Rumors continue to swirl about updating the popular 1980s television sitcom, The Golden Girls, making it about four gay men living together in Palm Springs, CA. The concept even has a name, Silver Foxes, and according to news reports recently had a table reading at Stan Zimmerman’s house (who was one of the show’s writers back in 1985-1986), which was photographed and posted on Instagram earlier this summer (see below).
As much as I love the idea there remain a lot of barriers to this becoming a reality, but I do love thinking about this. Who would you cast in these new roles? Here’s my thoughts:
Dorothy —–> Ian McKellan
Blanche —–> George Takei
Rose —–> Nathan Lane
Sophia —–> David Hyde Pierce
BosGuy 
This would be fun!
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I hope this comes to fruition! I think it could be quite entertaining and potentially an honest look into aging as a gay man.
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I’m suspect that one of the four major networks would pick it up. Maybe a second tier network would. It might come to fruition as a Netflix or LOGO series. The bar is high as “The Golden Girls” continues with high revenues in syndication – one of the key factors of that success is that the team that created it made the decision to distribute without market exclusivity in both local markets and cable channels.
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