Will and Grace creators David Kohan and Max Mutchnick are poised to unleash their newest creation, Mid-Century Modern, on Disney+ audiences this weekend. Set in Boca Raton, Florida, Mid-Century revolves around the recent lives of 3 gay best friends who have all move into one of the group’s spacious houses along with one of their mothers. The hi-jinks that ensue and the caricatures that abound on screen have people comparing this to The Golden Girls, and for very good reason.

After the passing of their friend, and lamenting their single lives, best friends Bunny Schneiderman (Nathan Lane), Jerry Frank (Matt Bomer), and Arthur Broussard (Nathan Lee Graham) all decide to live under one roof, specifically Bunny’s spacious house in Boca Raton. But the trio also has another roommate in the form of the cantankerous Sybil (Linda Lavin), Bunny’s controlling yet loving mother. Through the course of the 10 episode season, the group gets into typical sitcom chicanery. Nothing here is breaking new ground, and it  relies heavily on guest stars for boosting its  laughs.

To say this resembles The Golden Girls would be an understatement. Mid-Century Modern is Golden Girls with rainbow colored frosting, right down to the character types. Bunny and Sybil are, of course, direct take offs of Dorothy and Sophia, right down to the fact that Bunny is the most successful of the bunch. Blanche’s entitled airs are perfectly mirrored in Arthur, though Arthur is distinctly less successful in the bedroom. And Bomer’s Jerry is a straight up Himbo that actually makes Betty White’s Rose look smarter by comparison. And moving the setting from Miami to Boca isn’t fooling anyone, it’s very clear where the idea for this entire series came from.

All of this could be forgiven if it were consistently funny. While Mid-Century Modern is not devoid of laughs, it certainly doesn’t have an amazing batting record. As hit and miss as it is, though, it’s still batting just under .500, with slightly more misses. The cast and crew filmed the episodes in front of an audience, but the final product very distinctively features laughter that they added  in afterwards. Lane and Graham are both fine enough, but its frankly nothing new. Bomer playing against type as the ultimate Himbo does provide some of the series bigger laughs, but also grows tiresome.

The shining star in the middle of the series though is the late, great Linda Lavin, who sadly passed away having only shot 7 of the 10 episodes. This forced a pivot in the series that leads to the perhaps the series best episode, Here’s to You, Mrs. Schneiderman, which turns into a loving tribute for the amazingly talented Lavin. Also appearing a few times is Californication star Pamela Adlon as Bunny’s sister Mindy. Knowing the backstory, it feels as though Adlon may have had more scenes added as a method to try and fill the void left from Lavin.

As for cameos, episodes 2 and 3 have some doozies that help buoy the action. But even those can’t seem to do enough to lift this material up from something that feels like a retread. It’s sad because there’s some real talent onscreen, but tired tropes seem to weigh this down. Perhaps one of the funnier aspects isn’t story related at all, but after a few episodes of heavy innuendo in subject matter, but tame language, the series makes a hard right and starts dropping F bombs all over the place, as if someone said, ‘it may be Disney, but you can swear’. And maybe if they have gone farther into embracing the raunchier aspects of the script sooner and more often, Mid-Century Modern could have truly given us something more than mid.