Mid-Century Modern: Gay sitcom from Will & Grace creators gets major update
Mid-Century Modern, a new gay sitcom from the creators of Will & Grace, has received a major update. Despite Hulu ordering a pilot less than two months ago, the multi-cam comedy – described as the gay equivalent of Golden Girls – has already received a full series order.
Additionally, the news arrives just four weeks after the pilot was shot in front of a live audience which, according to Deadline, has been “enjoying a very strong word-of-mouth internally that kicked into high gear after the table read”.
Created by Max Mutchnick and David Kohan, Mid-Century Modern follows “three best friends — gay gentlemen of a certain age – who, after an unexpected death, decide to spend their golden years living together in Palm Springs where the wealthiest one lives with his mother. “As a chosen family, they prove that no matter how hard things get, there’s always someone around to remind you it would be better if you got your neck done.” The series will star Nathan Lane as Bunny Schneiderman, Matt Bomer as Jerry Frank, Nathan Lee Graham as Arthur and Linda Lavin as Sybil Schneiderman, Bunny’s mother.
As per Hulu’s character descriptions, Bunny is a “successful businessman with one foot in retirement” who is “forever in search of love, but he first has to be convinced he’s worthy of it”.
