ABC Most Gay Inclusive, Says TV Loving GLAAD
 
 

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American Broadcasting Company did it again!

For two years in a row ABC has topped GLAAD's list of the most queer inclusive network and cable channels. FX came in second, while basically every other channel received big, fat failing marks:

At the other end of the scale, NBC, Fox, A&E, Spike, TBS, USA Network and TNT all received fail grades from the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD).
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ABC — led by "Brothers & Sisters," "Desperate Housewives" and "Ugly Betty" — was given a grade of "good," with the highest score among broadcasters. The report said 24% of ABC's programming hours was considered inclusive. The report praised "Brothers & Sisters" in particular for portraying the first gay marriage on television.

Isn't it a bit sad that 24% inclusivity counts as "good?"

In compiling their data, GLAAD staffers watched 4,911 hours of prime time television, which sounds as blissful as it does boring. Meanwhile, NBC and Fox, which scored 6 and 4 percent, respectively, slipped in the rankings from last year. Gotta get some queers, kids!

 
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No. 1 · kelly

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Posted: Jul 14, 2008 at 11:38 am
No. 2 · Erin

I find GLAAD's low rating of NBC absolutely ridiculous. How could they just IGNORE Bravo and Oxygen??

Posted: Jul 14, 2008 at 11:38 am
No. 3 · GranDiva

For GLAAD's purposes, all the NBC Universal properties are separate entities, apparently, even though NBC doesn't seem to think so, judging from the way they repurpose their stuff between networks.

Posted: Jul 14, 2008 at 12:45 pm
No. 4 · CondeNasty

First gay marriage on television? Didn't Blanche's brother Clayton Get married on an episode of Golden Girls like 20 years ago? Wow, that is the gayest thing I have said so far today…

Posted: Jul 14, 2008 at 12:53 pm
No. 5 · sam

NBC is practising a phony acceptance based on segregation. It segregates almost every male-male interaction into its non-mainstream channels. This is almost just as homphobic as what the religious right does.

Posted: Jul 15, 2008 at 12:02 am
No. 6 · sam

GLAAD should have given a brickbat to MTV for its extremely homophobic portrayals in shows like A Shot At Love. There are two grounds for this:

a) MTV portrays female homosexuality and female bisexuality in terms of a titillating fetish for sleazy straight guys.
b) MTV consistently excludes gay and bisexual men from this show.

Posted: Jul 15, 2008 at 12:04 am
No. 7 · tom

"Isn’t it a bit sad that 24% inclusivity counts as “good?”"

Well, considering that we don't make up 24% of the population, I'd say that's great.

Posted: Jul 15, 2008 at 6:46 am
No. 8 · Eric

why does GLAAD always have to be so damn gay. how is ABC the top when you have networks out there like Bravo. they had the GLAAD awards on Bravo for gods sake.
and is Sam kidding me? any portrayal that stays away from defamation and slander is good to me.
I also agree with tom. gays should be represented on TV the way they are in life, it just makes sence.
I used to like GLAAD but they freak out about stupid crap and give gay badly made ratings

Posted: Sep 14, 2008 at 8:48 pm
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