Matt Bomer’s Golden Girls remake has been picked up to series

Who gives a shit about White Collar, we all want this show instead!

When can we expect it to air? Sitcoms don't take that long to produce, or do they?

So, Matt is playing the Blanche character and Nathan is the Dorothy character?

Bomer is playing the Rose character, the black actor is playing Blanche.

What a step down for Bomer, a low rent sitcom on a low rent streaming platform. His career should be pretty hot right now. What happened?

Hulu? I'll never see this.

[quote] The series follows three best friends (Lane, Bomer, Graham) — gay gentlemen of a certain age

Has anyone pointed out that Matt Bomer - at age 46 - is hardly considered to be retirement age? Nathan Lane is 68 while Nathan Lee Graham is 56 (born in 1968).

I'm not reading anything about White Collar. Both shows would probably just get 10-episodes season orders. Scheduled right Bomer could do both.

Can't wait for the episode discussion threads, bitching over every minutiae of the show. Oh, it's gonna be so lit, mark me.

Why is Bomer doing this? It's just embarrassing.

R7 a series principal cannot commit to star in another series while his contract with the first series is active. If you commit to a series your schedule revolves around the series which is why many actors do not want series commitments. Bomer would be able to do a three episode guest appearance on another series, and he would be able to shoot films during hiatus but he would not be able to star in a White Collar revival in any other capacity than a guest star, until he is no longer a series regular with Midcentury Modern.

Show business 101.

Matt is too young and beautiful for this

[quote]Why is Bomer doing this? It's just embarrassing.

It's a job. A paycheck.

$$$ duh

The queeny black one is supposed to be the promiscuous Blanche character? Would be more believable if Bomer.

I'm sure they'll explain why his character is 20 years younger than the other two. Right?

The three span three decades in their ages. 40's, 50's and 60's. I imagine that could well be a plot point.

The money would not be significant. A multi camera sitcom only makes money if it goes on a broadcast network; then it gets syndicated internationally and sold to streaming. There are so few original mulitcamera sitcoms on streaming because there's no economic incentive.

Bomer, whose career appeared to be going well until this, stood to make more money from a White Collar revival. Given his enthusiasm for that project, it would have made more sense to continue in film roles, limited series and episodic guest arcs until a decision for White Collar had been made.

With Bomer out of the picture for another series until maybe spring, the problem for him is that White Collar will begin to be redeveloped without him. A reboot instead of a continuation.

So this series has nothing to do with the Golden Girls.

But r12 after Fellow Travelers and the other recent projects he's done this is a big step down. He should be landing prestige gigs. This really is embarrassing.

And as others have said, he's only in his mid 40s, too young to be playing a senior citizen.

[quote] Why is Bomer doing this?

Maybe because the article says he gets an executive producer credit?

[quote] Has anyone pointed out that Matt Bomer - at age 46 - is hardly considered to be retirement age?

It's the same age I was when I quit my high-paying, but horrible white-collar job and never looked back, deciding there were more important things in life and that I'd rather live on a budget than keep doing what I was doing.

[quote] So this series has nothing to do with the Golden Girls.

Well, the black one has a face like what I picture Rue McLanahan's pussy to resemble, so there's that.

[quote]Maybe because the article says he gets an executive producer credit?

R19 you won't get this but your take on show business reminds me about the line about the Polish starlet who comes to Hollywood and sleeps with a screenwriter.

I think presenting this as similar to the Golden Girls is creating expectations it can't possibly achieve.

A commenter on Deadline pointed out a point I made in the other thread - how can they make this without being sued by the creators of The Golden Girls?

That EP credit could now expose Bomer to litigation if Nancy Harris - who is still alive - decides to sue.

Sorry Susan Harris.

It may be that Bomer wants to work with Nathan Lane and wants to work with a behind the camera team that is primarily gay.

Yes, because everyone yearns to work with an old, pissy queen who no one has a good word to say about. And screw the material, I always pick my projects based on the sexuality of the key grip.

[quote]The queeny black one is supposed to be the promiscuous Blanche character?

I love her, but let's be real Blanche was never some great beauty.

Rue had a face like a dropped pie.

Back in my twink days in the early 2000s a shitfaced drunk Nathan Lane hit on me at the old Works bar on the UWS. He's a disgusting little troll.

R10 You can’t contract to do two shows? Has anyone told Cynthia Nixon? Has anyone told Nathan Lane for that matter.

It's nice the buzz is good for pilot, people seem to like it. But Ryan Murphy is always good at first, now that they have to make a whole season let's see how it goes.

What do you mean what happened r4....? Matt Bomer has absolutely never been some A-list with offers being slung at him. Having a lead role on a TV show is great for him.

Some of you live in la la land to think this project is beneath his celebrity.

r31 his career is at a point where he should be doing better projects, given the acclaim his last few projects have had. This is a trash show on a trash streamer. It's beneath him at this point in his career.

You just know that Linda Laving will be singing on this show.

Delusional r32.

Getting an Emmy nomination doesn't mean anything. A another Murphy guy, Darren Criss, even won the Emmy. How is his career doing?

He would kill to be cast as the lead in a Hulu show.

r34 this show is trash. It's hackneyed trash. Bomer should be doing better than this.

Nobody knows who the fuck Darren Criss is. Matt Bomer has quite a bit of name recognition at this stage.

Matt should try a Broadway musical. He has a beautiful voice. He'd have been a very good Nicky in "Funny Girl"

Would prefer to see Matt in White Collar Love that show And he was hot AF

[quote] a series principal cannot commit to star in another series while his contract with the first series is active.

R10, White Collar and this show are both produced within Disney. Where there is a will... It's been done before.

[quote]a series principal cannot commit to star in another series while his contract with the first series is active.

Huh, imagine that.

Cynthia Nixon is able to do both AJLT and The Gilded Age due to both projects being produced and distributed by HBO, both projects being shot in New York and the huge ensemble of The Gilded Age limiting the need for her onset. A unique set of circumstances allowed her to arrange the double booking.

Bomer's sitcom shoots in Los Angeles, he would not have the luxury of saying you can pull him away from Midcentury Modern as White Collar shot on location in New York. They even talked about shooting the new season in Europe. At the development stage, saying he is no longer available to shoot the show on location eliminates him from any involvement with White Collar until he is released from his contract with Midcentury Modern. Therefore, assuming there is in fact a development deal at 20th for White Collar, he will now be removed as a series cast member if the creator did not wish to wait for him.

Isn't 46 considered ElderGay at DL?

Aging homosexual characters have been grossly underrepresented.

Huh. Today I learned Cynthia Nixon is such a hot property that TWO shows want her.

Never would have thunk it.

Horrible title.

Will Linda Lavin scat the theme song?

🎶 Thank you for being a friend, Boppity Bop! 🎶

[quote] the wealthiest one, Bunny Schneiderman (Lane), lives with his mother, Sybil (Lavin)

[quote] Graham’s Arthur is a dignified, elegant, fashion industry veteran.

It’s going to be filled with regressive gay stereotypes. Hard pass. Why not give the characters normal names and one of them own a hardware store? The American Queer as Folk characters had normal jobs. Why decades later are we regressing into the worst kind of stereotypes?

[quote] I think presenting this as similar to the Golden Girls is creating expectations it can't possibly achieve.

Oh, I think it's well within the show's ability to achieve my expectation that it's going to be an unfunny rip-off of the Golden Girls concept, packed to the rafters with gay stereotypes.

Not sure why OP is insisting White Collar is dead.

Additionally (this was just posted on Hulu)

His association with this project diminishes his brand, not just because the role is humiliating, but because he is now relegated to a supporting role on a sitcom. Could you imagine Andrew Scott sitting off to the side on the couch like this?

On the Joaquin Phoenix brouhaha there were several commentators on multiple sites wondering why Bomer was not chosen to replace Phoenix, because Fellow Travelers had brought Bomer to a level of recognition as a serious dramatic actor in which this type of casting - picking up after an Oscar winner - seemed realistic. This undoes that.

He Cheyenne Jackson’d himself.

Actually worse because Jackson was on a network.

"Golden Girls-like"

Christopher Meloni starred in HBO's Oz and NBC's Law & Order: SVU simultaneously.

Niecy Nash appeared in every episode of TV Land's The Soul Man and HBO's Getting On during the same seasons.

Matt McGorry was in Netflix's Orange is the New Black and ABC's How to Get Away With Murder during the same season.

^^Any other dual-show actors/actresses out there? I seem to recall a few I was surprised showing up in two shows simultaneously, but I'm getting older and damned if I don't recall exactly who they were.

It won't last a season.

McGorry left Orange is the New Black voluntarily to appear in How to Get Away with Murder. He asked his character be written off. Because it was a massive ensemble show centered around women, the writers obliged.

Of course the black man has to look like a flaming queen that has had too many facials. Not the nasty kind either cunts.

^^when are you going to OD you useless addict?

R57 when they invent a Time Machine so that your motherfucking mammy can go back in time and swallow instead of taking the load up her fucking cunt.

^^have you tried Fentanyl yet?

This looks so low rent. Hulu doesn’t help. For whatever reason, all of its shows look lower budget to me.

It's got two showbiz icons on it, plus a major gay heartthrob.

What more could you ask for?

We could ask for the subtraction of Linda Lavin, that's what.

Won’t watch it

There's a new SHOW in town, and it's look-in' GOOD!

This will be absolutely dreadful. No doubt about it.

But…but…I thought this whole show was a PR hoax???

get off my lanai Matt Bomer

Linda Lavin? I thought we’d seen (and HEARD) the last of her. Expect some musical talent show episodes for orphans, retirement homes, and mental hospitals. I’m sure Lavin offered to play Nathan Lane’s mother AND father, in split screen. She probably calls Lane’s character Tawh-my.

[quote]I’m sure Lavin offered to play Nathan Lane’s mother AND father, in split screen.

The funny thing is I can totally see Lavin offering to do this, even though you were joking.

I hope Linda will be singing the theme song. Thank you for being a friend bump bump bump bump oooohhh Yeah...kicking myself.

[quote] HolierThanThou

Fetid, stinking, lying piece of meth snorting garbage who is overdue for an OD. Please hit the pipe and end it all, you waste of life.

I thought there would be more bitching about Linda Lavin, than the show itself. Is this even DL?

R71 Own your depravity. Own that ignorance bitch. It is all on display for us to see; you have no morals. You can change but I doubt it.

Linda Lavin will die before this even airs. She's 103.

R72. I think it's because there's a strong feeling it'll last its first 6 episode "season" and then nothing else. Linda will have to crawl back into her crypt.

R73. Please come back to the ghetto! We need you to sign your welfare check to load the EBT card! Little Jaquis'ha be hungry!

R76 You ain’t nothing but a racist nothing ass bitch. It is all on display. You won’t ever be shit in life you racist prick.

You know you're arguing with more than one person, right, Methie?

R77. How can I be racist? You and I are the same skin color....WHITE!

Own it. I don’t give a fuck who I am arguing with. If you that motherfucking ignorant you need to be told about yourself.

That's fascinating, whitey. Tell us more.

And I don’t do meth so don’t project your shit on me bitch. Just because you used to be a meth doesn’t mean I partake in that vice.

R81 I’m done with you and all your ignorant ass flunkies. Once again I win, you lose. Carry on.

I'm starting to believe whoever claimed this was Simon Halls' revenge on Bomer for cheating with Jonathan Bailey.

[quote] Just because you used to be a meth doesn’t mean I partake in that vice.

That sentence doesn't even make sense, Teacunt. Sounds like you snort meth to me.

R83. You're hilarious. You should do standup. There are lots of successful white comedians these days.

R83. I wish I was "a meth."

R86 Thanks my friend. I am black though.

Obviously I left out the word head. Get off me and get a life.

No you aren't. We all know it.

R90 You think you know it. Why the fuck would I be pretending to be a black man after all the years. Make it make sense. Because I defy your expectations of what it means to be black. Because I am well versed in classic Hollywood stars. I will n never bow down to your preconceived notions. I am dealing with a lot right now. You are a nothing ass bitch. If you are black you are a coon.

Because we all know you're a liar.

Everyone knows.

You can't hide it, junkie.

R92 God is looking at you laughing. He is also laughing at my wack ass for going back and forth with your ignorant racist ass. Jesus take the wheel.

Then leave and don't come back, junkie. No one wants you here.

It’s like an all-Coco revue of “The Golden Girls”. I don’t know if it’ll fly. The original sexualized the aged in a startling way. I don’t feel the same vibe from the country, that they are prepared to welcome sexually frank old “queens”. British TV had some success with “Vicious”, but they couldn’t even manage to keep it on PBS, at least in Ohio, here. People might accept cuddly, neutered, sarcastic homosexual roommates,though.

Sounds dreadful. And hasn’t everything Linda Lavin has been cast in the last few years tanked super fast?

If this show wanted to authentically show gay men in their later years who are still able to be active sexually, then it would be a group of 30 and 40 something men.

R96. It'll be canceled right after they show her name in the opening credit.

Why on EARTH did they make this show when there were so many scripts just lying around for West 40s, unproduced?!?!?

R93. You quoted Carrie Underwood. You're white!

At least he's sticking to his principles of wanting to play only gay characters.

R100 You are a moron. She popularized it. She didn’t invent it. You dumb bitch. Btw what if I were a fan of that one particular song. White racists boomers can never get it. As if there isn’t a gay black man that can’t be a Carrie Underwood fan. Though I am not, but I do like that song. Once again you lose I win.

R102. No. You FUCKING lose at life with your lack of proper punctuation! Now, leave us alone!

R103 Who is us bitch?

Teacunt, haven't you run out of meth yet?

R104. COMMA! COMMA! COMMA! And, to answer your question, "us" is everyone else here subjected to your meth-fueled rants about Carrie Underwood and other pop culture prevalent in the Caucasian world. Now go put on some sunscreen. Your pale skin can easily burn in this summer sun.

Sometimes you must have self awareness.

R107. A big Eagles fan, are you?

R108 Now if I got ignorant on yo ass would that be black enough for you. Bitch, Ready to Die is mafuckin favorite album. Nas, Jay, J Cole amongst my favorite artists. Fuck is we talkin bout trick.

Sheesh, laying it on thick.

Keep snorting, liar.

Diamonds on my neck, got diamonds on my records. Since 16 I was coming down right in Lexus.

I don’t lie. I don’t need to.

Except we've caught you in dozens of lies, junkie.

Once again this is unfair to the OP. A thread has become all about Teacake. Apologies for these bustas OP.

R113 I don’t fuck with my sister no more. That bitch is a fake ass social climber, and an apologist for an abuser.

[quote] Once again this is unfair to the OP. A thread has become all about Teacake. Apologies for these bustas OP.—HolierThanThou

YOU'RE Teacake, you dumb fucking junkie. If you want to be fair to the OP then go away.

R109, R112, R114, R115 Thank you so much for the laughs. I really needed them and your clownish buffoonery REALLY helped.

[quote] I don’t fuck with my sister no more.

She doesn't exist. Just like the pigment you claim.

R109. Did it take you so long to respond because you had to look up the names of black artists from the 90s and 00s? Just wondering.

My teas gone cold. The stalker is so icy.

R120. White rapper....

How bout you just keep my mafuckin name out your mouth.

I would’ve been down to watch a Golden Girls-eque show with somewhat attractive older gays.

Not… um… this.

[quote] How bout you just keep my mafuckin name out your mouth.

How bout you finally get fitted for that body bag, junkie? Do us all a favor and Fatal Beauty it.

Looking forward to seeing this.

As much as I'd love to catch the masterful comic stylings of renowned comedian Matt Bomer, Nathan Lane and Linda Lavin are two of the most abrasive performers who ever abraded. I can't watch anything they're in.

A show with both of them? I'd rather hammer a long nail slowly into my ear canal.

I hope Lavin disappears as fast as Coco did.

Linda will be singin' and dancin'!

I'm afraid our demographic is not the target market. We're an add-on. This show is really going after millennials and Gen Z, who endlessly fetishize The Golden Girls.

Think "Queer Eye". That's the market.

So despite previously insisting that this show was a hoax by Bomer's husband to ruin his Emmy chances and would never be made, and then once the pilot was shot insisting this show would never air, the same idiot is all over this thread still pretending he's some kind of industry expert. How many times will you need to be proven wrong before you shut the fuck up?

Well , that sounds weird. I'd just love for a good sitcom that isn't too "worthy" to do well for a change.

R131 those presumptions were predicated on Bomer not being retarded. I am glad you are enjoying your victory being proven right that he is retarded.

Deadline itself made many of the same points I did, about how unusual a multicam sitcom order is for Hulu. And other people on that site also expressed their surprise that they are not being sued for ripping off The Golden Girls.

Here’s a fun thought:

What if Disney wants to make White Collar without Bomer, so they pick up this, then order White Collar to series without Bomer because he’s now committed to this, then receive a cease & desist from the creator of The Golden Girls (which they would be expecting since they own The Golden Girls), and then cancel the order for Mid-Century Modern citing the litigation threat?

Things could be worse. This could have had Billy Porter in it!

Yawn

The ashy stank of Teacake is all over this thread

[quote] Things could be worse. This could have had Billy Porter in it!

Anything without the two two-fers, Billy Porter and Bowen Yang, is a blessing.

Plot twist: Bowen Yang IS Coco in the pilot!

No, r138, the opening credits clearly state,

"And Linda Lavin as Coco"

But yes, gone after the pilot.

Caftans!

I don’t think you can claim intellectual property rights over the idea of three friends living together with one of their mothers in a winter vacation destination. However, if they call the men Rose, Blanche and Dorothy, we may have a problem. Of course, three gay men in such a situation probably would call each other Rose, Blanche and Dorothy, but the lawyers probably won’t let them

The show announcement made direct comparisons to the characters and the concept replicates the Golden Girls pilot. I don’t see how they can avoid an IP infringement lawsuit, assuming they have not purchased the rights.

Quite a risk casting an 86-year-old as the mother.

This seems like a mess. Who watches sitcoms in 2024?

It could work if they did it “It’s Always Sunny” style.

But this sounds terrible.

They rebooted Frazier and Will and Grace. Why not a new GG without the disguise?

Because we're all dead, Rose.

I must have missed the part where Frasier was rebooted as a lesbian in Miami.

Bravo for Nathan on maintaining such a long career. Seems he was in he 50s when I first saw him in a film. He looks great.

Does Nathan live in LA now?

Linda Lavin regularly gave Emmy worthy performances on Alice. She's also a Tony award winning Broadway star.

Having her on brings a level of prestige to the show that otherwise wouldn't have.

[quote] Linda Lavin regularly gave Emmy worthy performances on Alice.

Oh, honey... no.

3 fags and an old hag.

[quote]Linda Lavin regularly gave Emmy worthy performances on Alice. She's also a Tony award winning Broadway star. Having her on brings a level of prestige to the show that otherwise wouldn't have.

I just lost my breakfast.

[quote]I don’t see how they can avoid an IP infringement lawsuit, assuming they have not purchased the rights.

Well that's because you're an idiot. Literally everything you claim has been proven to be wrong, but hey, keep banging that same drum until this airs with no legal threats, and you're once again proven wrong.

More people would rather see a White Collar reboot than a GG remake.

R154 I was only proven wrong because my estimation of Bomer’s appeal was higher than it apparently is. If I had held him in near-worthless estimation like you do, then I wouldn’t have come to those conclusions.

I wonder if they'll have episodes with characters that we never hear from again, i.e. Blanche's daughter who wants to be artificially inseminated, Dorothy's son who was young enough to be her grandson, etc.

I wonder if one of them will be diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

Gay webseries "The Disappointments" now going into it's second season has also been described as a Golden Girls-like.

[quote] This comedy/drama series follows the lives of three gay men navigating mid-life and all its trials and triumphs. In the aftermath of a death of a close friend, they must support each other as they self examine their lives and the idea that maybe things didn't exactly go as they had planned. In the spirit of "The Golden Girls", relationships, love, careers, and life can all be humorously contemplated over coffee and donuts with trusted friends.

Where’s the cheesecake?

Working with Nathan Lane, James Burrows and the writing team behind Will & Grace is a great opportunity, and he'll likely have a lot of fun doing it.

r156 No, you were proven wrong because you're an idiot. Remember you actually claimed Bomer must have dropped a divorce on his husband and posted photos of Bomer looking upset as "proof"? Idiocy.

[quote] Where’s the cheesecake?

I’d rather it not be about the gross fat subset of gay men.

R162 that was merely conjecture based on the absurdity of the idea that Matt Bomer would announce he was making a cringeworthy ripoff of the Golden Girls (at 46) in an obsolete format (there are only 4 or 5 live audience sitcoms in production now) which he is not even very good at, on a streamer that had never ordered a multi camera sitcom, at a time of extreme industry contraction, while he was heavily campaigning for both an Emmy nomination for a serious drama and trying to get his old show revived, and have it announced while he was out of the country. It simply made more sense that, given how all the principles save Lavin, were already Halls clients, that Halls had done it maliciously because Bomer was leaving him or he forgot to take his clothes out of the dryer [italic]for the last time.[/italic]

I didn’t even consider the alternatives, which is that Bomer is either widely disliked in the industry and this was the only work he could get, or that he is simply retarded.

[quote] Gay webseries "The Disappointments" now going into it's second season has also been described as a Golden Girls-like.

Who still pays attention to web series?

[quote] It simply made more sense that, given how all the principles save Lavin, were already Halls clients, that Halls had done it maliciously because Bomer was leaving him

Again, proof that you're an idiot.

R150. Hi, Linda!

R165 Just pointing out that it's not that novel of an idea, and even something like the 2012-18 comedy "Where the Bears Are" featuring the three older gays who shared a home in Silver Lake had some elements akin to it as well.

R168, the comment wasn't directed at you for posting it. I was expressing surprise that anyone was still bothering to make web series since the boat sailed on them years ago.

Seems more like "Vicious" than "Golden Girls."

So this is nothing like The Golden Girls, other than having four main characters living together. Got it, K Thx.

R152 The actor to the right of Nathan Lane looks a bit like a bald Mindy Kaling.

R172. Or a butch Tituss Burress

For someone who is embracing his future in senior citizen roles, he sure is getting a lot of work done

What work?

His face is smoother than a freshly steamed soup dumpling

Is this thing still being made or did it get cancelled already? I've not seen anything about it for a long time.

r177 In what possible way is one month "a long time"?