/511889504215760896 "undefined") Tuesday that it signed a two-season deal for the mogul’s new comedy series _Love_, starring _Community’s_ Gillian Jacobs and _I Love You Beth Cooper_ star Paul Rust, who will also be a writer on the show. Apatow and Rust will be joined by _Brooklyn Nine-Nine_ writer Lesley Arfin to pen the series. > [](https://twitter.com/JuddApatow/status/511895927208939521) “Judd Apatow has a unique comedic voice that manages to be delightful, insightful, and shockingly frank — often at the same time,” Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos [said in a statement. ](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/netflix-gives-judd-apatow-comedy-715317 "undefined")“Together with Paul and Lesley, he’s bringing a whole new level of agony and ecstasy to this modern day comedy of manners.” There had been [rumors](http://www.vulture.com/2014/06/judd-apatows-next-tv-comedy-could-be-for-hulu.html "undefined") earlier this summer that the show would appear on Netflix competitor Hulu. Apatow created short-lived television hit _Freaks and Geeks_. _Love_ will be his first series since _Undeclared_, which ended in 2003. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3386877/netflix-judd-apatow/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3386877/netflix-judd-apatow/"},"headline":"Judd Apatow's New Show Is Headed to Netflix for 2 Seasons","datePublished":"2014-09-16T15:44:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:12:38.598Z","description":"Love will star Community's Gillian Jacobs and Paul Rust","url":"https://time.com/3386877/netflix-judd-apatow/","keywords":["Television","Netflix","Love","Judd Apatow"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt804339a125e56389/6986a38455a859a011a82933/451235880.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt804339a125e56389/6986a38455a859a011a82933/451235880.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Begin Again\" New York Premiere","caption":"\"Begin Again\" New York Premiere","creditText":"Gary Gershoff—Getty","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3386877/netflix-judd-apatow/","name":"Judd Apatow's New Show Is Headed to Netflix for 2 Seasons"}}]}] ```