Actress Jane Lynch could be about to get her own daytime TV show, Deadline reports.
Known for her work on Glee and The L Word among other programs, Lynch’s new project is reportedly a ‘feel-good variety show’ but apparently won’t feature any celebrity guests.
According to Deadline, the show will premiere this time next year in front of a live studio audience, but details are still quite vague at this point.
“Details about the project are still sketchy as it is in early stages but I hear it is a feel-good, variety show that would be tailored for Lynch, showcasing her comedic take/spin on everything from pop culture moments to real people with unique, uplifting stories,” Nellie Andreeva reported.
Lynch recently starred in the Will & Grace reboot, appearing alongside Andrew Rannells as ‘gay cure’ camp leaders at Camp Straighten Arrow, where posters of US vice president Mike Pence adorned the walls.
“We don’t recognise it as a form of therapy — we only recognise it as a form of torture,” the show’s co-creator Max Mutchnick said of Pence's links to ‘gay conversion therapy’.
In an interview with NBC earlier this year, Lynch spoke about how she’s always been open about her sexual orientation in her career as an actress.
“I always wondered if I would have to be closeted,” Lynch said.
“I would lay in bed as a young person thinking, ‘What if I become famous? Do I hide this thing?’
“But I never had to. I never had to make that decision because of the people who came before me like Ellen and Melissa [Etheridge] and K.D. [Lang]. I was never in the closet. It wasn’t an act of courage — I just didn’t have to be.”
She added that the film and TV industry played an important role in promoting LGBT+ visibility in the United States.
“What’s great about Hollywood in its representation of gay characters and trans characters is that it finds its way into middle America. It creates a wave of acceptance.”
