Welcome to Where We Are On TV, GLAAD’s annual report about diversity on television.
At the launch of the 2009-2010 television season, GLAAD estimates that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) scripted characters represent 3% of all scripted series regular characters on the five broadcast networks: ABC, CBS, The CW, Fox, and NBC. This is slightly more than last year, with 18 series regular characters identified as LGBT.
In contrast, the number of LGBT series regular characters found on scripted programming on mainstream cable networks has decreased even further from last year’s analysis, from 32 to 25. The presence of LGBT-focused cable networks here! and Logo, which program specifically for LGBT viewers, add additional representations. These two networks alone will provide 27 additional series regular LGBT characters, more than all of the other cable networks combined.
GLAAD will continue to work with the broadcast and cable networks to encourage more LGBT representations on television, and to make those representations fair, accurate and more diverse.
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About the Where We Are On TV Report
GLAAD’s annual Where We Are On TV report not only propels national conversations about LGBTQ representation, but informs GLAAD’s own advocacy within the television industry. GLAAD uses this yearly data to create a clearer picture of the stories and images being presented by television networks, and to work alongside the networks and content creators to tell fair, accurate, and inclusive LGBTQ stories on screen.
Read about GLAAD’s annual film report, the Studio Responsibility Index, at glaad.org/sri.
Where We Are on TV Archive:
- Where We Are on TV Report: 2022 – 2023 Season
- Where We Are on TV Report: 2021 – 2022 Season
- Where We Are on TV Report: 2020 – 2021 Season
- Where We Are on TV Report: 2019 – 2020 Season
- Where We Are on TV Report: 2018 – 2019 Season
- Where We Are on TV Report: 2017 – 2018 Season
- Where We Are on TV Report: 2016 – 2017 Season
- Where We Are on TV Report: 2015 – 2016 Season
- Where We Are on TV Report: 2014 – 2015 Season
- Where We Are on TV Report: 2013 – 2014 Season
- Where We Are on TV Report: 2012 – 2013 Season
- Where We Are on TV Report: 2011 – 2012 Season
- Where We Are on TV Report: 2010 – 2011 Season
- Where We Are on TV Report: 2009 – 2010 Season
- Where We Are on TV Report: 2008 – 2009 Season
- Where We Are on TV Report: 2007 – 2008 Season
- Where We Are on TV Report: 2006 – 2007 Season