“let’s hope they don’t eff it up with crazy modernity.”
I am pretty sure that a trans character and a gay character are now required on any new tv shows.
A poorly-kept secret is that Frasier and Niles played their characters as if they were gay. Of course, Niles’ portrayer actually is.
Well, Bulldog and Niles and Gil (the restaurant critic) are homos IRL.
Frasier also had a one-off episode "Good Samaritan" that centered around a trans prostitute, who is then corn-ily discovered not to be a pro but a resident of his same building. Also, Frasier's boss Mercedes Ruehl is all woman, but one would swear the producers told her to play the role as a trans.