Alan Cummg on Beg Broadst’s First Leadg Gay Character on CBS’ ‘Instct’ – The Hollywood Reporter

Contents:

• WHAT ALAN CUMMG'S ROLE AS A GAY LEAD MEANS FOR MASTREAM TV
• INSTCT'S GAY MALE LEAD IS A BIG DEAL FOR CBS AND TELEVISN, BUT NOT TO THE SHOW
• WHY CBS’ ‘INSTCT,’ WH ITS HISTORY-MAKG GAY LEAD, MATTERS (GUT COLUMN)
• ALAN CUMMG ON BEG BROADST’S FIRST LEADG GAY CHARACTER ON CBS’ ‘INSTCT’
• ‘WE’RE BEYOND READY FOR THIS’: UTAH LGBT LEARS SEE PROGRS NEW CBS DRAMA ABOUT A CRIME-SOLVER WHO’S GAY
• PATERNAL INSTCT EXISTS … EVEN GAY MEN
• ‘INSTCT’ IS THE GAY-DRIVEN DRAMA BROADST TV DPERATELY NEEDS
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• ALAN CUMMG HAS AN 'INSTCT' AS FIRST LEAD GAY CHARACTER CBS DRAMA

WHAT ALAN CUMMG'S ROLE AS A GAY LEAD MEANS FOR MASTREAM TV

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INSTCT'S GAY MALE LEAD IS A BIG DEAL FOR CBS AND TELEVISN, BUT NOT TO THE SHOW

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WHY CBS’ ‘INSTCT,’ WH ITS HISTORY-MAKG GAY LEAD, MATTERS (GUT COLUMN)

It is hard to believe, given the wellsprg of queer-centric entertament we’ve been graced wh over the last few years, that Alan Cummg’s character the new police procral Instct is the first openly gay lead of an Amerin broadst drama, ever. One imag Rehardt’s own experience as a gay man allowed him to empathize wh his subject’s sense of isolatn, but no such reckong is revealed.

On the other, the fact that Rehardt’s sexualy bears so imperceptibly on the show will evably fan the flam of those who acce CBS of fashng the character a way that’s nservative and palatable to s that, Instct is a b of a tch-22, that the show seems to want to pat self on the back for featurg the first gay work lead while also makg the character’s sexualy subordate, and jtifiably so, to his other quali and rponsibili. “Most tim when we see gay characters on Amerin TV, their gayns is the prime thg, ” Cummg, who’s openly bisexual, told THR. “And [beg gay] is also the fourth or fifth most tertg thg about this character.

Gay people have been strag to be seen and, now that we’re fally ont of the mera, rightfully want to be seen totaly.

ALAN CUMMG ON BEG BROADST’S FIRST LEADG GAY CHARACTER ON CBS’ ‘INSTCT’

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‘WE’RE BEYOND READY FOR THIS’: UTAH LGBT LEARS SEE PROGRS NEW CBS DRAMA ABOUT A CRIME-SOLVER WHO’S GAY

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Lnched 1997, Instct is the #1 gay men’s liftyle and entertament magaze the U. In the general market, Instct par as a gay versn of Details magaze—trend settg, fashn forward, rmative and most importantly, smart and humoro. Instct serv anyone terted the gay perspective on travel, fashn, entertament, health/fns, home, to, technology and datg/relatnships.

Instct’s distct voice and teractn wh s rears has earned a rearship growth and loyalty that is unmatched by any other gay publitn.

PATERNAL INSTCT EXISTS … EVEN GAY MEN

Wh Instct, your brand will reach an dience of affluent, highly ted brand-loyal gay nsumers wh high disposable . But Dylan is gay and happily married to a gay man, which is unual to see on a work that has faced issu of diversy the past.

‘INSTCT’ IS THE GAY-DRIVEN DRAMA BROADST TV DPERATELY NEEDS

Shockgly, Instct is the first hourlong broadst seri on any broadst work wh a gay lead.

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Alan Cummg, Bojana Nojakovic; Instct Jeff Nmann/CBS "It's the first ever [work] drama on Amerin televisn to have a gay character as a lead, which I thk is an credible thg but also a terrible thg at the same time, " Cummg told reporters at the Televisn Crics Associatn wter prs tour Saturday.

"It's another layer to the character that mak tertg to play, but socially and polilly, pecially the timg we fd ourselv Ameri, where gay people are beg persecuted aga, their rights are beg removed, and the print is actively ndong by his silence the vlence and persecutn of those the LGBTQ muny, I thk 's all the more important that we should have a character wh a healthy succsful same-sex marriage on work. ""I thk 's a big reason why [CBS] bought the pch, " Instct creator Michael Rch told TV Gui after the Instct panel, regardg the show's gay male lead.

ALAN CUMMG HAS AN 'INSTCT' AS FIRST LEAD GAY CHARACTER CBS DRAMA

"My thg om the begng, and I talked about wh Alan before we both signed on, is that even though this is a gay male lead, the show is not about that.

It's not a show about gay marriage, 's not a show about beg a gay tective, we don't really al wh the obstacl much Season 1. "We're also a ltle show bee we have a gay male lead, which I thk is very non-mastream, " Rch tells TV Gui. Cummg also acknowledged Instct’s legacy as the first broadst drama seri wh an openly gay lead.

“I’m also proud to have played the first every leadg character a US work drama who is gay, ” he wrote. Out Magaze » Gay & Lbian Travel, Fashn & Culture. New York Cy, New York, USOut Magaze vers topics over Gay and lbian, perspectiv on style, entertament, travel, fashn, arts, polics, culture, mic, film, and the world at 775.