Mainstream Cable Networks

Show	Network	Character	Actor	Orientation/Ethnicity
Lead
Drawn Together	Comedy Central	Xandir	Jack Plotnick	gay/other
Freak Show	Comedy Central	Log Cabin Republican	Jon Glaser	gay/white
Hex	BBC America	Thelma	Jemima Rooper	lesbian/white
The L Word	Showtime	Bette, Tina, Jenny, Shane, Alice, Helena, Max	Jennifer Beals, Laurel Holloman, Mia Kirshner, Katherine Moennig, Leisha Hailey, Rachel Shelley, Daniela Sea, Marlee Matlin, Cybill Shepherd	4 lesbian/white 3 bisexual women/white lesbian/multi-racial bisexual FTM/white
Reno 911!	Comedy Central	Lt. Jim Dangle	Thomas Lennon	gay/white
South of Nowhere	The N	Spencer Ashley	Gabrielle Christian Mandy Musgrave	lesbian/white lesbian/white
What Goes On	The N	Ethan	Zachary Booth	gay/white
				Subtotal: 17
Supporting
Degrassi: The Next Generation	The N	Marco Alex	Adamo Ruggiero Deanna Casaluce	gay/white lesbian/Latina
Dirt	FX	Leo Spiller	Will McCormack	gay/white
Entourage	HBO	LLoyd	Rex Lee	gay/Asian-Pacific Islander
Mile High	BBC America	Will	Adam Sinclair	gay/white
Nip/Tuck	FX	Liz Cruz	Roma Maffia	lesbian/Latina
Rescue Me	FX	Mike "Probie" Silletti	Mike Lombardi	bisexual/white
Saved	TNT	Angela de la Cruz	Tracy Vilar	lesbian/Latina
The Shield	FX	Julien Lowe	Michael Jace	gay/African American
What Goes On	The N	Sasha	Edward Tournier	gay/white
The Wire	HBO	Shakima Greggs Omar Little	Sonja Sohn Michael K. Williams	lesbian/African American gay/African American
				Subtotal: 12
Recurring
Brotherhood	Showtime	Alex	Karl Bury	gay/white
The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman	IFC	Mitchell Connor	Patrick Bristow Butch Klein	gay/white gay/white
Saved	TNT	Misha	Christopher Redman	gay/white
Weeds	Showtime	Isabelle Hodes	Allie Grant	lesbian/white
The Wire	HBO	William A. Rawls	John Doman	gay/white
				Subtotal: 6
				Total: 35

The LGBT Mainstream Cable Breakdown

All information current as of February 13, 2007