Gay-oriented Logo cable net has started production on news show "Sordid Lives: The Series," scripted satirical fare that follows a dysfunctional Texas family. The program is set for a fall premiere
and is based on a play and movie by Del Shores, of "Queer as Folk" and "Dharma & Greg" fame.
Shores wrote and will direct all 12 half-hour episodes. Much of the cast from the stage
and film versions will be back to reprise their roles, including Olivia Newton-John and Beth Grant, who plays a drug-addled matriarch of the clan. Leslie Jordan will also guest star in several
episodes in his role as an institutionalized brother who channels Tammy Wynette.
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