GLAAD: Cable Bests Broadcast in Diversity

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NEW YORK The broadcast networks are not doing enough to fairly represent the diversity of the viewing audience, according to the 10th annual Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation study. Cable television, however, “continues to traverse boundaries by exploring lives, families and careers in multi-dimensional ways,” the survey said.

The GLADD study counted “only 16 series regular and recurring gay, lesbian and bisexual roles scheduled to appear on 14 different scripted programs out of 110 on the broadcast networks.”

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