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Where We Are on TV Report:
2009 - 2010 Season
LGBT Characters on Broadcast Television
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LEADING CHARCTERS
Show
Network
Character
Actor
Orientation/Ethnicity
Brothers & Sisters
ABC
Kevin Walker
Matthew Rhys
gay/white
Grey's Anatomy
ABC
Callie Torres
Sara Ramirez
bisexual/Latina
Modern Family
ABC
Mitchell Cameron
Jesse Tyler Ferguson Eric Stonestreet
gay/white
gay/white
Melrose Place
The CW
Ella Simms
Katie Cassidy
bisexual/white
Subtotal: 5
SUPPORTING CHARACTERS
Show
Network
Character
Actor
Orientation/Ethnicity
American Dad!
Fox
Roger the Alien
Seth MacFarlane
gay/non-human
The Beautiful Life
The CW
Simon Lockridge
Dusan Dukic
gay/white
Bones
Fox
Angela Montenegro
Michaela Conlin
bisexual/API
Brothers & Sisters
ABC
Saul Holden
Scotty Wandell
Ron Rifkin
Luke Macfarlane
gay/white
gay/white
Glee
Fox
Kurt Hummel
Chris Colfer
gay/white
Grey's Anatomy
ABC
Arizona Robbins
Jessica Capshaw
lesbian/white
House
Fox
Remy "Thirteen" Hadley
Olivia Wilde
bisexual/white
Mercy
NBC
Angel Garcia
Guillermo Diaz
gay/Latino
The Office
NBC
Oscar Martinez
Oscar Ninez
gay/Latino
Southland
NBC
Officer John Cooper
Michael Cudlitz
gay/white
Trauma
NBC
Tyler Briggs
Kevin Rankin
gay/white
Ugly Betty
ABC
Marc. St. James
Michael Urie
gay/white
Subtotal: 13
RECURRING CHARACTERS
Show
Network
Character
Actor
Orientation/Ethnicity
American Dad!
FOX
Terry Bates
Greg Corbin
Mike Barker
Seth MacFarlane
gay/white
gay/white
Desperate Housewives
ABC
Lee McDermott
Bob Hunter
Andrew Van de Kamp
Kevin Rahm
Tuc Watkins
Shawn Pyfrom
gay/white
gay/white
gay/white
Friday Night Lights
NBC
Mayor Lucy Rodell
Libby Villari
lesbian/white
Gossip Girl
The CW
Eric Van der Woodsen
Conor Paolo
gay/white
Heroes
NBC
Gretchen
Madeline Zima
lesbian/white
Melrose Place
The CW
Caleb Brewer
Victor Webster
gay/white
Rules of Engagment
CBS
Brad
Orlando Jones
gay/black
The Simpsons
FOX
Patty Bouvier
Waylon Smithers
Julie Kavner
Harry Shearer
lesbian/white
gay/white
Subtotal: 12
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