It’s All Relative Was ABC’s Attempt at a Will & Grace
Added 2024-12-11 03:00:05 +0000 UTC“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.
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.
Drew is pulling quotes from the following articles:
“The gaying of TV / Advertisers step up as more shows step out” (SFGate, Aug. 24, 2003)
“Review: It’s All Relative” (Variety, Sep. 28, 2003)
“It’s profitable to be a little bit gay” (LA TImes, Aug. 27, 2003)
“Gays on TV: Hardly a Trend” (Chicago Tribune, Aug. 12, 2003)
Comments
D is not "drinking," it is 'suggestive dialogue.' Also the cool thing about this ratings discussion - the networks self assign this stuff unlike the cinema ratings.
Benjamin Rippel
2025-01-15 19:29:36 +0000 UTCOh true. I forgot about that one. We will be discussing Six Feet Under next year... when we discuss the sitcom that creator did before Six Feet Under.
Drew Mackie
2024-12-15 02:25:38 +0000 UTCNot a sitcom but David on Six Feet Under was seriously religious. He even became deacon of his church for an arc. 🩷
Jamie Aitchison @spacedaisie
2024-12-14 20:24:53 +0000 UTC
