Erased Queerness TV Shows (
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Most commonly seen in comedies, erasure is when a character’s queerness ceases to be a part of them, as if it never happened. See also “bisexual in college”, “this one time, at band camp…”, or the weird retcon that happened in Roseanne.

Girlfriends

The boisterous friendships among four disparate black women living in Los Angeles.

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Airdates: 2000 - 2008

Heathers

A pitch-black comedy anthology remake of the movie of the same name, and we’re really wondering why.

Network:
Airdates: 2018

Krypton

Turn’s out Superman’s grandfather was kind of screwed.

Network:
Airdates: 2018 - 2019

Lipstick: The Series

Four sexually fluid best friends living in Los Angeles start a lipstick line while battling trust, sexuality, friendship, and relationship issues.

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Airdates: 2015 - 2016

MacGyver

Making a TV show out duct tape, tin foil, and AX body spray should have been more interesting.

Network:
Airdates: 2016 - 2021

Marseille

Following all the tropes of a classic American show, only in France, and not as fun at all.

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Airdates: 2016 - 2018

Midsomer Murders

A veteran Detective Chief Inspector and his young Sergeant investigate murders around the regional community of Midsomer County.

Network:
Airdates: 1997 - current

New Girl

The original title was “Chicks & Dicks” …

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Airdates: 2011 - 2018

Playing for Keeps

To be a footballer’s wife, it takes serious balls. Dive into the salacious world of Aussie Rules Football, unearthing secrets, lies, scandals and murder.

Network:
Airdates: 2018 - 2019

Roseanne

Surprisingly enlightened for the ’90s, they were still gay for ratings.

Network:
Airdates: 1988 - 2018

Roswell, New Mexico

When a violent attack points to a greater alien presence, the politics of fear and hatred threaten to expose the aliens who live in Roswell.

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Airdates: 2019 - 2022

Sisters (Australia)

Three women who discover that they are sisters after Julia learns her Nobel prize winning father secretly used his own sperm in a number of “In Vitro Fertilisation” procedures.

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Airdates: 2017