“Pilot” (October 1, 2003)
Even NBC tried to replicate the success of America’s first popular gay sitcom, and this week we’re joined once again by Steven Capsuto to discuss an attempt to bring same-sex parents to prime time. It’s All Relative only lasted a season, but that’s actually longer than most LGBTQ-inclusive sitcoms that followed in Will & Grace’s wake, and for what it’s worth, its pilot shows a lot of promise.
Read GEE's write-up in Emmy magazine, which is basically the same thing as actually winning an Emmy.
Buy the revised edition of Steven’s book, Alternate Channels: Queer Images on 20th-Century TV.
Listen to Steven’s previous episode, about Tony Randall’s Love, Sidney.
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