Gays, Lesbians Watch 'Queer Eye,' 'South Park,' 'Golden Girls'

MediaBuyerPlanner.com ^ | October 17, 2005

[smartin]

A new study from Simmons on the media consumption of the gay and lesbian population suggests that many preconceived notions about this demographic are incorrect, writes Media Life. While it's true that gays favor premium cable channels, consistent with stereotypes, they are also apparently big fans of Comedy Central's South Park, for example.

The media usage of this demographic goes beyond Bravo, which airs Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (viewed by 41 percent of the gay population in the last month, compared to 7 percent of overall population). Gay men are most likely to watch the following channels (in descending order): Comedy Central, Discovery, Spike TV, A&E, Bravo, Sci Fi, CNN, Lifetime, Fox News, and HGTV.

Gay women are most likely to watch HBO, A&E, USA, ESPN, Discovery, Lifetime, Showtime, Bravo, TNT, and Starz.

However, MTV Networks' ad-supported network targeting gay men and women, with 18 million subscribers, was not included in the study. The network launched June 30.

In specific shows, South Park was watched by about 25 percent of gay men and lesbians in the last four weeks. Other popular shows include Law & Order: SVU, Lifetime's Golden Girls, and Spike TV's Real TV.

Gay men and women are also more likely to subscribe to cable and satellite TV than the average person, at 91 percent versus 80 percent of the total population.

[Redcloak]

I wonder when these particular viewers will start a "Bring back Lemmiwinks and Mr. Slave" petition drive.

[frogjerk]

Lifetime - The "ALL Women Are Victims" Channel...........

Absolutely...and don't forget, only metrosexuals with a soft side can be partial heroes of any story.

Even if by some chance they are portraying a psycho woman killer you can be sure some male figure (her husband, father or boyfriend) made her that way and it's not totally her fault.

[sure_fine]

ut oh, headed to the mirror just to be sure

[rhombus]

FOX NEWS?????????

I guess Brit must be so damn cute!

[Past Your Eyes]

Maybe those are the Log Cabin ones.

[AzSteven]

FOX NEWS?????????

The Shepard Smith effect...

[taxed2death]

"Lifetime - The "ALL Women Are Victims" Channel..........."

Yup, that and the "Oxygen" channel....
I call them the male bashing channels....

[Red Badger]

I just realized that Farrah Fawcett now actually looks like her character in "The Burning Bed".............

[small voice in the wilderness]

I KNEW there had to be a reason they kept his smarmy mug on the air!

[WestVirginiaRebel]

The Sci Fi Channel? I always wondered about Commander Adama and Colonel Tigh...

[Red Badger]

It's called "Oxygen" because when it's on, I go outside to get some........

[Clemenza]

I think that this demographic misunderstood the song "Getting Gay with Kids."

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

FOX NEWS????????? I guess Brit must be so damn cute!

AHHHH... I get it, but its not Brit....



It is ....
"Twinkle Toes Shep Smith"©!!!

[WestVirginiaRebel]

It's Geraldo. They're jealous of his hair.

[Red Badger]

You mean O'Reilly doesn't turn them on?..............or Greta?.......

[Rightly Biased]

South Park is an equal opportunity offender

[johnny7]

The Wendy Torrance Channel.

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

Lifetime is the "Man Hater Channel"

Oxygen is the "Slut and Whore Channel"

[Niteranger68]

Or, the "What he did to her" channel.

Don't forget the baby!

[Red Badger]

I wonder if Lifetime has ever shown "The Hand That Rocks The Cradle".........?