Josh Thomas Isn't Afraid of America

After Please Like Me, the Aussie comic now has his own (uncomfortably, hilariously honest) teen sitcom.

- JACKSON MCHENRY

JOSH THOMAS SNEAKED into America with Please Like Me, a somewhat autobiographical cult comedy about floundering Australian 20-somethings, but now he’s staking his claim in the U.S. with Everything’s Gonna Be Okay. The new show is on Freeform, Disney’s network geared to teens, and the essential elements are the same: Both are filled with gay characters whose neuroses, obsessions with well-plated meals and sex lives stem from Thomas’s own life and observations of those around him. Everything weds his fondness for sweetly cringe-inducing comedy to the structure of a more traditional family sitcom centered on an older sibling abruptly saddled with more responsibility than he expects he can handle. (The show premiered in mid-January, but older episodes are streaming on Hulu.)