Almost a third of queer TV characters will disappear from screens next year, report finds

Yahoo Entertainment ^ | 2023-03-21 | Louis Chilton

[Salman]

Nearly a third of the LGBT+ characters to have featured on US TV over the past year will not be returning in future, a new report has revealed.

Over the period between 1 June 2022 and 31 May 2023, a total of 596 LGBT+ characters were featured on scripted TV.

Of these, 175 will not be returning in the following season, as a result of series being cancelled or coming to a pre-agreed end. The majority of these characters (140) are the result of series being cancelled.

The statistics are taken from the annual report published by the US media monitoring organisation GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation).

The report takes into account LGBT+ characters across scripted primetime broadcast networks, scripted primetime cable networks, and scripted series on the eight major US streaming platforms: Prime Video, Hulu, Netflix, Apple TV+, Disney+, HBO Max, Peacock, and Paramount+.

Sarah Kate Ellis, CEO of GLAAD, describes the significant cancellation rates of LGBT+ “disappointing”.

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[Albion Wilde]

The majority of these [cancelled] characters (140) are the result of series being cancelled.”

Wonder if the two things have any cause'n'effect relationship?

Nah. Can't be.

/s

[pfflier]

The majority of these characters (140) are the result of series being cancelled.

Cancelled because people didn't want to watch them.

[Grampa Dave]

We/they are off to a good start.

[jaydubya2]

Are they shutting down HGTV network?



No more Nate and Jeremiah?

[Lockbar]

The GAY-STAPO will accuse the right of sending them to special camps

[central_va]

more like 3%

[JimRed]

It’s about time!

[citizen]

Put them all on a new subscription service: PERV-TV
Let those who want it pay up and leave the rest of us alone.

[citizen]

I started dropping current network programming in the 80s. The last live net program I watched was 24.
The net programming I see now is on the oldies channels.

[ontap]

When the queer character appears we switch channels!!!!

[5th MEB]

They are not gay, they are just QUEERS!

GAY = happy, light hearted, carefree, cheerful.

QUEER = Perverted, disgusting, miserable, often suicidal.

[Political Junkie Too]

This issue hit high gear in 2009 when Obama held a meeting with the leadership of the National Endowment for the Arts asking them to help advance his agenda by inserting liberal messaging into their plots and scripts.

In recent years, this included adding trans-gendered characters in roles, either overtly trans or playing straight roles of the opposite sex.

The most insidious tactic for new shows is to wait until viewership builds and then hit the audience with a propaganda show midway through the season. See last week's NBC's Quantum Leap high school transgender episode as an example.

-PJ

[JimRed]

Two queers on Barney Miller, IIRC.

[bert]

The totals don’t count Secretary Pete pretending to be something besides queer

[JimRed]

Usually if it a montage it is almost 100% to have at least one “gay” couple.

Don't say GAY! HOMOSEXUAL, because there's nothing GAY about it.

[5th MEB]

NO, it’s not; QUEER IS QUEER!

Whether it’s HOMOS or LESBOS it’s all disgusting!

[bert]

Actually, Queer is valid and correct usage

[little jeremiah]

12%? It was always 2% until it became “popular”.

[little jeremiah]

2% until it became “in”.

[shotgun]

Barney Miller was a great show. They figured out how get every stereotypical NY’er portrayed on the show and the whole country laughed at them.