GLAAD Report Ranks TV Networks: Praises ABC, Dings Fox

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http://www.afterelton.com/TV/2008/7/glaadreportcard

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, or GLAAD, released a report on Monday rating the amount of GLBT inclusion and diversity on the various TV networks. Of the five broadcast networks examined, ABC came in first and Fox was last. Of the ten cable networks, FX came in first and TNT was last.

In this, their second annual such report, GLAAD looked at all primetime programming on each of these 15 networks for the year ending on May 31 — 4,911 hours in all — and noted how often each network included some kind of GLBT representation. Taking into account the amount and quality of the representation, as well as racial and gender diversity, GLAAD gave each of the 15 networks reviewed a rating: excellent, good, adequate, or failing.

No network received an “excellent” rating, but of the broadcast networks, ABC and the CW were both rated “good,” and both networks significantly increased their relatively high degree of GLBT inclusion from the year before. Meanwhile, CBS was rated “adequate,” and NBC and Fox were given “failing” ratings. CBS, NBC, and Fox all had about the same amount of GLBT inclusion as the year before.