Pretirement
How the older half lives.
Written by Melanie Abrams
After a series of misfortunes, glamorous twenty-something Madison
finds herself living in her grandmother’s retirement home.
Target 20-120, all broadcast
Half hour
15 ep/season
Dramedy
Madison Pott’s life is perfect; successful business, gorgeous best friend, rich fiancé. But when a shady business investment goes south - dragging her engagement with it - her future crumbles at her feet. With nowhere else to turn, Madison arrives at the luxurious seniors-only community of her estranged, ill grandmother, only to find her dead in bed. But when Madison discovers that her grandmother’s sprawling apartment is rent-controlled, she decides to keep her death a secret and remain there as her “caretaker”. After spreading the word that her grandmother is convalescing in the apartment (complete with a dressed-up dummy), Madison finds herself the quirky queen bee of the retirees, entwined in the dramas of Bingo night potlucks (special brownies included) and geriatric gossip. Navigating the prying eyes of the building manager and the curious hearing aides of her peers, Madison finds herself unexpectedly entangled in the secrets, affairs and misdemeanors of her elderly neighbors. Peppered with vintage-style flashbacks from every decade and the glamour and drama of a modern-day soap, Pretirement is as hilarious, heartwarming and harebrained as your granny. Gas up your Jazzies for a wild ride through the Murrieta Astoria Retirement Sanctuary.
Production of this series hopes to bring awareness to the lack of
adequate facilities and joy for the elderly left without caring family
members, and to benefit Second Wind Dreams, a charity dedicated to
changing the perception of aging through the fulfillment of dreams for
those living in assisted living facilities.