The reversal comes just over a year after Showtime acquired the MTV Entertainment Studios-produced Uncoupled after it was canceled by Netflix after one season. Showtime's creative team would redevelop the project to suit the network's sensibilities and the decision not to make a second season came after months of work on it, sources said.
A representative for the network could not be reached for comment.
The comedy series comes from Emily in Paris creator Darren Star and Modern Family veteran Jeffrey Richman.
Lead actor Neil Patrick Harris revealed in June that season two was actually set to begin filming in early July last year, but production was postponed due to the WGA strike.
According to sources, Uncoupled was about to start shooting season two in May and the ten scripts had already been largely written. Star has been busy filming season four of MTV Entertainment Studios' hit Netflix comedy series Emily in Paris, which was also delayed by the strike.
At Showtime, Uncoupled should fit into one of three core programs that Chris McCarthy, President & CEO, Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios & Paramount Media Networks, has outlined, “Metro Cultures,” which includes “culturally diverse programming” such as established hits The L Word and The Chi and the recent limited series Fellow Travelers.
In Uncoupled, Harris plays the lead role of a gay man in his mid-40s who discovers single life in New York City after being dumped by his partner of seventeen years. The cast also includes Tisha Campbell, Brooks Ashmanskas, Emerson Brooks and Marcia Gay Harden.
Star produces Uncoupled along with Richman and Jax Media. At MTV Entertainment Studios, Star previously created and produced the long-running cable hit Younger.