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LGBTQ+ representation on primetime TV grows thanks to shows like ‘Abbott Elementary’ and ‘Hacks’
The Associated Press ^ | November 6, 2025 | BY MARK KENNEDY

Posted on 11/06/2025 6:33:07 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

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1 posted on 11/06/2025 6:33:07 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

interesting to note. I stopped watching tv about a decade ago.


2 posted on 11/06/2025 6:35:20 PM PST by xp38
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

And viewership
For the first time, broadcast television has officially fallen below 20% of total TV viewing in the U.S., according to a recent industry report.
Some of this may be due to increase in streaming but no doubt lack of interest in content contributes.


3 posted on 11/06/2025 6:37:13 PM PST by JayGalt (For America!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

When I last watched TV in 2011 I was watching a show “Once Upon a Time”. They ran an episode with a lesbian love story. That ended the series for me. People’s choices are their own but that kind of programming is an instant turnoff.


4 posted on 11/06/2025 6:43:07 PM PST by JayGalt (For America!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What is this “Prime Time” and “TV”?


5 posted on 11/06/2025 6:45:29 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Real Genocide of Christians by muslims in Sudan and Nigeria get no notice from Israel haters.)
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Plenty of stuff on YouTube to watch. I haven’t watched broadcast TV, other than for some sports in well over 30 years.


6 posted on 11/06/2025 6:45:57 PM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: JayGalt

Same here. Any movie or tv show... as soon as a queer shows up, the show goes off.


7 posted on 11/06/2025 6:52:48 PM PST by Bikkuri
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I never watch broadcast television. I stream everything and it is what I want to watch.


8 posted on 11/06/2025 6:55:37 PM PST by Destroyer Sailor (Revenge is a dish best served cold. )
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To: JayGalt

I stopped on the same episode.


9 posted on 11/06/2025 6:58:24 PM PST by Rastus
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To: dfwgator

I haven’t watched prime time network television since the late 80s. AE, Learning Channel and Discovery Channel sometimes had something good on, but not in a very long time. So, I just stream what I like now. TV programs were ruined by too much propaganda.


10 posted on 11/06/2025 6:59:23 PM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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I watch a lot of foreign shows now. There are actually some really good series from Turkey, and the women on them are gorgeous, I must say.


11 posted on 11/06/2025 7:00:00 PM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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I’ve been watching all seasons of “Tales of Wells Fargo.” It aired 1957 to 1962. I’m almost through with Season 6, yet I haven’t seen a single “Brokeback”type incident. How odd is that?

Just beautiful young women throwing themselves at the stoic Jim Hardie. Man, that guy had will power to resist.


12 posted on 11/06/2025 7:00:04 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom ( )
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The industry is going to eventually realize that those they turn off are not coming back.


13 posted on 11/06/2025 7:00:38 PM PST by JayGalt (For America!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Primetime TV is not gay enough apparently.


14 posted on 11/06/2025 7:03:24 PM PST by GSWarrior
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The ad agency for Nuveen Investments which opens the stock market on CNBC feaures a ‘manly’ woman. Which seems to be New York ad agencies way of pushing the commie sexual agendaa on the rest of us. If Nuveen isn’t part of the sexual bully community - they should change ad agencies or tell them to stop pushing their crap on Nuveen’s dime. Or we can just Bud Light them...


15 posted on 11/06/2025 7:08:46 PM PST by GOPJ (Soros thinks the 'American Dream' is communism... evil dude. <P><I><B><big><center></B>)
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Little Red Riding Hood and Dorothy Gale. Only a sick mind could make those two lovers on a show.

They gave the cute, awkward Librarian a girlfriend on one episode of The Librarians.

So many people I know loved Ozark. When the first episode ended with two men engaged in oral sex? Nope. Never continued. I tried out Get Shorty because I like Ray Romano, but quit a few minutes in for the same reason.

Look at this article. Nearly 500 gay characters—clear over-representation—and these people are still not happy.


16 posted on 11/06/2025 7:09:02 PM PST by Rastus
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To: Bikkuri

It’s a deal breaker for my husband and me, too. Plus woke nonsense of other flavors. We would rather watch older shows that were of better quality.


17 posted on 11/06/2025 7:22:06 PM PST by AmericanMermaid
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I think they can’t understand that many..most..heterosexuals are viscerally revolted by homosexual sex acts. I don’t impose my beliefs on homosexuals but I do not need to partake of their content.
Their attempts to normalize gay sex by desensitizing us isn’t working. It’s just destroying the viability of TV & Film industries. It’s more of an issue than it was before the push started.


18 posted on 11/06/2025 7:26:31 PM PST by JayGalt (For America!)
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It’s just destroying the viability of TV & Film industries.

In general, Hollywood is being woke. They're not allowed to make jokes because they're afraid of offending somebody.

19 posted on 11/06/2025 7:29:50 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“LGBTQ+ representation on primetime TV grows thanks to shows like ‘Abbott Elementary’ and ‘Hacks’ ... The study found that the percentage of characters of color slightly increased”

which basically means even more straight whites are being pushed out of network TV shows ... does anyone but morons even watch those shows anymore?


20 posted on 11/06/2025 7:45:42 PM PST by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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