- By Michael Jacobo
- Photo Courtesy of Fox
If you were the outcast in high school or college, maybe you’ll get your chance to be one of the cool kids later in life. Like at your retirement community. I wouldn’t be surprised if that actually was a thing.
The Cool Kids is Fox’s newest comedy premiering this month. Set at a retirement community, the series follows three best friends who gets a newest member at their cool kids table following the death of another friend. This new “friend,” the rebel Margaret, stirs up drama and the “status quo” of the retirement community’s hierarchy. David Alan Grier (In Living Color, The Big Sick), Martin Mull (Roseanne, A Futile and Stupid Gesture), and Leslie Jordan (The Help, American Horror Story: Roanoke) star as the three best friends, Hank, Charlie, and Sid, respectively. Vicki Lawrence, the talented comedian who starred in The Carol Burnett Show, plays Margaret.
The series was created by Paul Fruchbom and Charlie Day, of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia fame. Day serves as executive producer, alongside his Sunny cast mates Rob McElhenney and Glenn Howerton. It’s showrunner is Kevin Abbott, who has a long history with the genre and format. His past credits include The Golden Girls, the original Roseanne, and the Tim Allen starring Last Man Standing.
“The Cool Kids” premieres September 28th on Fox
