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New TV Season Is Pretty and Witty... But Less Gay
An annual report by GLAAD says that the coming TV season is less gay than the one prior, with a total of seven series (versus last year's nine) on the five networks regularly featuring lesbian, gay, bi or transgender characters. The study notes that the only new show to feature a non-hetero person is ABC's midseason Cashmere Mafia, in which Bonnie Somerville swings from both sides of the plate.ABC retained its strong lead in featuring LGBT characters, thanks to the likes of Brothers & Sisters, Ugly Betty and Housewives (which this season has a gay couple moving into the nabe). NBC, with The Office's Oscar, is the only other major to showcase a L, G, B or T.Among recurring LGBT characters, ABC boasts six of network TV's 13. Fox has four (all fabulously animated!) and NBC three.No, I don't know in which category Betty's nephew got counted.
An annual report by GLAAD says that the coming TV season is less gay than the one prior, with a total of seven series (versus last year's nine) on the five networks regularly featuring lesbian, gay, bi or transgender characters. The study notes that the only
new show to feature a non-hetero person is ABC's midseason
Cashmere Mafia, in which Bonnie Somerville swings from both sides of the plate.
ABC retained its strong lead in featuring LGBT characters, thanks to the likes of
Brothers & Sisters,
Ugly Betty and
Housewives (which this season has a gay couple moving into the nabe). NBC, with
The Office's Oscar, is the only other major to showcase a L, G, B or T.
Among recurring LGBT characters, ABC boasts six of network TV's 13. Fox has four (all fabulously animated!) and NBC three.
No, I don't know in which category
Betty's nephew got counted.