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Ed Weeks Wants to Write the Next Great Lesbian-Themed Sitcom
The Mindy Project costar has sold a new show to ABC about a lesbian and her straight best friend.
Are you ready for a sitcom with a lesbian lead character? Ed Weeks, who plays Dr. Jeremy Reed on The Mindy Project, has co-written a new series about "the co-dependent relationship between a lesbian lothario and her cautious, straight male best friend," according to an announment today on Deadline. Called Wing Man, the show has been picked up by ABC.
Although very little is known about the show, it was co-written by Weeks and fellow LondonerHannah Mackay, who currently produces the dark British comedy Peep Show, now in its final season. Just yesterday the UK newpaper The Independent published a tribute to Peep Show's "12 years of brilliant writing, inedible characters, and excruciating moments."
We're not sure if the lesbian charcter or the straight guy in the show is the titular 'wing man,' but it could be something to watch. Straight guy writing lesbian leads has offered pause in the past but after Weeks's work on The Mindy Project, now in its fourth season on Hulu, he has at least some experience with girl/girl stories--remember that kiss from season 3? And following her success with Peep Show, Mackay seems to know what she's doing. Let's hope they nail it!
Alexander Cheves is a memoirist, sex columnist for Out magazine, and author of My Love Is a Beast: Confessions from Unbound Edition Press, which won the 2022 Geoff Mains Nonfiction Award from NLA International. He received an Excellence in Journalism Award from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association and, in 2021, was named to the Out 100. Cheves has been a guest on many radio shows and podcasts, including Loveline and Dan Savage's Savage Lovecast. He has spoken on panels at SXSW, The International AIDS Conference, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and others. He is set to release his second book in 2025.
As a contributing editor at The Advocate, Cheves launched the "Sexy Beast" column for Advocate.com in 2016. To date, it has generated the site's best traffic on record. He now writes the "Last Call" column in print editions of Out magazine. His bylines include VICE, Them, Document Journal, Out Traveler, and more. Originally from the American South, he now lives in Berlin and is a member of the Berlin Queer Writers Circle.
Alexander Cheves is a memoirist, sex columnist for Out magazine, and author of My Love Is a Beast: Confessions from Unbound Edition Press, which won the 2022 Geoff Mains Nonfiction Award from NLA International. He received an Excellence in Journalism Award from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association and, in 2021, was named to the Out 100. Cheves has been a guest on many radio shows and podcasts, including Loveline and Dan Savage's Savage Lovecast. He has spoken on panels at SXSW, The International AIDS Conference, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and others. He is set to release his second book in 2025.
As a contributing editor at The Advocate, Cheves launched the "Sexy Beast" column for Advocate.com in 2016. To date, it has generated the site's best traffic on record. He now writes the "Last Call" column in print editions of Out magazine. His bylines include VICE, Them, Document Journal, Out Traveler, and more. Originally from the American South, he now lives in Berlin and is a member of the Berlin Queer Writers Circle.
