The Cool Kids: FOX Picks Up Retirement Community Comedy with Vicki Lawrence (Carol Burnett Show)

(Courtesy of FOX)

Move over, boys. FOX has ordered The Cool Kids TV show to series. The comedy comes from creators Charlie Day and Paul Fruchbom. Kevin Abbott will serve as showrunner and executive produce with Day and Nick Frenkel. Fruchbom is a co-executive producer on the new series.

A FOX sitcom, The Cool Kids stars Vicki Lawrence, Martin Mull, David Alan Grier, and Leslie Jordan. The story unfolds in a retirement home, where Charlie (Mull), Hank (Grier), and Sid (Jordan), have enjoyed their status as “cool kids.” Now that Margaret (Lawrence) has moved in, that all may change.

THE COOL KIDS

· Studio: 20th Century Fox Television in association with FX Productions

· Format: Multi-camera comedy

· Ws: Charlie Day and Paul Fruchbom

· EPs: Charlie Day, Nick Frenkel

· EP/Showrunner: Kevin Abbott

· D/EP: Don Scardino

· Co-EP: Paul Fruchbom

· LOGLINE: Three guy friends in a retirement community are the top dogs until they’re blown out of the water by the newest member of the community, a female rebel whose ready to challenge their place – it’s high school with 70 somethings.

· Cast:

· Vicki Lawrence – “Margaret”

· Martin Mull – “Charlie”

· David Alan Grier – “Hank”

· Leslie Jordan – “Sid”

[Courtesy of The Futon Critic]

It’s not all giggles and grins over at FOX. Today, the network cancelled Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Last Man on Earth, and The Mick.

What do you think? How do you like The Cool Kids TV series cast? Do you plan to check out the new comedy on FOX? Let us know, below.