Want to know what the head of ABC Daytime thinks about his network's lesbian plot lines? Just ask him to lunch! We love the idea that all it takes to get an interview with Brian Frons, President of ABC Daytime is the promise of cheeseburgers at Madeo in West Hollywood. [Full Disclosure: Your editor worked for ABC Daytime about a bazillion years ago.]

He chats about how All My Children's lesbians "are cuter" than the ones of Grey's Anatomy and his comfortableness with putting gay and lesbian characters on daytime since having them appear is "true to what’s happening in people’s houses."

Patrick Dempsey appeared on lesbian entertainer Ellen DeGeneres' talk show yesterday and, yes, the conversation turned to actress Brooke Smith's recent axing from ABC's Grey's Anatomy.

Some suspect ABC gave Smith the boot because her on-screen lesbian relationship was getting a bit too serious. Dempsey gave no credence to those rumors - not because they're not true, but because network executives told him what to say:

ABC actually sends me over what I should [say]… 'We've had a great time working with her and that the conclusion of her [character] has been orgasmic' — I'm sorry, I'm dyslexic! — 'organic' ending to the story line.'
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I don't know what happened with that story line. They decided not to continue it for some reason.

We weren't inclined to believe the aforementioned rumors, but ABC's choreographing of comments strikes us as a bit queer.

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?"

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An old, largely forgotten battle reignites this morning.

Former Grey's Anatomy actor Isaiah Washington, who left the show after calling costar TR Knight a "faggot," has filed a complaint against ABC for using his picture in a recent episode of the popular show about doctors and their problems.

[Washington] claims the producers failed to get consent over the use of the picture.

His attorney, Peter Nelson, sent notices to ABC and SAG indicating the alleged inappropriate use of Washington's image, the actor's manager Howard Bragman said.

"They have the rights of the character to advance the story, but not the image," he said, adding that what he expects out of this debacle is a "financial settlement."

Of course he does…

A reader reminded us of how much ABC's "The Look Of Love" tickles our aural fancy. We can't believe it's never crossed these blessed pages in the past.

The Brothers & Sisters are about to get a new brother. Well, brother-in-law.

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GLAAD and its star-studded pals will celebrate the non-profit's 19th annual media awards this weekend.

You know, when scads of celebrities come together to talk about how television help gay people - the least taxing of all activism.

In honor of the big event, Variety published a sizable article looking at the evolution of homos in media, especially on ABC, which garnered five nominations for its shows, like Brothers & Sisters.

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Wow. What an unbelievable shit show ABC aired last night.

We're talking, of course, about the Democratic Debates in Pennsylvania. Host Charlie Gibson talked up the event in his introduction, highlighting the city's resounding history. Too bad Gibson and cohost George Stephanopoulos couldn't think of anything historic to discuss. Rather than ironing out the issues ahead of the April 22nd primary vote, the ABC news men stuck to past scandals, readdressing Jeremiah Wright, Hillary Clinton's Bosnia trip and why Barack Obama doesn't wear a flag pin.

It wasn't until over an hour into the overhyped event that we actually got to hear about real issues, like Iraq and capital gain reform. By this point, however, we'd already zoned out and could only wonder, "Why are we watching this shit?"

While we deride ABC for their lackluster showing, we were intrigued by Hillary Clinton's Bosnia defense, in which she kind of, sort of admitted to lying (she, naturally, phrased it more politically). The Senator also mentioned that she apologized for claiming she came under sniper fire, but we don't recall that ever happening. Whatever, she was probably just dumbstruck by the shear inanity of last night's event.