Queer for Ratings TV Shows (
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The big lesbian kiss shocker, but no one is actually queer. Also known as ‘queer for sweeps week,’ and commonplace on Fox.

The City

“The City” picks up where “Loving” left off. After a rash of serial killings, several of Corinth, Pennsylvania’s residents move to an apartment building in SoHo.

The Cleveland Show

The adventures of the Family Guy (1999) neighbor and former deli owner, Cleveland Brown.

The Closer

Deputy Police Chief Brenda Johnson runs the Priority Homicide Division of the LAPD with an unorthodox style.

The Eleventh Hour

Back in 1964, a show about psychiatry diagnosed someone with “lesbian tendencies.”

The Jeffersons

They moved on up to the east side.

The Love Boat

Love, exciting and new. Come aboard, we’re expecting you.

The O.C.

Welcome to the OC, Bitch. Now change the channel.

Waterloo Road

The lessons never stay in the classroom.

WKRP in Cincinnati

Baby, if you’ve ever wondered,
Wondered whatever became of me,
I’m living on the air in Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, WKRP.