Grab the remote, set your DVR or queue up your streaming service of choice! GLAAD is bringing you the LGBTQ highlights on TV this week. Check back every Sunday for up-to-date coverage in LGBTQ-inclusive programming on TV.
Dancing with the Stars returns for its thirty-first season tomorrow, exclusively streaming live on Disney+. Competing for this season’s mirrorball trophy is out actor and performer D.J. “Shangela” Pierce, the first-ever drag queen to perform in the long-running series! Dancing with the Stars: Monday, 8pm on Disney+.
The second season of ABC’s Emmy-winning workplace comedy Abbott Elementary premieres on Wednesday. The series follows a group of dedicated, passionate teachers, including Jacob Hill (Chris Perfetti), an awkward gay history teacher who supports protagonist Janine’s mission to help the lives of their students. In the season, viewers learn more about teachers’ backstories by following them home! Abbott Elementary: Wednesday, 9pm on ABC or next day on Hulu.
Sunday, September 18: Monarch (8pm, FOX); House of the Dragon (9pm HBO or HBO Max); The Chi (9pm, Showtime)
Monday: Dancing with the Stars (8pm, Disney+); Kevin Can F**k Himself (9pm, AMC or AMC+); 9-1-1 (8pm, Fox)
Tuesday: Queen Sugar (8pm, OWN); The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu)
Wednesday: Abbott Elementary (9pm, ABC or Hulu); She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (Disney+); Grown-ish (10pm, Freeform or Hulu); The Conners (8pm, ABC); Chicago Fire (9pm, NBC)
Thursday: The Good Fight (Paramount+)
Friday: RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race (8pm, VH1); Los Espookys (11pm, HBO)