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Line 20: \| num_seasons = 2<!--Only increment as a new season premieres, per the documentation of the template!--> \| num_episodes = 14<!--Only increment as a new episode premieres, per the documentation of the template!--> \| list_episodes = ~~#Episodes~~ \| executive_producer = {{Plainlist\| * Stuart Zicherman Line 31: }} \| producer = Donna E. Bloom \| location = \| cinematography = Terry Stacey \| editor = Line 41: }} \| network = [[Starz]] ~~\| picture_format = [[1080i]] ([[HDTV]])~~ ~~\| audio_format = [[5.1 surround sound\|5.1 surround]]~~ \| first_aired = {{Start date\|2018\|5\|6}} \| last_aired = {{End date\|2019\|8\|18}} }} '''''Sweetbitter''''' is an American [[Drama (film and television)\|drama]] television series, based on ~~[[Sweetbitter\|~~the 2016 [[Sweetbitter\|novel]] of the same name]] by [[Stephanie Danler]] and inspired by her time working in New York’s well-known restaurant Union Square Café.<ref name="usatoday.com">{{cite web\|last1=McDermott\|first1=Maeve\|title=Addictive food-world memoir 'Sweetbitter' is headed to TV\|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2017/10/04/addictive-food-world-memoir-sweetbitter-headed-tv-starz-plan-b/732389001/\|website=USA TODAY\|date=October 4, 2017\|accessdate=December 25, 2017\|language=en\|archive-date=December 26, 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226021057/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2017/10/04/addictive-food-world-memoir-sweetbitter-headed-tv-starz-plan-b/732389001/\|url-status=live}}</ref> The show premiered on May 6, 2018, on [[Starz]]. In July 2018, it was announced that Starz had renewed the series for a second season, which premiered on July 14, 2019.<ref name="Renewal"/><ref name ="S2PremiereDate"/> In December 2019, the series was canceled after two seasons.<ref name="Canceled"/> ==Premise== "''Sweetbitter'' follows Tess, who shortly after arriving in [[New York City]], lands a job at a celebrated downtown restaurant. Swiftly introduced to the world of drugs, drinking, love, lust, dive bars and fine dining, she learns to navigate the chaotically alluring, yet punishing life she has stumbled upon."<ref name="usatoday.com"/> ==Cast and characters== Line 57 ⟶ 55: * [[Caitlin FitzGerald]] as Simone * [[Evan Jonigkeit]] as Will * [[Eden Epstein]] as Ariel ‘Ari’ * Jasmine Mathews as Heather * Daniyar as Sasha Line 161 ⟶ 159: \|EpisodeNumber2 = 1 \|Title = The Pork Special \|DirectedBy = [[Augustine Frizzell]] \|WrittenBy = Stephanie Danler \|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|2019\|7\|14}} Line 205 ⟶ 203: \|EpisodeNumber2 = 5 \|Title = Entropy \|DirectedBy = [[Geeta Patel]] \|WrittenBy = Sharr White \|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|2019\|8\|4}} Line 273 ⟶ 271: ==Reception== The first season has been met with a mixed to negative response from critics. On the [[review aggregation]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the first season holds a 30% approval rating with an average rating of 5.25 out of 10 based on 23 reviews. The website's ~~critical~~critics consensus reads, "''Sweetbitter'' fails to live up to its well-received literary source material --– or stand out from the many big-city coming-of-age television series that came before it."<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/sweetbitter/s01\|title=Sweetbitter: Season 1\|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]\|accessdate=January 5, 2019\|archive-date=November 17, 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117164929/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/sweetbitter/s01\|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Metacritic]], which uses a weighted average, assigned the season a score of 52 out of 100 based on 14 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/sweetbitter\|title=Sweetbitter: Season 1\|work=[[Metacritic]]\|accessdate=May 13, 2018\|archive-date=November 17, 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117164915/https://www.metacritic.com/tv/sweetbitter\|url-status=live}}</ref> ==References== Line 284 ⟶ 282: {{Starz Shows}} ~~{{DEFAULTSORT:Sweetbitter}}~~ [[Category:2010s American workplace drama television series]] [[Category:2018 American television series debuts]] [[Category:2019 American television series endings]] [[Category:American English-language television shows]] [[Category:Starz original programming]] [[Category:Television shows based on American novels]]