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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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To: Rastus

Classic example how what Hollywood does. That show started as traditional story based on fairy tales and they worked in the BS. It got more and more ham fisted. The word woke wasn’t used yet but that is exactly what it was and it ruined what was a family show.


21 posted on 11/06/2025 7:54:11 PM PST by iamgalt
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I was excited for the second season of The Last of Us until on the very first episode the teenager in the series that Pedro Pascal’s character saves goes lesbian. I shut it off and haven’t watched it since.

-SB


22 posted on 11/06/2025 7:56:43 PM PST by Snowybear (Do or do not, there is no try.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer; xp38; JayGalt; Uncle Miltie; dfwgator; Bikkuri; Destroyer Sailor; Rastus; ...

It will be (per your opinion) a little less action packed, but I create free open source audio books all the time and post them here on Free Republic.

New audiobook release: John Hancock
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New audiobook release: America’s Retreat from Victory; The Story of George Catlett Marshall, by Senator Joe McCarthy
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There are dozens of them by searching for the key word “””freeperbookclub””” and we have more on the way working toward completion.
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There’s worse things in the world than increasing your education and the knowledge of those around you.

When shutting of the TV, it has to be replaced with something. It’s a humble offering. And also if there’s something you would like to see created I’m open to suggestions.


23 posted on 11/06/2025 8:52:07 PM PST by ProgressingAmerica (We cannot vote our way out of these problems. The only way out is to activist our way out.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Seasons 1-5 were great. It went downhill in season six. Once he purchased the ranch, the whole tone and tenor changed.


24 posted on 11/06/2025 8:58:58 PM PST by NurdlyPeon (It is the nature of liberals to pervert whatever they touch.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

i wouldn’t know... i cut that cord 20+ years ago and haven’t looked back


25 posted on 11/07/2025 3:18:23 AM PST by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Excuse me while I puke.


26 posted on 11/07/2025 3:37:30 AM PST by spincaster (i)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Remember when it was stated, “we just want to be left alone.”? Now every major network are the groomers and recruiters for the Lesbian, Gay, Bestiality, Transgender movement.
I can imagine in the making of EVERY series or movie there is a checklist and one of those checkboxes is LGBT CHARACTERS and sub check boxes to go with that.
ARE LGBT characterized as STRONG?
ARE LGBT portrayed in a POSITIVE WAY?

The nation has been indoctrinated/groomed into a position that LGBT is normal behavior and not the abomination that it is. If you want to destroy a nation what better way than to get its population to abandon the family!


27 posted on 11/07/2025 4:21:01 AM PST by missnry (The truth will set you free ... and drive liberals crazy!)
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To: missnry

The joy is we can walk away and they go broke. Film, theatre attendance & Tv studios profits are dropping and many multi million $ losses have occurred for recent releases.
https://www.filmtake.com/distribution/from-blockbusters-to-bust-why-the-film-industry-is-fading-fast/

That makes me smile. Arrogance goes before a fall.


28 posted on 11/07/2025 5:14:49 AM PST by JayGalt (For America!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Primetime TV includes streaming. So people who stream modern series are primarily the ones effected.

I tried watching a couple modern series that people here liked but ...yuk. Stopped. I watch old series and self made youtube videos now.


29 posted on 11/07/2025 5:24:15 AM PST by Varda
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I haven’t watched t.v. in over 10 years, so I really don’t know how bad it is now. I don’t plan to find out.


30 posted on 11/07/2025 6:31:44 AM PST by fwdude (Why is there a "far/radical right," but damned if they'll admit that there is a far/radical left)
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To: Varda

I’m finding more classics on the streaming services, even free ones like Tubi. Twilight Zone, Barny Miller, Jonny Quest, and many others. These are my escape vehicles during down time.

It’s interesting watching older “progressive” shows like MTM. You see the battle being waged even back then. Feminism was ugly from the very start.


31 posted on 11/07/2025 6:37:41 AM PST by fwdude (Why is there a "far/radical right," but damned if they'll admit that there is a far/radical left)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Why would any sane person pop for freak shows what’s next how to eat paint with chop sticks.


32 posted on 11/07/2025 7:08:21 AM PST by Vaduz
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To: JayGalt

“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.”

They got me twice; Lost and the Walking Dead. Enjoyed both shows right up to the homosexual kissing. Stopped watching both immediately. They won’t get me again because I’m never going to watch their crap.


33 posted on 11/07/2025 7:18:31 AM PST by suthener ( I do not like living under our homosexual, ghetto, feminist government.)
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To: fwdude

Tubi is definately one of my favorites. It has a great selection of old movies.
Hubby insisted on getting Max (HBO) because of sports. Turns out it has TCM and the Criterion Collection. I’ve been watching their silent movies recently and really enjoying those.


34 posted on 11/07/2025 11:18:56 AM PST by Varda
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