HBO has decided not to renew its sexually explicit drama “Tell Me You Love Me” for a second season. The show has been cancelled after one year since the series premiered on the pay cable channel. Cynthia Mort, the creator of the series, said she “couldn’t find the right direction” to take the show.

“Tell Me You Love Me,” a look at marriage through the stories of couples in therapy, drew a lot of attention for its graphic sexual content, which included sex scenes with older couples.

The show’s creator/executive producer Cynthia Mort said in a statement: “Given the considerable amount of time that has passed and despite the best efforts of everyone involved, we were unable to find the direction of the show for the second season.” “There are so many other stories to tell and many other ways to tell them. I look forward to doing that with HBO in the future,” Mort added.

HBO’s West Coast president Michael Lombardo said Cynthia Mort played an important role in HBO’s series, her voice “belongs on HBO and we look forward to the next show she will create for us.”

The American cable television drama series premiered on HBO on September 9, 2007. It was originally conceived as “sexlife.” HBO’s series revolves around three couples – Jamie and Hugo (Michelle Borth and Luke Kirby), Katie and David (Ally Walker and Tim DeKay) and Carolyn and Palek (Sonya Walger and Adam Scott). They all have problems concerning intimacy in their relationships and they seek the help of therapist Dr. May Foster. But the therapist is far from being an expert in love life. She has her own problems with her partner, Arthur Foster, played by David Selby.