Starz’s short sitcom “Party Down”, about a team of misanthropic waiters in Los Angeles, aired in 2009 and 2010 in relative obscurity, so it has become a cult hit in the years since its cancellation. Now, the show will be relived with a limited series of six episodes, Starz said on Thursday.
Created by John Enbom, Dan Etheridge, Paul Rudd and Rob Thomas, the joint comedy lasted only two seasons in its original airing. It is now available for broadcast on Starz and Hulu, and in recent years, popularity has grown so much that it has started talking about a possible movie or reunion.
The network decided to give fans what they ask for.
All four creators are returning to the revival series, with Enbom as showrunner. It is unclear how many cast members will return.
Part of the show’s fascination is the chemistry of its comic ensemble, all dressed in white collared shirts and pink bow ties: Lizzy Caplan, Ryan Hansen, Jane Lynch, Kevin Marino, Adam Scott and Martin Starr. (Lynch left the show for “Glee” and was replaced by Jennifer Coolidge and then Megan Mullally.) They all play waiters with Hollywood dreams who instead spend their days handing out canapés and filling boxes of wine and cheese in one place. part to the other.
Thomas said in a press release that after the cast met in 2019 for a panel presented by Vulture, they were determined to bring the team together again.
“The squad is so busy these days that finding a window where we can do this may require trigonometry,” he said, “but we are determined to make it happen.”
Writing for The New York Times last month, Alexis Soloski said of the sitcom: “He has the DNA of a working comedy because it brings together people who would never know each other otherwise. But it is also a hangout comedy, as the waiters work as little as possible. “