DADDYHUNT: THE SERIAL
COMEDY / DRAMA
USA
2016-2018
DADDYHUNT: THE SERIAL is an online series from the gay dating site Daddyhunt. Daddyhunt has entered into a partnership for its series with Building Healthy Online Communities (BHOC), an organization that connects HIV and STD organizations. The previous season of Daddyhunt: the Serial focused on the use of PrEP. All the storylines surrounding the characters revolve around STDs. DADDYHUNT: THE SERIAL consists of 11 episodes of 22 minutes.
STORY: With the series they want to show how to deal with an STD, when to get tested, how to tell your regular partner, and also your casual contacts. They do this by having the main characters in the series talk about it in a truthful way.
GAY COUPLE STORYLINE: A young man (Bj Gruber) mistakes his salt&pepper older neighbour (Jim Newman) for a handyman, which begins a gay romance story for the modern age.
daddy (Jim Newman) & boy (Bj Gruber)
JIM NEWMAN (2016-2018), May 13, 1964, Birmingham, AL, USA
Bj GRUBER (2016-2018) September 16, 1990, Richmond, VA, USA
SPECIAL: The third season has started and is about the romance between two men that is tested when one of the two contracts an STD. How do you tell your partner? And the other men you slept with? The importance of routine testing and reducing stigma surrounding STDs are topics that will be discussed.
AWARDS: 'DADDYHUNT: THE SERIAL' 2 wins & 1 nomination
7.5 IMDB
