The Honeymooners Is Getting Rebooted with a ‘Feminist Twist’
A female-driven reboot of The Honeymooners is in development at CBS, reimagining the classic sitcom for 2022.
The classic blue-collar sitcom The Honeymooners is making a return. Per Deadline, CBS is planning a new take on the comedy series described as a multi-camera project with a “feminist twist.” The reboot comes from Damon Wayans Jr. and Kameron Tarlow’s Two Shakes Entertainment in collaboration with CBS Studios. Writer Lindsey Shockley (Mixed-ish) and director Kelly Park (Country Comfort) are also executive producing the new show.
A basic synopsis has also been revealed. The new version of The Honeymooners is a “bold, female-driven reboot of the iconic working-class comedy centered around new wife Ruth and her husband Alex who are determined to have a marriage where they are true equals in every way. But what happens when a marriage has two heads of the household? Are they co-heads? Or no head at all?”
Things have changed greatly since The Honeymooners originally aired on CBS. The original show was based on a comedy sketch featured on Jackie Gleason’s variety show and aired for just one season from 1955-56. Gleason starred as bus driver Ralph Kramden with Audrey Meadows co-starring as his wife, Alice. The classic Kramden line of threatening to end Alice “to the moon” with an upraised fist has become very well known and has often been referenced in pop culture throughout the decades.
