Having already created series like “New Girl” and sitcoms like “Single Parents” and “Bless This Mess,” writer/showrunner/producer Liz Merriwether’s position in TV comedy is well-cemented by now. But she really kicked it up a serious notch with “The Dropout,” an excellent mini-series charting the rise and fall of the disgraced biotechnology company Theranos and its founder, Elizabeth Holmes, played by Amanda Seyfried (read our review), which was showered with love at the 2022 Emmy Awards, the PGA, WGA and the Screen Actors Guild Awards. So Meriwether returns to similar-ish territory with the FX limited series “Dying For Sex.”
READ MORE: ‘Dying For Sex’ & The 75 Most Anticipated TV Shows Of 2025
Co-created and written by Kim Rosenstock (a “New Girl” and “Single Parents” producer) and Meriwether and also based on a podcast, based on the podcast series of the same name by Nikki Boyer, “Dying For Sex” is inspired by the story of one woman’s terminal cancer diagnosis and the unconventional journey that beckons from it. Starring five-time Oscar nominee Michelle Williams, the series chronicles the life of a woman diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer who abandons her husband of 15 years and begins to explore her sexuality fully.
Co-stars in the series include Jenny Slate, Jay Duplass, Kelvin Yu, David Rasche, Esco Jouléy, with Rob Delaney and Sissy Spacek, too. Other guest stars also include Margaret Cho, Robby Hoffman, Paula Pell, and Marcello Hernandez.
Here’s the official synopsis:
FX’s Dying for Sex is inspired by the story of Molly Kochan, originally shared on a Wondery podcast created with her best friend, Nikki Boyer. After Molly (Michelle Williams) receives a diagnosis of Stage IV metastatic breast cancer, she decides to leave her husband, Steve (Jay Duplass) and begins to explore the full breadth and complexity of her sexual desires for the first time in her life. She gets the courage and support to go on this adventure from her best friend, Nikki (Jenny Slate), who stays by her side until the very end. Also joining the cast are Rob Delaney, Kelvin Yu, David Rasche, Esco Jouléy and Sissy Spacek.
FX’s Dying for Sex is written and co-created by Kim Rosenstock & Elizabeth Meriwether, who also serve as executive producers along with Katherine Pope, Kathy Ciric, Wondery’s Hernan Lopez, Jen Sargent, Marshall Lewy and Aaron Hart, Michelle Williams, Nikki Boyer, Shannon Murphy and Leslye Headland. Dying for Sex is produced by 20th Television.
All eight episodes of FX’s new limited series “Dying For Sex” will premiere Friday, April 4 on Hulu. Watch the first trailer below.
