January 8, 2015• byMichael Strangeways

There’s more out there in the all new season of the hit HBO series LOOKING starring Jonathan Groff and Frankie J. Alvarez. LOOKING focuses on current gay life in the Bay Area and on themes that everyone, gay and straight, can relate to: falling in love, finding professional fulfillment, forging an identity in a complicated world, and searching for happiness. Don’t miss the season premiere Sunday, January 11th at 10pm/9pm Central, only on HBO.
And now is your chance to catch up before the premiere with Season 1, available to own now on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD: http://amzn.com/B00HX3ZJOY

HBO’s “Looking” debuted a year ago and the gay male themed relationship comedy/drama instantly polarized its audience. It was one of those “water cooler” shows that created a lot of dialogue about how television treats gay characters and gay stories. While many loved the series from the get go, many others gave the first 8 episode season mixed marks and criticized the show for a rough beginning. Meanwhile, some queer people of color weren’t satisfied at the diversity of the show, while others pointed out that a cast that contained two major Latino characters and a major supporting role for an mixed race Anglo/African actor is more diverse than most shows currently on the air.

All those conversations and strong enough ratings led HBO to give the show a second season of 10 episodes which will premiere this coming Sunday, January 11, 2015 at 10 pm. All three lead actors return for the second season: Jonathan Groff, Frankie J. Álvarez, and Murray Bartlett and semi-regulars, Raúl Castillo, Lauren Weedman, and Russell Tovey were promoted to regulars. It also appears that both O.T. Fagbenle and Scott Bakula will return to wrap up their respective plot lines from last season.

HBO also sent us a buttload of Looking Season One DVDs to giveaway…we’ll figure out a contest to do in the next couple days so y’all can earn the chance to snag one. We’re also gonna pass some along to our favorite shows in town, so they can give some away. Check out MIMOSAS WITH MAMA at The Unicorn/Narwhal every Sunday for Seattle’s favorite drag brunch starring Mama Tits and her Gang, and featuring their popular mini-musical parodies. Their current show: the ABBA-riffic “Mama Mia”. Mama will be giving away copies of “Looking” for the next couple weeks. We’re also gonna talk to some other shows to see if they’d like a lovely prize….

Meanwhile, we’re just delighted Russell Tovey is now a regular on the show…

WE WUV HIS WIDDLE EARS!!!!!

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About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.