Friday,
May 20, 2005
TV
ROUNDUP
The
L Word aired its final episode of the second season this
week, to mixed reviews. But with at least nine months until the
next season starts, we have plenty of time to argue about it. (And
no, the third-season start date hasn't been announced yet.)
Megg
on syndicated daytime reality show/therapy session Starting
Over admitted being confused about her sexual orientation this
week, Rachel continued to be Rachel on MTV's The Inferno 2,
and Mia Kirshner's bisexual assasin Mandy reappeared on the Fox
drama 24 (look for her on the season finale next week,
as well).
Coming
up this weekend: the season premiere of Queer
as Folk. In
fact, the entire month of June is Gay Pride Month on Showtime. In
addition to airing the new season of Queer as Folk, the
pay channel will include a lineup of gay movies that includes documentaries
about gay marriage and parenting (We are Dad and Same
Sex America), a dramatic short film about a woman who discovers
her husband is bisexual and that she is pregnant (Shook),
a movie about a 15-year old boy dealing with his parents divorce
and the fact that his father is gay (Jack).
So
basically, a gazillion gay guys and a few token lesbians, and then
Queer as Folk. But I repeat myself.
SURVEY
SAYS...
Among the reported results
of a new survey by the Gay/Lesbian Consumer Online Census is that
the top show among gays and lesbians is Will and Grace,
followed by Queer as Folk, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,
Six Feet Under, and Law and Order.
Hmmm,
not exactly the list most lesbians I know would come up with. While
the census broke out the responses by gay men versus lesbians in
a few other categories, like favorite magazines and websites, it
oddly chose not to do so in this category (and most of the others,
like Top Cable Network, where the winner was Bravo, a channel that
has pretty much ignored lesbians completely). Which makes this yet
another survey result about "gays and lesbians" that appears
to be really just about gay men.
UPFRONTS
ROUNDUP
The
networks have all announced their lineups for the 2005-2006 season,
and it's looking pretty grim for lesbian characters next season.
Two of the shows with known lesbian characters (UPN's Crazy
and ABC's love live) were not picked up, but the Stockard
Channing-led sitcom Out of Practice was picked up by CBS
for its fall schedule. In a rarity for network television,
this sitcom about a family of single doctors includes a prominent
lesbian character; read more about that here.
When
it comes to openly gay actresses on TV, we'll still have Portia
de Rossi next season, since Arrested
Development (Fox) was unexpectedly renewed, but Committed
(NBC), co-starring Tammy Lynn Michaels, was not. And then
there's that new Sara Gilbert sitcom Twins coming to the
WB this fall...
ELLEN SPEAKS OUT
In a forthcoming interview with Allure magazine, Ellen
DeGeneres talks for the first time about being molested by her stepfather
when she was 17. She cautioned that some people have reacted to
this information by concluding that this is why she's gay, but "I
was a lesbian way before that. My earliest memories are of being
a lesbian." She also talks about her break-up with Anne Heche,
saying "Anne broke my heart into a million pieces," and
that the two haven't spoken since the break-up. About her relationship
with de Rossi, Ellen says "I pray that Portia and I are together
the rest of our lives."
That's
it for this week! Check back next Friday for a new installment of
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