BREAKING: 'Queer as Folk' reboot coming to NBC's Peacock network

[River 105,769]

The pioneering LGBTQ series “Queer as Folk” is returning to the small screen.

NBCUniversal’s streaming network Peacock announced Thursday that it had ordered a “vibrant reimagining” of the original British series. The reboot, it added, will center on a “diverse group of friends in New Orleans whose lives are transformed in the aftermath of a tragedy.” (Peacock and NBC News share the same parent company, Comcast NBCUniversal.)

The original U.K. series, created by Russell T. Davies, chronicled the lives of three gay friends living in Manchester’s gay village. It ran from 1999 to 2000 and included just 10 episodes. Davies will be an executive producer on the reboot.

An American version premiered on Showtime just a year after the British original’s debut and centered on a group of gay and lesbian friends living in Pittsburgh. That series, which addressed issues such as same-sex marriage and HIV/AIDS, ran for five seasons, ending in 2005.

The reboot was created by Stephen Dunn, who will be a writer and the executive producer of the series, and will direct the pilot. Dunn called it a “surreal honor to adapt the notoriously groundbreaking series.”

“When the show originally aired, the idea of unapologetic queer stories on TV was so provocative that I felt I could only watch ‘Queer as Folk’ in secret,” he said in a statement. “But so much has changed in the last 20 years and how wonderful would it be if the next generation didn’t have to watch ‘Queer as Folk’ alone in their dank basements with the sound muted, but with their family and friends and the volume cranked all the way to the max.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/queer-folk-reboot-coming-nbc-s-peacock-network-n1263618

[UnknownUser71 2,878]

OMG OMG

OMG 

OMG 

OMG 

I-

I'M CRYING.

THIS IS MY FAVORITE SERIES OF ALL TIME. 

  

GOD IS REAL.

EDIT: I can't stop crying, i'm not joking 

[OhHenny2020 2,822]

20 minutes ago, River said:

But so much has changed in the last 20 years and how wonderful would it be if the next generation didn’t have to watch ‘Queer as Folk’ alone in their dank basements with the sound muted, but with their family and friends and the volume cranked all the way to the max.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/queer-folk-reboot-coming-nbc-s-peacock-network-n1263618

I don’t know about that 

 

[UnknownUser71 2,878]

1 minute ago, OhHenny2020 said:

I don’t know about that 

 

ICONIC

[ARTPOPe 10,023]

Oh wow, this is exciting! 

"...that I felt I could only watch ‘Queer as Folk’ in secret"

Ok but this was actually teenager me, watching QaF in the middle of the night, totally paranoid and always looking if someone was coming 

[UnknownUser71 2,878]

Just now, ARTPOPe said:

Oh wow, this is exciting! 

"...that I felt I could only watch ‘Queer as Folk’ in secret"

Ok but this was actually me, watching QaF in the middle of the night, totally paranoid and always looking if someone was coming 

I though I was the only one... it was such a stressful experience for the "young me" to watch the show 

[A MESS 3,938]

18 minutes ago, ARTPOPe said:

Oh wow, this is exciting! 

"...that I felt I could only watch ‘Queer as Folk’ in secret"

Ok but this was actually teenager me, watching QaF in the middle of the night, totally paranoid and always looking if someone was coming 

i never watched it cause it was too stressful for this same reason 

[spector 1,902]

26 minutes ago, ARTPOPe said:

Ok but this was actually teenager me, watching QaF in the middle of the night, totally paranoid and always looking if someone was coming 

 

22 minutes ago, Mister D said:

I though I was the only one... it was such a stressful experience for the "young me" to watch the show 

SAME! i used to illegally download it (putting the .rar files together ) and watch it atop my bunkbed in the middle of the night, with headphones on, and literally under the cover. every little noise made me paranoid, especially that i shared a room with my sibling. it was worth it, tho 

[FrederickSpears 2,066]

I watched it years ago on Logo when I would stay home from school  My parents were at work

I would also try and watch it late at night on Showtime as well but was too paranoid because my bedroom was right enxt door to the bathroom and afraid my mom would get up in the middle of the night and hear my TV  

[Prostitute Barbie 4,076]

If it’s going to make me feel comfortable enough to watch it with my family then I don’t want it 

[FrederickSpears 2,066]

I'll probably check out the reboot! I hope they cast good actors and also hot ones

[skaxboy 4,517]

I’ve been wanting to watch this series but with the original music. I may have to resort to streaming it or dl it. 

[The Child 18,997]

1 hour ago, ARTPOPe said:

Oh wow, this is exciting! 

"...that I felt I could only watch ‘Queer as Folk’ in secret"

Ok but this was actually teenager me, watching QaF in the middle of the night, totally paranoid and always looking if someone was coming 

 

1 hour ago, Mister D said:

I though I was the only one... it was such a stressful experience for the "young me" to watch the show 

Lmao I remember being like 14 and stressing over watching it but the thing is that I don’t even remember the plot.

[Focus 2,456]

misread this as 'scream queens reboot' 

[JusKeepBreathin 19,311]

I can't wait. I hope they bring the original US cast back for some episodes. 

Hal Sparks is such a daddy now