What Is ‘The Kominsky Method’, the Netflix Comedy Dominating the Golden Globes?

The Golden Globes love being ahead of the curve, which you can tell by all of the shows they award Best Musical or Comedy for their first seasons. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel last year, Atlanta before that, Mozart in the Jungle, Transparent, Brooklyn Nine-Nine–I could go on! Now you can add one more show to this freshman winners’ club: The Kominsky Method.

But what is The Kominsky Method? Here’s everything you need to know about the comedy currently sweeping the Golden Globes.

The Kominsky Method is a Netflix comedy that debuted back in November. It stars legit movie legends Michael Douglas (who won a Golden Globe for the role earlier tonight) and Alan Arkin, and also features Nancy Travis and Sarah Baker in the cast

Okay, but what is the Kominsky method? It’s the name of the acting class that the titular character, Michael Douglas’ Sandy Kominsky, teaches. He’s an older, quasi-struggling actor that teaches a whole bunch of clueless LA millennials in a scene-study class. Alan Arkin plays Norman Newlander, Sandy’s agent and his best friend… well, his only friend. The show is about these two men, Sandy and Norman, trying to get along and survive in a world of young’uns while they battle their aging bodies and fight off irrelevancy. When Norman’s wife passes away, her dying wish is for Sandy to take care of Norman, a promise that pushes these two mostly incompatible guys closer than they’ve ever been, whether they like it or not.

Rounding out the cast is Nancy Travis as one of Sandy’s students, a woman he finds himself interested in romantically (and she’s more age-appropriate than he’s used to!). And Sarah Baker plays Sandy’s daughter, the woman that tries to curb her father’s more careless inclinations and also keep his acting school running.

The show comes from noted sitcom mastermind Chuck Lorre. The writer got his start on Roseanne, Cybill, and Grace Under Fire in the ’90s before creating two of the biggest, longest-running sitcoms of the 21st century: Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory. The Kominsky Method is nothing like any of those shows, though, as it’s not a multi-cam sitcom (no live audience) and it actually takes shots at those kinds of shows!

So far only Season 1 is available to stream on Netflix, and it consists of 8 half-hour episodes. The show has yet to be renewed for Season 2, but after this win, it seems kinda like a given, right?

Oh, and it’s not spelled The Kaminsky Method! It’s The Kominsky Method and it’s on Netflix!

Stream The Kominsky Method on Netflix