"Way Out": Showtime developing reality show about coming out

The Showtime network (the folks behind Queer as Folk and The L Word) are in the midst of developing a reality series about gay and lesbian people coming out to their friends and family.

Titled Way Out, the project is in the pilot stage and is being compared to A&E's approach to addiction recovery in Intervention, mostly because it comes from that series' executive producer, Bryn Freedman. In each episode the gay or lesbian central subject would come out in a group meeting, and deal with the aftermath.

Definitely an interesting topic, and one that could be very engaging if done right. Like many of us, my own coming out was gradual and piecemeal (I didn't organize a press conference or anything), so seeing someone come out to a group of friends and family at once would be interesting.