As Malcolm in the Middle returns after 20 years, creator Linwood Boomer and his wife/executive producer Tracy Katsky had plenty of family moments to look back on for inspiration.
While discussing the revival Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair, all four episodes now available to stream on Hulu, the couple told Deadline how they were inspired by the “parental pressure” they’ve experienced while raising their own four children.
“It’s in there because I don’t know what else to write except the stuff that’s really happening around me,” explained Boomer.
One part of the revival that reflects their own family life is the addition of Malcolm’s non-binary sibling Kelly (Vaughan Murrae), with whom his mom Lois (Jane Kaczmarek) discovered she was pregnant in the original show’s 2006 finale.
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