Why hasn’t Mid-Century Modern been canceled yet?

Don’t know but the cast options should be expiring soon.

One "option" already expired.

I enjoyed it. Such as it was.

Because MCM is timeless. It will never be canceled, at least in our lifetimes. In fact, as time progresses I believe architecture will move closer and closer to the MCM esthetic. People like clean, airy spaces. The styles you'll likely see dwindling in the future are the fake reproduction styles such as colonial and italianate.

I liked it too r3. It was fun and light. Even the supporting actors like Richard Kind added something.

It was a light sitcom, funnier than many. Do we want mainstream representation, or high art? Because guess what, the two don't usually go together.

It’s most likely dead. They might give it one more season.

I really hope it gets another season.

Seems unlikely. They do not typically allow themselves to get this close to the cast options expiring.

Didn’t I read that one of the creators suggested that unless you were shipped increased, it was unlikely to earn a second season?

If Vicious in UK got a second season, MCM deserves one. At least not as depressing as- and more funny - than the last “representation” of elder gays in sitcom.

Haven’t seen it. But Richard Kind is on it?

HARD PASS

It's just embarrassing that Matt Bomer is in this dreck, after doing several prestige projects.

R12, a girl's gotta eat.

At least there were no stereotypes in MCM.

They need to find someone to replace Linda Lavin, but unfortunately Bonnie Franklin is also dead.

R15 I'm available!

Is it really "unfortunate"?

If they want to replace anyone, start with the writers. Oof.

I loved it. But then, I’m a 90s bitch, so the retro feel was most welcome.

The show is about as funny as a brain tumor.

Hi, Heather!

I couldn’t be,I’ve those guys were friends. There was no chemistry.

Good God, I just realized this thread is about some TV show I've never heard of, and not MDM architecture.

Color me dumb.

It's not entertaining. The actors say their line then mug for the camera. The laugh track is annoying. The portrayal of gay life for a 69-, 57- and 48-year-old seems unrealistic. The show certainly does not show gay men in a positive light.

[quote] It's just embarrassing that Matt Bomer is in this dreck, after doing several prestige projects.

Like Magic Mike XXL?

Plastic Matt Bomer is the weakest link in everything he's cast in.

R9 what does shipped increased mean?

R27, I think that was a talk-to-text mistranslation of “viewership increase” at R9

They are still negotiating with Faye Dunaway.

I do think Midcentury Modern may have exposed Matt’s lack of comedic skill. He seemed out of his depth. If depth is possible in MM.

R4 R23 I just thought you were expertly trolling.

That’s how cynical I’ve become on DL.

Bah humbug. I'm a bitter, mean, foul-smelling, unfuckable old gay codger, living in a trailer, so beautiful Matt Bomer must be untalented and unsuccessful.

I think Marty’s wooden quality works is the Jerry role.

He’s supposed to be repressed Mormon, after all!

Matty’s

The show was awful. Nathan Lane mugged to the balcony in every show. Matt Bomer seemed lost and NLG just didn’t fit into the equation. When Linda Lavin is the best part of your show, you’ve got problems. Then she dies! In no way did I ever feel these guys would be friends. So……the writing was terrible. Makes me think Will & Grace was a lucky accident.

Richard Kind is a friend of mine -- not close, but friendly.

He is one of the nicest people I have ever met -- the only actor I've ever been able to connect with. On other words, he isn't all about himself.

Bomer should just go right in to porn. She’s pretty, but can’t really act.

I like the show.

Someone posted this screenshot on Reddit last month.

Could Bette Midler be Matte Bomers mom who escapes from mormon territory and replaces the L. Lavin character, making up for a lifetime of being pious ?

As if Bette Midler could ever have a son who looked like Matt Bomer.

Blythe Danner should play Boner’s mother.

I am not friends with Richard Kind, but he lives in my neighborhood, and he's as down-to-earth as can be. I once had a conversation with him about salads outside Sweet Green, of all things. And a few weeks ago, I took the bus back uptown, and he sat right in front of me. He is utterly unpretentious, and he's funny.

So I don't get the Richard Kind hatred for a second.

I love Richard Kind!

[quote]I don't get the Richard Kind hatred for a second.

Me neither.

Get rid of Bomer and it could have a chance

I actually knew Richard Kind’s dad back in the day. He was a jeweler in Princeton and a great guy.

People in the business rave about Richard.

Now back to MCM … it is hard to fathom how these guys are long-time friends (or how a character who as a flight attendant deals with the public at their worst remains so naive). They have them break into song and dance to suggest a shared history but it’s just superficial nonsense.

Sometimes superficial nonsense is ok.

A good friend of mine who is very much a NYC theater person agreed that MCM was trash, but that it was always good to see Richard Kind. The guy has certainly generated goodwill amongst his peers.