The artist formerly known as “J. Lo” recently announced her show idea, The Fosters, has been picked up by a major network. Aside from the randomness that is J. Lo Producing Television Shows, The Fosters is particularly interesting as it centres around a diverse family with two lesbiarchs [aka matriarchs who get down with each other].
The show will be the third in the last few years alone to follow the trials and tribulations of queer-headed families — the others being Modern Family and The New Normal — which must mean we’re finally diving into a post-Ellen world where Coming Out is So In.
So what other gay-themed shows should hit the small screen?
1. CSI: West Hollywood
Set-Up: Partners in law enforcement and in life, Adam Jedsen and Steve Holloway take to the streets of West Hollywood, where days are filled with beautiful shirtless men… but nights are rife with crime.
Starring: Neil Patrick Harris and Zachary Quinto
2. Family Gay
Set-Up: So far, gay parents on TV are only positively depicted as intelligent, high-earning, nurturing types. But what about the hilariously clueless gays? Surely they deserve some recognition, too? We don’t ALL know what we’re doing ALL the time… Enter Jeter Miffin, a modest factory-worker whose common sense is often snuffed out by the temptress that is Complete Disaster. His hubby, Louis, then takes the reigns, while simultaneously coping with daughter Missy’s aimlessness, son Ted’s insecurities, and toddler Trudy’s attempts of patricide.
Starring: Jim Parsons and Sean Hayes
3. Gay Girls
Set-Up: A group of friends, each trying to get her life together in her own way, while exploring the murky depths of Dating Women, in the big city of LA. Anna Torvald, Maria Michaelson, Jesse Johnson, and Joanna Peppero all met in a college LGBT group, but can their bonds withstand their post-adolescent neuroses?
Starring: Anna Paquin, Amber Heard, Tila Tequila, and Evan Rachel Wood.
4. Older Lesbian Town
Set-Up: Both newly-un-domestic-partnered and In their 30s, lesbi-friends Julia Robb and Maury Heller still got it goin’ on, and they’re ready to show it. Often finding themselves attracted to hawt twenty-somethings, their dating lives are about to get a dose of Excitement.
Starring: Sarah Paulson and Portia di Rossi
5. LGBT Resource Centre
Set-Up: An earnest and ambitious employee, Paisley Yep, runs the Youth Outreach Program at the Centre, determined to eventually become the next Tammy Baldwin. Her cohorts, Yvonne Duckson [who only has an appetite for hardcore vegan breakfasts], January Floodgate, Jan Twerkins, Dawn Mavenford, Randy Swyer, and Jen Fiat, while varied in work ethic and general weirdness, are often called upon to lend their special talents and personalities to Paisley’s cause.
Starring: Sarah Gilbert, Wanda Sykes, Ellen Page, Chris Colfer, Margaret Cho, Andrew Rannells, and Leisha Hailey
