Hello, male television viewers in the coveted 18-35 demographic! Do you enjoy bourbon? (Don’t worry, male television viewers between 18 and 20. This isn’t a trap. Just some innocent market research.) You do?! Well, hoo boy, do we ever have good news for you. There’s not one, but TWO network shows about bourbon comin’ right your way! It’s almost like the networks are making shows that specifically target you and your high-end interests! What a coincidence!
First up is a show Fox is developing with the catchy little title, The Untitled Kentucky Bourbon Project:
“The Untitled Kentucky Bourbon Project centers on the self-made patriarch of a Kentucky bourbon empire and his family. When he has a public breakdown, his children must overcome their differences and their father’s sordid past in order to save the family and their business.”
Next up is NBC’s The Bourbon Kings, based on the best-selling novel of the same name, which Amazon describes thusly:
“For generations, the Bradford family has worn the mantle of kings of the bourbon capital of the world. Their sustained wealth has afforded them prestige and privilege—as well as a hard-won division of class on their sprawling estate, Easterly. Upstairs, a dynasty that by all appearances plays by the rules of good fortune and good taste. Downstairs, the staff who work tirelessly to maintain the impeccable Bradford facade. And never the twain shall meet.
For Lizzie King, Easterly’s head gardener, crossing that divide nearly ruined her life. Falling in love with Tulane, the prodigal son of the bourbon dynasty, was nothing that she intended or wanted—and their bitter breakup only served to prove her instincts were right. Now, after two years of staying away, Tulane is finally coming home again, and he is bringing the past with him. No one will be left unmarked: not Tulane’s beautiful and ruthless wife; not his older brother, whose bitterness and bad blood know no bounds; and especially not the ironfisted Bradford patriarch, a man with few morals, fewer scruples, and many, many terrible secrets.”
So there you go, two bourbon shows just for y-… what’s that, young man? You say the second show sounds like “some fancy ass Downton Abbey sh*t for girls and nerds.” But… but you said you liked bourbon! We made you a bourbon show! Is there something you like more than bourbon? You’d tell us if there was, right? Don’t jerk me around here, kid. JUST TELL US WHAT TO MAKE AND WE’LL MAKE IT, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.
Unless, wait. Would you be willing to tell your affluent girlfriend and her social media obsessed friends about it, at least? Please?
(via AV Club)
