Ian McKellen: Family Values

“It’s a fairly traditional sitcom which reminds me of The Golden Girls or I Love Lucy.
“It’s not aiming to shock people. It won’t alarm anyone. It isn’t a satire or an exposé of gay life. These characters just happen to be gay.
“For me, it is as if TV has grown up.
“In the past, gay characters in sitcoms have been figures of fun. They were funny because they were gay. But I like the fact that these characters are funny because of the people they are. That’s a real advance.”
“It’s a family show that will get the broadest possible demographic. Everyone will be able to relate to the characters."

Ian McKellen in The Sun on Vicious.

And talking about people who "just happen to be gay" just happens to be a vacuous cliche.
Art that attempts to be "something for everyone" usually ends up meaning nothing to anyone.
Vicious starts on ITV next Monday.
From this painful clip it looks like a "comedy" in the loosest sense of the word.