Posted on 05/13/2013 2:56:44 PM PDT by drewh
LOS ANGELES, May 12 (UPI)--Four U.S. TV shows with prominent gay story lines during a record-breaking season for openly gay characters will be cut for the next season, officials said. NBC's "The New Normal" and "Smash" and "Go On" and CBS's "Partners," will get the ax, the Hollywood Reporter said Saturday.
Heather Morris, who plays a bisexual on Fox's "Glee," will not be returning next season, the Reporter said.
A Hollywood Reporter survey in November discovered that gay characters on TV, including couples on "Grey's Anatomy" and "Modern Family," helped voters to support gay marriage at the polls.
"This data would suggest that seeing this stuff makes it more socially acceptable. Views on gay marriage have exponentially gone in its favor since 2002," THR pollster Jon Penns said at the time.
The THR poll came a month after watchdog group Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation released its annual "Where We are on TV" report that found a record number regular LGBT characters on the small screen.
"The sheer number of characters who will no longer be on the air means diversity on television is once again at risk. Following a season with the highest recorded number of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender characters, these cancellations mean networks have to make a concerted effort to ensure the 2013-2014 season truly reflects the diversity of their audience," Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation national spokesman Wilson Cruz said.
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Isn't NBC the network that Leno is slamming every night for being just terrible? I can't believe that they'll finish the season with these sodomite turkeys rather than show re-rums of classic shows . . .
First I didn’t realize that Go On was gay themed. It isn’t. The real pity is about 25 straight themed shows were cancelled. Where are all the articles on those??????
Yes but unfortunately three states passed gay marriage by the voters I. 2012. We are definitely losing this battle. I don’t know how that happened. I swear we are doomed.
I stopped watching “Scandal” after they had the the two gay guys standing naked in front of each, to ensure neither was wearing a wire, went all buggers for each other.
It was too much and I thought if this is what they want to promote, fine but, it was very unappealing.
Gaycee Pennies ...
I watch TCM and Westerns on Encore!
It is nice that these shows are canned because the Girls watch prime time and now I don’t have to listen to the stupid comercials! I kinda liked Stever HArvey but TV wants to always push the envelope. His show the other day White woman hadn’t dated in 30 years ane he of course sets her up with a Black dude!
Hollywood wants to always make the mismatch! Black on white black on mex! Gay on Hetro!
Never about the foundation that made the country and what a family was really centered on! I know it’s not Leave it to Beaver anymore but crap give the American Family a break. There are still one or two normal families out there somewhere!
Nobody wants to watch fudgepacker tv.Even the liberals.Funny
There is a lesson here to be learned for the networks; but, I am pretty sure they missed it.
Jane Lynch (the coach) is an activist lesbian.
“Perhaps those who select network programming should consider the possibility that normal people are disgusted with perversion, and they may permanently lose their remaining audience if they continue pandering to a small, revolting minority.”
Very well said. I couldn’t have said it better.
Perversion is still perversion no matter how nice you dress it up.
***Same here, what man would watch any or those shows even if it was 100% gay-free?***
While they will blame the religious right, I’ve noticed over the years that the most anti-homo people are the non religious blue collar working men.
I can't imagine what it would be, other than perhaps the need for a more forceful imposition of San Francisco values on flyover country. It's not like we'll stop watching . . . is it?
It seems like half the shows on HGTV and the like are about “How to help gay couples find a home.” What about the other 98% of the population?
Yeah, I mean it must be about women and girls. I mean if you take all the gay out of any of the shows mentioned, what men are going to stand up and applaud and think, “All right! Now I can watch Glee or the New Normal, and these awesome creations won’t be ruined by all the gay!”
I mean I can’t think of anything that sounds much worse than ‘Glee’, unless it’s one of those all-women talk shows or the jewelry shopping show.
Freegards
I'm sure that there are a lot of men who watch glee to see Naya Rivera playing the role of Santana Lopez singing and dancing.
Do they have the sound off and the lights turned down for however long Glee is on?
All I can say is I would much rather read a book or watch baseball like a human, crap I would probably watch WNBA over Glee if I had to choose and they probably have 100 times as many gays and are still looking down at Glee from the bottom of the barrel. I mean the premise of Glee sounds like something someone came up with to ensure that I never see one second of it, ever.
In my opinion.
Freegards
rump ranchers!
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I love westerns.
Cowboys eating pudding.
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