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I Love LA’ Premieres on HBO, Rachel Sennott’s Gen Z Satire of Internet Fame

This half-hour marks Sennott’s first creator-director credit focused on LA through the business of influencing.

Overview

  • Episodes air Sundays at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT on HBO and HBO Max, with the eight-episode season running weekly through Dec. 21.
  • Sennott stars as Maia, a 20-something talent manager who takes on her estranged best friend Tallulah, a rising influencer, with Los Angeles framed as a driving force.
  • The core cast includes Odessa A’zion, Jordan Firstman, True Whitaker and Josh Hutcherson, with guest turns from Leighton Meester, Elijah Wood and others.
  • Hutcherson joined through a recasting after the pilot, replacing Miles Robbins following changes to the character during rewrites.
  • Sennott developed the series with co-showrunner Emma Barrie and grounded production in real LA locations, including a first-ever shoot inside an Erewhon.