Disney/ABC receive top rating from homosexual activists.For regular viewers of network television dramas, soaps, and sitcoms, it might appear that Hollywood has been on a "gay" binge in recent years. After all, the number of lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT LGBT Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender ) TV characters in major and minor roles has exploded in the past decade. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Discrimination (GLAAD GLAAD Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ) website even features a "TV GAYED: GLAAD's Weekly Guide to What's LGBT on TV." However, the GLAAD activists are not glad about the progress of LGBT themes and characters on network television. In the introduction to its Network Responsibility Index issued on August 6, GLAAD President Neil G. Giuliano complained: "Millions of television viewers are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.... What kind of message does it send when such a large segment of the population is missing from the storytelling and unscripted un·script·ed adj. Not adhering to or in accordance with a script written beforehand: "his unscripted encounters with the press" Eleanor Clift. programming that comes into our homes every day?" GLAAD gave ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. , owned by Walt Disney Co., the highest rating of the five networks: ABC, NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. , CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. , FOX, and CW. The GLAAD report noted: "Of the five broadcast networks, ABC leads the way in LGBT inclusiveness. In the 2006-2007 broadcast season, ABC offered more LGBT series regulars than any other network, with Brothers & Sisters and Ugly Betty as particular standouts." According to the GLAAD study, ABC committed 15 percent of its prime time to LGBT "inclusive" programming. The youth-oriented CW network was second with 12-percent LGBT programming. CBS and NBC followed, with "gay" programming of 9 percent and 7 percent, respectively. Fox had "only" 6-percent GLAAD-approved LGBT programming. |
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