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The 2000-2001 Television Season: Supporting Roles
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Supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender characters in original, primetime broadcast, and cable programming for the 2000-2001 television season include:

Beggars and Choosers
comedy-drama
Showtime, Tuesdays, 10:00 PM
CANCELLED 12/20/00
http://www.sho.com/

Malcolm Laffley (Tuc Watkins) is the openly gay casting director at LGT, a fictional television network.

Bette
situation comedyy
CBS, Wednesdays, 8:30 PM
CANCELLED 3/7/01
http://www.cbs.com/upfront

Bette Midler's series features openly gay actor James Dreyfus as Oscar, BetteÕs gay accompanist.

Dark Angel
drama
Fox, Tuesdays, 9:00 PM
http://www.fox.com

Original Cindy (Valarie Rae Miller) is Max's sassy lesbian sidekick in this futuristic adventure series from James Cameron.

Dawson's Creek
drama
The WB, Wednesdays, 8:00 PM
http://www.dawsonscreek.com/

Jack (Kerr Smith) continues to be out and proud at Capeside High.

Felicity
drama
The WB, Wednesdays, 9:00 PM
http://www.felicity.com

Javier (Ian Gomez), Felicity's boss at Dean & Deluca, is also a college student.

First Years
drama
NBC, Mondays, 9:00 PM
CANCELLED 4/3/01
http://www.nbc.com

Warren Harrison (Mackenzie Astin ) is a young gay man living in San Francisco, struggling to begin his career as a lawyer.

Los Beltran
situation comedy
Telemundo, Sundays, 8:00 PM
CANCELLED 5/10/01
http://www.telemundo.com

Life partners, Fernandito (Gabriel Romero, r.) and Kevin (James Charles Leary, l.), rent part of a duplex from the Beltran family.

NYPD Blue
drama
ABC, Tuesdays, 9:00 PM
http://abc.go.com/primetime/nypd_blue/nypdhome.html

John Irvin (Bill Brochtrup) is the police administrative aide for the precinct.

Popular
comedy/drama
The WB, Fridays, 9:00 PM
CANCELLED 5/17/01
http://www.thewb.com

Lily (Tamara Mello, l.) explored her attraction to women and founded the school's Gay/Straight Alliance. The show also features two recurring characters. Robin (Ally Mills) is the lesbian mother of Harrison John. And openly gay actor Mitchell Anderson plays Mr. Gant, an openly gay teacher.

South Park
animated satire
Comedy Central, Wednesday, 10:00 PM

Neurotic school teacher, Mr. Garrison, finally came out of the closet. After being fired by the school for being gay, he was rehired to teach kindergarten. Big Gay Al also makes an occasional appearance in the lives of the Colorado fourth graders.

Spin City
situation comedy
ABC, Wednesdays, 9:30 PM
http://abc.go.com/primetime/spin_city/spin_home.html

Carter Heywood (Michael Boatman) continues to be the gay Director of Minority Affairs for the mayor of New York City.

Strip Mall
satire
CANCELLED 4/28/01
Comedy Central, Sundays, 10:30 PM

Fannie (Amy Hill) and Althea (Loretta Fox), are a lesbian couple who run the Chinese restaurant in the mall. Openly gay actor Bob Koherr co-stars as identical triplets, Blunt, Blank and Blair, (Blair is the gay one.)


All times listed are Eastern/Pacific; in Central and Mountain Time zones, most programs air one hour earlier. Consult local to confirm broadcast times in your area.

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