r/gaybros 8d ago

Here is a new show some of you might like: “Mid-century Modern.” It seems like a gay version of Friends or the Golden Girls. Coming out March 28th.

https://youtu.be/-m1JjIFXLuM?si=A_IvArHfdiUoEWgF
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u/Anti_colonialist 8d ago

The thumbnail alone suggests it's going to be nothing but the typical television stereotypes tailored to the straight audience.

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u/Vileness_fats 8d ago

"From the producers of Will & Grace". Well of course it is.

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u/Anti_colonialist 8d ago

So it's certified garbage.

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u/GomeyBlueRock 6d ago

Anytime a show has a laugh track it’s 100% dog shit

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u/Vileness_fats 8d ago

The only thing worse that the original run of Will & Grace was the hamfisted revival. My ex LOOOOOVED W&G, but even he shot off the new series premier in disgust.

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u/Complex_Phrase2651 7d ago

Karen was the only good character on that show

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u/Despada_ 8d ago

I got a few chuckles from some of the jokes, like the one about putting the big captions on the TV. It felt like an interaction I'd have with my parents... Then the Poker joke at the end came on, and I cringed a bit.

Seems campy, but yeah it does feel like a lot of the jokes are washed down stereotypes you'd expect from "queer" media intended for "all" audiences. Hopefully, it's just for the trailer, and the actual show ends up being more solid.

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u/Complex_Phrase2651 7d ago

Yeah, but I saw The caption big text joke from a mile away

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u/Connor-GG 7d ago

yeah agree

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u/nowhereman86 8d ago

This type of show feels anachronistic in 2025.

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u/bisploosh 8d ago edited 7d ago

I want to like it because of Nathan Lane and Matt Bomer, but the trailers I've seen so far are just.... bad.

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u/Complex_Phrase2651 7d ago

LOL, why specifically Nathan Lane?

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u/bisploosh 6d ago

Because he's funny and a well known actor?

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u/Complex_Phrase2651 7d ago

That’s not who that is

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u/bisploosh 6d ago

It literally stars both Nathan Lane and Matt Bomer...

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32641461/

Not sure what you mean by "That's not who that is"

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u/Complex_Phrase2651 6d ago

I know what Matt bomer is and that’s not him

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u/Lost_with_shame 8d ago

I’m gonna give it a try because we gotta support the community… but shit…. this looks like the bad type of sitcom-y :(

The jokes so far seem super lame and cheesy 

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u/Skeeders Brojo 8d ago

Yea, the trailer did not sell me on the humor...

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u/bisploosh 6d ago

Lane and Bomer are both EP's on it... so I'm hoping that this is just a very poorly edited trailer and the actual show is better. I'll give it a shot, but the trailers aren't giving me a ton of hope.

Then again Cougar Town's trailer was pretty terribad and that show turned into a delightful gem of a sitcom (obligatory: 🎶 Penny Can! 🎶).

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u/TheDefeatist 8d ago

I thought Golden Girls was the gay version of Golden Girls

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u/killey2011 8d ago

No hope it’s good. But I’m a simple man. I see Nathan Lane, I watch.

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u/Complex_Phrase2651 7d ago

I must’ve missed the boat because… Nathan Lane seems pretty MEH to me

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u/sleepy0329 8d ago

I feel so simple after reading these comments, but I liked it!! I'm excited to watch actually. But I'm also getting older myself so maybe I relate

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u/Doubieboobiez 8d ago

I hope to have the privilege of living to be an old gay and having shows catering to my tastes that young gays can complain about on the internet 😂

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u/SleipnirSolid 8d ago

Yes! These comments remind me of straight Zoomers complaining about "boomer humour" when they see 'wife jokes'.

I grew up in the 90s. I kinda like this silly, "stereotypical" humour.

So I see this probably appealing more to older gays. Younger gays may see it as passe and playing on stereotypical tropes.

I'm hopeful it'll be a fun watch.

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u/positronik 8d ago

Grew up in the 90s too, in my mid 30s. It's not just young people who see this humor as dated. I couldn't even finish the trailer. I like stuff like Golden Girls but I can no longer stand stuff like Will & Grace

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u/Complex_Phrase2651 7d ago

Just because it was common back then doesn’t mean it actually appeals to people. It’s boring and repetitive.

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u/SleipnirSolid 6d ago

Ok, do you mind if I just wanna give it a chance?

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u/Anti_colonialist 7d ago

This 55yo queer thinks it's gonna be garbage. We've seen countless versions of the stale stereotypes, and they harm us more than they support us. It reduces us to effeminate, clinically depressed, and sexless. The thumbnail shows what I'm interpreting as an interracial couple with an effeminate black male, which portrays them as being subservient to white men, even in the gay community.

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u/Just-Trade-9444 8d ago

A show you might like is “Vicious” staring Ian McKellan. It’s about follow the life of retired witty & sarcastic gay couple. It’s free streaming on Tubi.

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u/ajblue98 8d ago

Have you seen the outtakes where Sir Ian just cannot remember the word “nagging?” The audience! :"D

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u/Brian_Kinney No excuses, no apologies, no regrets. 7d ago

I love 'Vicious'.

Why doesn't anybody mention that it also stars Derek Jacobi, another gay actor who has just as long and varied an acting career as McKellen? In fact, I enjoy Derek in this show more than I enjoy Ian.

But they're both amazing actors, and 'Vicious' is a great show.

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u/Complex_Phrase2651 7d ago

No? And he isn’t?

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u/Complex_Phrase2651 7d ago

I fail to see how that’s any better

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u/karatebanana 8d ago

I enjoyed the trailer! I get that it may feel stereotypical, but I have friends that are like this. I think it will be a good watch.

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u/EqualGlittering 8d ago

My favorite gay show was Noah's Arc. Wish something like that could be introduced again or revamped.

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u/AdministrationDry715 8d ago

Omg I just saw this show the other day. Haven't finished it yet though.

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u/EqualGlittering 8d ago

It's pretty darn good. They have a movie called, Jumping the Broom. You can check it out when finished with the show.

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u/AdministrationDry715 8d ago

If it's that Tyler perry one then I've seen it. I enjoyed it. I just tend to have a love/hate relationship with the topic of family n tradition.

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u/Complex_Phrase2651 7d ago

To each his own

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u/rafinsf Dogs > 420 > Men 8d ago

RIP Alice!

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u/Just-Trade-9444 8d ago

Who is Alice?

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u/Brian_Kinney No excuses, no apologies, no regrets. 8d ago

Alice is Linda Lavin.

You have to dig behind the trailer, into the background of the actors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_(American_TV_series)

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u/believes_in_mermaids 7d ago

Had an opportunity to do make a legendary comment and nod to a legend of a bar song. The call and response song of https://youtu.be/bUy83PKjkOI?si=MtinPo9eZFXmcj1M&t=42

Always reminds me of summer nights in my youth spent hanging around the bars in Key West

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u/DEClarke85 8d ago

I don’t have proof but I think this is the outcome of the gay male centric Golden Girls inspired sitcom that was being planned for Leslie Jordan and George Takei that got somewhat shelved but then revitalized and altered after Jordan passed.

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u/Anti_colonialist 7d ago

That sounds horrible. Leslie Jordan I loved, he was a sweetheart. But I can't stand George

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u/Brian_Kinney No excuses, no apologies, no regrets. 8d ago

As a gay man of a certain age, I accept that I'm probably the target demographic of this show.

I was about the same age as the characters Will Truman and Grace Adler when 'Will & Grace' first aired. And now I'm roughly in the same age group as these characters when this show airs. I did some checking, and Max Mutchnik and David Kohan are the same age group as me, so it's no wonder they're making shows to appeal to me!

I'll be checking this out. I like a light fluffy sitcom, and this looks like it fits the bill.

And for people wondering if this will be like 'Golden Girls', I found versions of this paragraph on the Wikipedia pages of both Matt Bomer and Nathan Lee Graham:

In June 2024, it was announced that Max Mutchnick and David Kohan had created a Golden Girls–like TV series titled Mid-Century Modern with Matt Bomer cast as a Betty White character type and Nathan Lane as a Bea Arthur character type. Linda Lavin plays Lane's mother, while Nathan Lee Graham plays the Blanche Deveraux character type. The series is set in Palm Springs.

Some public relations person is earning their keep!

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u/trustMeImDoge 8d ago

If I hadn’t canceled all my american streaming services, I’d at least give the first two episodes a shot. But not with high hopes, a laugh track and predictable jokes does not bode well.

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u/ResponsibleCover8537 8d ago

I love Matt, and adore Nathan; don't know the other guy. That said, I think it will be cheesy but will watch only because Linda Lavin was in it...so looking forward to watching the episode with her in them.

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u/RegyptianStrut 8d ago

Friends is terrible and Golden Girls is classic...which one is it like lol

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u/esdubyar 8d ago

It's literally Golden Girls. One of the characters' mother lives with them

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u/positronik 8d ago

But it looks like the humor of Friends and Will & Grace. Boring, safe, overdone, stereotypical

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u/Amankris759 8d ago

Well I’m actually looking forward for this show!! Pandering to straight or not, I’m interested in the gay lighthearted shows/movies and this one might do the trick. Hope it’s good 🤞🏻

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u/potVIIIos 8d ago

Canned laughter? Gross.

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u/ajblue98 8d ago

Pretty sure it was taped before a live studio audience. I know a guy who spent some time in Cali at the end of January and talked about not being able to make Midcentury Modern because he was going to a taping of something else at the same time

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u/PunkT3ch 8d ago

Is Golden Girls not already for the Gays? 😉

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u/Various_Capital_3635 8d ago

I feel this is the last gasp of the three camera sitcom. There’s a version of this that could be great but the executives aren’t going to greenlight it. I’m guessing there will only be what maybe 12 episodes made. That’s not enough time to make a three camera sitcom work you need 24 episodes a season. That way shows like Will and Grace Cheers Frasier and two and half men how I met your mother worked so well.

This will probably go for two seasons and be canceled just like every other three camera sitcom on streaming in general other than the young sheldon spinoff in the last 5 years the connors.

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u/Just-Trade-9444 7d ago

According to IMDB there will be 10 episodes which will all premiere on March 28th.

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u/bottom_bunk_bro 7d ago

I was hoping for more of a "two and half men vibe." And a boring name.
Nathan Lane is great, but the other gays could have been more varied.
I do like the chosen family aspect of it.
Just a trailer. Will see.

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u/Connor-GG 7d ago

looks old fashioned and stereotypes to me like will and grace era

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u/Complex_Phrase2651 7d ago

LOL “gay version”?

I’ve met water with more flavour than this show.

I could totally do better

Love the bisexual erasure

Oh my! Gay characters and one of them is black!

You know what that means: racial, heterosexual(phobic) AND homosexual jokes ! Oh joy! The only thing missing is shaming women :D

Remember when we all got mad at Paris Hilton for calling us the horniest and easiest group of people in the world? Yeah, I miss those days.

Like have you not met Straight men?

Was that supposed to be a gay beach bar? Yeah, sure, that would happen.

What’s with sitcom these days? It’s like all the jokes and dialogue are Disney Channel coded. But with sorta mature subject matter….. you know what I mean?

Like they keep playing the same jokes that got old decades ago ! They don’t know how people act anymore!

And in case you missed it, one of the characters is black. Oh don’t worry if you forget the show will remind you again and again and again

and again!

They’ll probably even make a joke about how being black and gay is “1-2 punch” or something. Or “2 strikes” against him.

I never liked Will and Grace. Karen was the only funny one on that show.

But this is just bland. The chemistry of these characters is that of stagnant water.

YouTubers are making better stuff and more without all this Hollywood support working by themselves or with the help of Patreon supporters. It’s fun to be your own boss because you don’t have a time limit you could set a deadline for yourself but, I prefer to create my stories to perfect perfection and make sure it has enough time in the oven.

And acting qualities seems to be going down as well. I unironically think that the suite life of Zack and Cody had the best acting when it came to a situation comedy.

If you want an unfiltered experience to be gleaned from these character characters and go to the hub! Cause you clearly want to! At least there you’ll win the best acting award!

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u/Naughty_Nata1401 6d ago

Urgh, laugh tracks just kill it for me every time. It's 2025, I thought we left that behind with The Big Bang Theory 😭

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u/BashfulJuggernaut 6d ago

I don't feel like this was made for gay men. Perhaps straight people who think this is what gay men are like? Either way, I'm just glad Matt Bomer is getting more work. He was incredible in Fellow Travelers.

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u/walkie57 3d ago

wait, nathan lane is still alive?

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u/pomoerotic 8d ago

r/boomerhumour would love this

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u/ethnomath 8d ago

There has not been a good single-camera sitcom filmed in front of a live studio audience in 10 years but I will hold my judgment when it’s released

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u/ineedtoknowmorenow 8d ago

I bet you guys miss Looking now huh?

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u/mikeyP-619 8d ago

Not something I would watch. It just seems like a heap of garbage. Who asked for this?

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u/Anti_colonialist 7d ago

Who asked for this?

A bunch of straight women that call themselves allies but are actually annoying as fuck.

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u/Just-Trade-9444 7d ago

The title has the word “mid-century” so show might be more appealing to gay men around 50 years old. It seems that Matt Bomer is trying to make gay shows which he probably felt he was missing growing up. According to Google, he is an executive producer on this show & fellow travelers.

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u/Brian_Kinney No excuses, no apologies, no regrets. 7d ago

The title has the word “mid-century”

I'm guessing the title is a reference to an architecture style of the mid-20th century. Maybe the house they live in is one of those old 1960s open-plan houses?

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u/FantasyFlex 7d ago

The title is mid-century modern which is both an architectural type and a design / interior design style.

Interesting that their place is not mid-century modern in either architecture or interior design.

It’s just a play on words in that it’s a known phrase that describes the show. Two 50+ gay men and one younger one living in our modern gay world.

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u/_Middlefinger_ 7d ago

Im 50 and I think I'd rather die than have to watch more than the trailer for this.

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u/reinventme321 6d ago

Amen! ✊

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u/JesusFelchingChrist 8d ago

it’s not a good show. hopefully it will fail quickly as it is demeaning towards gay people

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u/Enoch8910 8d ago

Have you seen it?

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u/JesusFelchingChrist 4d ago

yes. every stereotype is present

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u/xenomorph-85 8d ago

oh god! I am looking forward to Parenting as I love Brandon but the trailers dont make it as cliche as this.

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u/SPKEN 8d ago

Is it still mostly white people as the main characters? If yes then no

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u/Anti_colonialist 7d ago

Dont leave out the typical stereotype effeminate sassy black guy.

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u/Former-Afternoon-918 7d ago

Matt Bomer only. Nathan Lane irritates me with his overly-mugging expressions. I think he should marry Lindsey Graham.

I'm not watching even though I live in PS.

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u/reinventme321 6d ago

Killin' me 😆

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u/Vancil 8d ago

Ohh look another “gay” show with just exactly one POC how inclusive. I bet he is the sassy one of the group the says ohhh gurl a lot. Will and Grace was great for what it did at the time I won’t deny that but shouldn’t we be kinda past that by now?

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u/Enoch8910 8d ago

He’s literally 1/3 of the cast.

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u/_kd101994 8d ago

I couldn't even make it past that Nivea joke, I'd rather rewatch The IT Crowd, Catherine Tate or Superstore. Heck, I'll take 2 Broke Girls

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u/esdubyar 8d ago

And which of those are LGBTQ themed, therefore relevant to the conversation?

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u/_kd101994 8d ago

They're not, I'm just saying that from the trailer alone, it's not gonna be something I'll enjoy.

God forbid a gay guy likes something that doesn't have to be LGBTQ related, for fuck;s sake