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The Cool Kids is an American comedy television series, created by Charlie Day and Paul
Fruchbom, that premiered on September 28, 2018, on Fox. The series follows three male
residents of a retirement community that are forced to adapt to the arrival of a new, rebellious
female occupant and it stars Vicki Lawrence, Martin Mull, David Alan Grier and Leslie Jordan. On
October 19, 2018, it was announced that Fox had ordered an additional nine episodes of the
series, bringing the first season total up to twenty-two episodes.
The Cool Kids follows three male senior citizen friends at Shady Meadows Retirement
Community who "are the top dogs until they're blown out of the water by the newest member of
the community, a female rebel who's ready to challenge their place – it’s high school with 70
somethings."[1]