Denis Leary is returning to FX for another comedy series since the end of Rescue Me in 2011. In a press release today, the network announced that they’ve ordered Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll to series for a ten-episode run to premiere sometime next year. Here’s FX’s full synopsis of the show, which Leary created and also stars in:
SDRR is centered on “Johnny Rock†(Leary), a middle-aged rock ‘n roller who desperately wanted to be rich and famous. So far, he’s 0 for 2. As the magnificently talented lead singer of New York’s legendary early 90’s band The Heathens, Johnny was on his way to the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. His best friend “Flash†was being called the next number one lead guitar player on planet earth. The critics loved them. Their live shows were selling out. But Johnny had a problem with booze. And coke. And weed. And pills. And cough medicine. And oh yeah – he slept with Flash’s wife. And his bass player’s fiancé. The band broke up the same day their first and only record was released. 25 years later Johnny is trying to get the band back together. Why? Because as his soon-to-be-ex manager Ira Feinbaum tells him: “Johnny, you’re 50, broke and completely anonymous. In rock ‘n roll you know what that makes you? A bartender.†25 years later the sex might be harder to find, the drugs might be Luvox and Crestor and Cialis – but rock ‘n roll will never die. It just has a bigger prostate.
Elaine Hendrix, John Corbett (Parenthood), Elizabeth Gillies (Nickelodeon’s Victorious), and Bobby Kelly (Louie) will join Leary in the New York-set series, which FX says will also feature original music and special appearances by a few unnamed “real†rock stars.