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.

Heathers

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

Krypton

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

Lipstick: The Series

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

MacGyver

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

Marseille

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

Midsomer Murders

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

New Girl

The original title was “Chicks & Dicks” …

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.

Roseanne

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

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.

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.