Oh Grow Up: Short-Lived, Underrated and Gay
A short-lived ABC bro comedy that has more than a few creative links to Six Feet Under.
Happy Days Puts Richie Cunningham in the Closet
It’s the episode in which Ron Howard actually speaks the line “I’m in the closet.”
Happy Endings Comes Out for Thanksgiving
It’s a Max episode, but Jane has her queerest hair ever.
Laverne & Shirley Check Into the Honeymoon Suite
The totally heterosexual story of two unmarried roommates who work at a brewery together.
Mork Is the Mommy, Mindy Is the Daddy
A silly show about an alien showcases parenting outside the gender norms.
257: Mr. Belvedere Meets a Kid With AIDS
It’s a more poignant episode than that one infamous line would make you think.
249¾: It’s All Relative Was ABC’s Attempt at a Will & Grace
“We pray, we’re gay, get used to it.”
247: That Girl Meets the Cross-Dressing Cops
Come for Marlo Thomas’s fashion, stay for the polite homophobia.
246: Boy Meets World Does a Scream Parody
“Here's a knife! Here's a gun! There'll be fun for everyone!”
245: Bewitched Unleashes the Gay Scourge That Is Uncle Arthur
In which loving practical jokes stands in for homosexuality.
238: Drew Carey Has a Cross-Dressing Brother Who Just Might Be Trans
For your consideration: Mimi Bobeck as insult comic drag queen.
237: The Associates Meets a Gay Joke It Doesn’t Like
A short-lived James L. Brooks sitcom tackled gay representation right before it got canceled.
222: How Does a Conservative Sitcom Do a Gay Episode?
Tim Allen’s second second did a gay episode almost right off the bat.
210: Benson Literally Plays a Game With Death
Sitcom Halloween stakes have literally never been higher.
209: Two Guys, a Girl and a Post-Scream Slasher Halloween
Sometimes the Halloween spirit means killing off your entire cast.
206: Fine, We Will Cover Ellen’s Big Coming Out Episode
The puppy is a lie, but there’s more than the lesbian grocery store dream sequence.
188: Bosom Buddies Never Did a Gay Episode
I don’t care what you say anymore; this is my life.
184: Barney Miller Protects the Rights of Gay Parents
It takes the most compassionate cops in the history of primetime TV to care about gays.