The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lesbians on TV (56 page)

That Certain Summer,
ABC-TV, November 1, 1972, written by Richard Levinson and William Link.

As quoted in Vito Russo,
The Celluloid Closet
(Revised Edition) (New York: Harper & Row, 1987), p. 22

John J. O’Connor, “TV: Homosexuality Is Subject of Two Programs,”
The New York Times,
November 3,1972.

Ibid.

In a 1999 interview for
ultimateDallas.com
, Gray described transsexual Linda Murkland as “one of the best roles” she’s ever done and recounts how she researched for the role by talking to a transsexual named Rusty, who shared details about her childhood and sex change operation (see
www.dallas.ndirect.co.uk/lindagray.htm
).

“Episode One,”
Dynasty,
ABC-TV, January 12, 1981, written by Richard and Esther Shapiro.

Keith Howes,
Broadcasting
It (New York: Cassell, 1993), p. 748.

Ibid.

David Galligan, “All That
Glitters
Is Murder, Blackmail, Fraud, and Deceit,”
The Advocate,
January 26, 1977, p. 26.

Kevin Thomas, “Plight of the Gay in
Glitter Palace,” Los Angeles Times,
February 26, 1977.

Terry deCrescenzo,
NewsWest,
March 3—17, 1977.

Howes, p. 839.

“Another Censored Kiss,” GLAAD Media Release, May 16, 1994.

“GLAAD/LA Urges Fox Network to Air Season Finale of
Melrose Place
in its Entirety,” GLAAD Media Release, April 28, 1994.

“Melrose
Matt Willing to Go All the Way, But No Kissing,” GLAAD Alert, November 22,1996.

“Psycho Lesbian on
Melrose Place,”
GLAAD Alert, January 9, 1998.

Robert J. Thompson,
Television’s Second Golden Age: From Hill Street Blues to ER
(Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, 1997), pp. 13-16.

“Special Online GLAAD Alert — Keep
Relativity
on the Air,” GLAAD Alert, November 7,1996.

As quoted in
Sunday Telegraph,
June 15,1997.

Thompson, pp. 149-50.

Charles Isherwood, “Northern Expose,”
The Advocate,
April 19, 1994, p. 54.

“Exposure
pulled by 2 CBS affils,”
Variety,
May 2, 1994, p. 9.

“Northern Exposure
Is Target of Protest,”
The New York Times,
April 28, 1994, Section D, p. 9.

Ibid.

“Northern Exposure
to Air a Wedding Without a Kiss,” GLAAD Media Release, April 29, 1994.

Isherwood, p. 55.

Thompson, p. 135.

Robin Roberts,
Sexual Generations: Star Trek: The Next Generation and Gender
(Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1999.), p. 120.

Ibid.

Marlon Riggs,
“Tongues
re-tied?”
Current,
August 12, 1991.

Dick Williams,
“Tongues
isn’t art, but a skirmish in the culture wars paid for by tax dollars,”
Atlanta Constitution,
July 20, 1991, p. A:19.

Don Kowet, “PBS turns TV rooms into gay-strip film houses,”
Washington Times,
July 16, 1991.

“Idaho Public TV to Air It’s
Elementary
an Hour Later,”
The Advocate,
July 31, 1999.

Steve Greenberg, “No more
Tales,” The Advocate,
May 31, 1994.

“American Playhouse’s Tales
of the City,”
Culture Shock, PBS Online (
www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/flashpoints/theater/tales.html
).

Steve Greenberg, “No More
Tales,” The Advocate,
May 31, 1994.

John Carman, as quoted in Greenberg, “No More
Tales.”

Frank Rich, as quoted in Greenberg, “No More
Tales.”

On January 6, 2002,
Queer as
Folk started its second season and
Sex and the City
resumed its fourth.
The New York Times
featured a piece by Alan James Frutkin in which he compares the gay content of the two series. Frutkin credits Sex for “portraying gay life with a wit and depth that the more overly gay
Queer as Folk
hasn’t achieved.” Alan James Frutkin, “The Return of the Gay Show that Gets Gay Life Right,”
The New York Times,
January 6, 2002, p. 2:33.

Raymond Murray,
Images in the Dark: An Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Film and Video,
(New York: Penguin Books, 1996), p. 308.

Ibid.

“Strange Bedfellows,” Oz, HBO, August 17, 1998, written by Tom Fontana.

“Familia,”
Six Feet Under,
HBO, June 24, 2001, written by Laurence Andries.

“A Private Life,”
Six Feet Under,
August 19, 2001, written by Kate Robin.

Ibid.

Ibid.

Alan Waldman, “Out Front and On the Edge,”
Multichannel News,
July 23, 2001.

Ibid.

“Leading in Diversity,”
Multichannel News,
July 23, 2001, p. 1.

Waldman, p. 3.

John Dempsey, “Queer is here as Showtime invades HBO’s racy turf,”
Variety,
December 11, 2000.

The first four episodes of the British
Queer as
Folk were directed by Sarah Harding. The remaining four were directed by Charles McDougall.
Queer as Folk 2
was directed by Menhag Huda.

Leap Years
(2001) is the story of five friends that switch back and forth through three time periods (1993, 2001, 2008). One of the friends, Gregory Paget (Garrett Dillahunt) is an aspiring filmmaker (1993), turned full-time critic and gay man (2001), turned therapist who lives happily with a police officer (2008). Showtime axed the show after one season.

As quoted in Michael Goodridge, “TV Imitates TV,”
The Advocate,
August 29, 2000.

“The Last Testament of Buddy Crown,”
Channing,
ABC-TV, December 18, 1963, written by Stanford Whitmore, story by David Shaber.

“What Is a Man?”
Room
222, ABC-TV, March 14, 1971, written by Dan Balluck.

“One of the Boys,”
The White Shadow,
CBS—TV, January 27, 1979, written by John Falsey

“Family”
(review of “Rites of Friendship”),
Variety,
October 6, 1976.

Howes, p. 910.

Phillip Linton, who portrays Andy, died in February of 1992. The film is dedicated to his memory.

Jeffrey Epstein, “Prime Time for Gay Youth,”
The Advocate,
April 27, 1999.

Ibid.

“Phases”
Buffy the Vampire Slayer,
WB Network, January 27, 1998 written by Rob Des Hotel and Dean Batali..

Charles Isherwood, “His So-Called Life,”
The Advocate,
November 1, 1994.

Ibid.

Ibid.

Jeffrey Epstein, “Outings on the Creek,”
The Advocate,
March 16, 1999.

“...That Is the Question,”
Dawson’s Creek,
WB Network, February 17, 1999, written by Kevin Williamson and Greg Berlanti.

“Judging Books by Covers,”
All in the Family,
CBS—TV, February 9, 1971, written by Burt Styler and Norman Lear.

“The Gay Bar,”
Maude,
CBS-TV, December 3, 1977, written by Thad Mumford, Michael Endler, William Davenport, and Arthur Julian, story by Thad Mumford and Michael Endler.

Dennis Altman,
Homosexual: Oppression and Liberation
(New York: New York University, 1993), p. 58.

Ibid.

“Maude’s New Friend,”
Maude,
CBS-TV, December 2, 1974, written by Rod Parker.

“The Outing,”
Seinfeld,
NBC-TV, February 11, 1993, written by Larry Charles.

“Alice Gets a Pass,”
Alice,
CBS-TV, September 29, 1976, written by Martin Donovan.

“Alice”
(review),
Variety
, September 29,1976.

“The Boys in the Bar,”
Cheers
, NBC-TV, January 27, 1983, written by Ken Levine and David Isaacs.

“A Real Guy’s Guy,”
Coach
, ABC-TV, October 25,1991, written by Judd Pillot and John Peaslee, story by Richard Raskind.

“Frat Brothers Forever,”
The Love Boat
, ABC-TV, October 6, 1984, written by Barry O’Brien and Jeffrey Duteil.

“Birth of a Donation,”
Hearts Afire
, CBS-TV, October 22, 1994, written by Rebecca Parr Cioffi.

“Pursued,”
The Fanelli Boys
, NBC-TV, September 19, 1990, written by Martin Weiss and Robert Bruce.

“Shipmates,”
Too Close for Comfort
, ABC-TV, June 2,1984, written by Arne Sultan and Earl Barret.

“Boys II Men II Women,”
In the House
, NBC-TV, December 4,1995, written by Ted Duteil.

“Dirty Deeds,”
The John Larroquette Show
, NBC-TV, February 1, 1994, written by Don Reo and Judith D. Allison.

“Best of Friends,”
Night Court
, NBC-TV, November 7, 1985, written by Howard Ostroff.

“Brandy, You’re a Fine Girl,”
Just Shoot Me
, NBC-TV, November 16, 2000; written by Susan Dickes and David Hemingsen.

“Old Dogs, New Dicks,”
Sex and the City
, HBO, August 1, 1999, written by Jenny Bicks.

“The Chief’s Gay Evening,”
Gimme a Break
, NBC-TV, November 13, 1982.

“Movie, Pt. 1” and “Movie, Pt. 2,”
Barney Miller
, ABC-TV, January 22 & 29, 1981, written by Frank Dungan and Jeff Stein.

“George,”
M
^*
A
^*
S
^*
H,
CBS-TV, February 16, 1974, written by Jeff Reiger and Gary Markowitz.

“A Case of Misdiagnosis,”
The Bob Crane Show
, NBC-TV, May 8, 1975; written by Jim Allen. This quote is from the first draft of the teleplay dated December 9,1974. Gay Media Task Force Records, 1972-1988, Collection #7315, Division of Rare amd Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Ithaca, NY.

“Some of My Best Friends Are,”
The Bob Newhart Show
, CBS-TV, October 9,1976, written by Hugh Wilson.

“Spell It M-A-N,”
Doogie Howser
, ABC-TV, January 6, 1993, written by Nick Harding.

“Single White Male,”
Empty Nest
, NBC-TV, January 7, 1995, written by Andy Guerdat.

“Double Date,”
Blossom
, NBC-TV, January 31, 1994, written by Glenn Merzer.

“Eric’s Buddy,”
That 70’s Show
, Fox Network, December 6, 1998, written by Phillip Stark.

“The Bump,”
The Larry Sanders Show
, HBO, August 9, 1995, written by Judd Apatow and Garry Shandling.

“Flip,”
The Larry Sanders Show
, HBO, May 31, 1998, written by Peter Tolan and Garry Shandling.

“Isn’t It Romantic?”
The Golden Girls
, NBC-TV, November 8, 1986, written by Jeffrey Duteil.

“Suzanne Goes Looking for a Friend,”
Designing Women
, CBS-TV, April 9, 1990, written by Lee LaDuke and Mark Alton Brown.

“Honey, We Broke the Kid,”
Wings
, NBC-TV, January 2, 1996, written by Lori Kirkland.

“Saved by the Belvedere,”
Ned and Stacey
, Fox Network, January 20, 1997, written by Bryan Behar and Steve Baldikoski.

“Ned Pulls Gun on Gay Admirer,” GLAAD Alert, January 24, 1997.

Ibid.

“Fox Says Sorry For Ned Pulling Gun on Gay Man,” GLAAD Alert, February 28, 1997.

“Kirk’s Ex-Wife,”
Dear John
, NBC-TV, September 20, 1991, written by Marco Pennette.

“The Smelly Car,”
Seinfeld
, NBC-TV, April 15, 1993, written by Larry David and Peter Mehlman.

“The One With the Lesbian Wedding,”
Friends
, NBC-TV, January 18, 1996, written by Doty Abrams.

“The Beard,”
Seinfeld
, NBC-TV, February 9, 1995, written by Carol Leifer.

“Emmet’s Secret,”
Grace Under Fire
, ABC-TV, December 6, 1995, written by Donald Beck.

“Cousin Liz,”
All in the Family
, CBS-TV, October 9, 1977, written by Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf, story by Barry Harmon and Harve Brosten.

“My Brother’s Keeper,”
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
, CBS-TV, January 13, 1972, written by Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon.

“Lamont, Is That You?”
Sanford and Son
, NBC-TV, October 19, 1973, written by James R. Stein and Robert Ilies.

“Les on the Ledge,”
WKRP in Cincinnati
, CBS-TV, October 2, 1978, written by Hugh Wilson.

“Sharkey’s Secret Life,” C.P.O.
Sharkey
, NBC-TV, March 16, 1977, written by Aaron Ruben, story by Bill Richmond and Gene Perret.

“The Censors,”
The Associates
, ABC-TV, April 10, 1980, written by Stan Daniels and Ed Weinberger.

“Older and Out,”
Cosby,
CBS-TV, October 27, 1997.

“The Homecoming Queen,”
Dream On
, HBO, July 13, 1997, written by Adam Belanoff.

“The Gay Divorcee,”
Holding the Baby
, Fox Network, December 8,1998, written by Howard J. Morris and Rosalind Moore.

“Rumoring,”
Working
, NBC-TV, October 29, 1997, written by Steve Tompkins.

“The One When Nana Dies Twice,”
Friends
, NBC-TV, November 10, 1994, written by Marta Kaufman and David Crane.

“The One With the Baby on the Bus,”
Friends
, NBC-TV, November 2, 1995, written by Betsy Bornes.

“The One with the Nap Partners,”
Friends
, NBC-TV, November 9, 2000, written by Brian Buckner and Sebastian Jones.

“The One With the Ballroom Dancing,”
Friends
, NBC-TV, October 16, 1997, written by Andrew Reich and Ted Cohen.

“Neighbors,”
The Single Guy
, NBC-TV, November 2, 1995, NBC-TV, written by David Kohan and Max Mutchnick.

“Pass the Salt,”
Just Shoot Me
, NBC-TV, January 28, 1998, NBC-TV, written by Jack Burditt.

“Dating Is Hell,”
The Secret Lives of Men
, ABC-TV, October 21, 1998, written by Susan Harris.

“What’s With Robert?”
Everybody Loves Raymond
, CBS-TV, January 10, 2000, written by Cindy Chupack.

“Torch Song Cardiology,”
Doctor, Doctor
, CBS-TV, December 18,1989, written by Bill Diamond, Michael Saltzman, Terri Minsky and David Blum.

“Toe in the Water,”
Designing Woman
, CBS-TV, September 23, 1991, written by Pam Norris.

“Evolution,”
Sex and the City
, HBO, August 15, 1999, written by Cindy Chupack.

“Rough Housing,”
The Facts of Live
, NBC-TV, August 24,1979, written by Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon.

“Sex With Pudding,”
Titus
, Fox Network, March 20, 2000, written by Jack Kenny and Brian Hargrove.

“Goodbye, Mr. Gordon,”
The Golden Girls
, NBC-TV, January 11, 1992, written by Gail Parent and Jim Vallely.

“Two Guys, a Girl, and a Tattoo,”
Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place
, ABC-TV, October 7,1998, written by Mark Ganzel.

“Mr. Mommie,”
The Mommies
, NBC-TV, March 19, 1994, written by Nick LeRose

“Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are,”
Murphy Brown
, CBS-TV March 4, 1992, written by Gary Dontzig and Steven Peterman.

“A Comedy of Eros,”
Murphy Brown
, CBS-TV, September 30, 1996, written by Joshua Sternin and Jeffrey Ventimilia.

“Arthur’s Worry,”
Maude
, CBS-TV, November 15, 1976, written by Arthur Julian, story by Michael Smollin and Kathy Gori.

“The Marry Caitlin Moore Show,”
Spin City
, ABC-TV, February 9, 2000, written by Tad Quill.

“The Past Comes Back,”
The John Larroquette Show
, NBC-TV, October 23, 1993, written by Don Reo and Judith D. Allison.

“Guess Who’s Coming Out for Dinner,”
The Hughleys,
UPN Network, September 18, 2000, written by Kim Friese.

“In and Out,”
Guys Like Us
, UPN Network, October 28, 1998, written by Barry O’Brien.

“The One with the Metaphorical Tunnel,”
Friends
, NBC-TV, October 10, 1996.

“A Boy and His Doll,”
Coach
, ABC-TV, January 22, 1997, written by Ellen Sandler and Cindy Chupack.

“I Got the Music In Me,”
The Mommies
, NBC-TV, November 6,1993, written by Lisa A. Bannick.

“Rebecca’s Lover...Not,”
Cheers
, NBC-TV, April 23,1992, written by Tracy Newman and Jonathan Stark.

“Oh Vey, You’re Gay,”
The Nanny
, CBS-TV, October 23, 1995, written by Eileen O‘Hare.

“Passion Plundered,”
Night Court
, NBC-TV, December 20,1989, written by Gail Rock.

“Temp-tation,”
Temporarily Yours
, ABC-TV, March 12, 1997, written by Mark Solomon.

“Frankie Goes to Rutherford,”
Third Rock from the Sun
, NBC-TV, May 9, 2000, written by Gregg Mettler and Will Forte.

“A Man About the House,”
Three’s Company
, ABC-TV, March 15, 1977, written by Don Nicholl and Michael Ross.

“Mr. Roper’s Niece,”
Three’s Company
, ABC-TV, March 31, 1977, written by Paul Wayne and George Burditt.

“Strange Bedfellows,”
Three’s Company
, ABC-TV, October 4, 1977, written by Paul Wayne and George Burditt.

“Woman Gets Plastered; Star Gets Even,”
The Naked Truth
, NBC-TV, January 23, 1997, written by Ed Yeager and Phillip Vaughn.

“The Gay Caballeros,”
Ned and Stacey
, Fox Network, February 19, 1996, written by Del Shores.

“Chasing Sammy,”
Getting Personal,
Fox Network, May 18, 1998, written by Gregory Thomas Garcia and Kriss Turner.

“Bay of Married Pigs,”
Sex and the City
, HBO, June 21, 1998, written by Michael Patrick King.

“Caroline and the Gay Art Show,”
Caroline in the City
, NBC-TV, October 5, 1995, written by Ian Praiser.

“Pilot,”
Maggie
, Lifetime Television, August 18, 1998, written by Dan O’Shannon.

“Norm...Is That You?”
Cheers
, NBC-TV, December 8, 1988, written by Cheri Eichen and Bill Steinkellner.

“The One With Phoebe’s Husband,”
Friends
, NBC-TV, October 12, 1995, written by Alexa Junge.