Looking to the future

Looking is an American comedy-drama television series created by Michael Lannan, based on his own short film Lorimer. The series, which is executive produced by Lannan, Andrew Haigh, David Marshall Grant and Sarah Condon, premiered on HBO on January 19, 2014. Looking focuses on the professional and personal lives of a small group of gay men living in San Francisco, California and stars Jonathan Groff, Frankie J. Alvarez, Murray Bartlett, Raúl Castillo, Lauren Weedman and Russell Tovey. During the course of the series, 18 episodes of Looking aired over two seasons. On March 25, 2015, HBO canceled the series, but announced that a special would serve as a finale, which premiered at the Frameline Film Festival on June 26, 2016, and debuted on the network on July 23, 2016.