{"id":93641,"date":"2025-03-09T18:45:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T01:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/?p=93641"},"modified":"2025-03-09T18:45:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T01:45:25","slug":"mid-century-modern-encore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/blog\/2025\/03\/09\/mid-century-modern-encore\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid-Century Modern Encore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our <strong><em>Ask Billy<\/em><\/strong> question is something on a lot of your minds.&nbsp; <strong>Reggie <\/strong>in Maine asks: \u201c<em>When is <\/em><strong>Mid-Century Modern <\/strong><em>actually gonna air?&nbsp; We\u2019ve been waiting about a year.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To be fair, Reggie\u2019s question came in about a month ago.&nbsp; I held it until now for timeliness.&nbsp; The sitcom, being called a gay <strong><em>Golden Girls<\/em><\/strong>, hits <em>Hulu <\/em>on March 28<sup>th<\/sup>.&nbsp; But, be forewarned.&nbsp; Advanced word is mixed at best.&nbsp; The premise sounded promising \u2013 a gay man (<strong>Nathan Lane<\/strong>) asks his two besties (<strong>Matt Bomer <\/strong>and <strong>Nathan Lee Graham<\/strong>) to move into his palatial Palm Springs home that he shares with his mom (<strong>Linda Lavin<\/strong>).&nbsp; But the trailer (which you can see on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.BillyMasters.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>BillyMasters.com<\/u><\/strong><\/a>) seems a bit uneven.&nbsp; Still, I\u2019m inclined to watch.&nbsp; After all, I liked <strong><em>Encore! &nbsp;Encore!<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-568\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/colorbar1.gif\" alt=\"colorbar1\" width=\"500\" height=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>When I\u2019m the only person who remembers the comedy duo of Nathan Lane and <strong>Joan Plowright<\/strong>, it\u2019s definitely time to end yet another column.&nbsp; Before we wrap up, let me announce something that\u2019s been in the works for a while \u2013 the return of <strong><em>Billy Masters LIVE<\/em><\/strong>.&nbsp; While I can\u2019t reveal much, you can expect an episode or two a month starting in April.&nbsp; More details will surely be found on&nbsp; <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/\">www.BillyMasters.com<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 the site that can\u2019t keep a secret.&nbsp; Should you need a bit more out of (or into) your dear Billy, drop a note to <strong><a href=\"mailto:Billy@BillyMasters.com\">Billy@BillyMasters.com<\/a><\/strong> and I promise to get back to you before I help Armie finish his <em>entr\u00e9e<\/em>!&nbsp; So, until next time, remember, one man\u2019s filth is another man\u2019s bible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Ask Billy question is something on a lot of your minds.&nbsp; Reggie in Maine asks: \u201cWhen is Mid-Century Modern actually gonna air?&nbsp; We\u2019ve been waiting about a year.\u201d To be fair, Reggie\u2019s question came in about a month ago.&nbsp; I held it until now for timeliness.&nbsp; The sitcom, being called a gay Golden Girls,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93641"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93642,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93641\/revisions\/93642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}