GLAAD Report: LGBT Characters Hit New High on Broadcast, Decline on Cable

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GLAAD Report: LGBT Characters Hit New High on Broadcast, Decline on Cable
By KATE STANHOPE
30 September 2009


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Broadcast television is on the rise while scripted cable programming is in decline when it comes to the number of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered primetime regular characters, according to GLAAD's 2009 Where We Are On TV report.

LGBT characters on the Big 5 networks increased to the highest percentage yet - 3 percent of all characters, totaling 18.