It’s pretty bad news for gay characters on US TV, as the network axe is falling as they prepare to announce the shows for next season, and LGBT characters aren’t doing well. As THR reports, Ryan Murphy’s The New Normal, about a gay couple and the mother of their surrogate child, has been cancelled. It joins the Michael Urie and David Krumholtz starring Partners, 2012’s other predominantly gay-themed show, which was cancelled earlier in the season.
Smash, which featured four LGBT characters in major role, is ending after two season, while other LGBT friendly shows such as Go On, Don’t Trust the B—- in Apt. 23 (created by the openly gay Nahnatchka Khan), Malibu Country, 90210, Emily Owens M.D., The Office, L.A. Complex, Happy Endings and Southland are also coming to an end.
Just a few months ago, GLAAD reported that there were more gay characters on American television than ever before, but that’s unlikely to be true now, as while the likes of Glee and Grey’s Anatomy continue, many others gay-friendly shows have been cancelled.
There is one bright spot though, as Sean Saves The World, starring Sean Hayes as an gay dad raising a child as a single father, has been picked up to air this autumn. We also don’t know yet how many gay characters will be featured in the slew of other new shows that the networks are lining up, although it’s difficult to imagine there’ll be as many as there were when last season began.
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