Logo Chief Chris McCarthy on How the Network Returned to Its Gay Roots; Why Bravo Is Not Competn - TheWrap

Contents:

• LOGO CHIEF CHRIS MCCARTHY ON HOW THE NETWORK RETURNED TO ITS GAY ROOTS; WHY BRAVO IS NOT COMPETN
• R.I.P., GAY TV: A NOT-SO-SAD REALY
• GAY AND LGBT+ LOGOS
• ‘LAST CALL’ TE STORY: HBO DOC IS ABOUT THE SERIAL KILLER RICHARD ROGERS, WHO TARGETED MANHATTAN’S GAY BARS
• ‘AMERI’S ONLY GAY TELEVISN NETWORK’ HERE TV ANNOUNC ITS FIRST ORIGAL S, ‘FROM HERE ON OUT’

LOGO CHIEF CHRIS MCCARTHY ON HOW THE NETWORK RETURNED TO ITS GAY ROOTS; WHY BRAVO IS NOT COMPETN

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R.I.P., GAY TV: A NOT-SO-SAD REALY

1Noah tri to figure out if his new iend Wa is gay, Chance tak a big step his relatnship, Ricky cross the le at work, and Alex learns a secret about Trey. Sce lnchg 2005, Logo TV has been a fantastic ep ble channel known for groundbreakg seri like The Big Gay Sketch Show, which lnched the reer of SNL great Kate McKnon. It is the first advertiser-supported mercial televisn channel geared toward the gay muny the Uned Stat.

Over the past ten to twenty years, gay, lbian, transgenr, and bisexual people have bee a huge voice society. In the Uned Stat and Europe gay rights have explod to be one of the most ntroversial topics the news today.

Gradually, more and more people have bee acceptg of gay rights for all people, and many plac is now legal for gay people to be Logo channel was found 2005, and was signed to be a one stop shop for people of the gay orientatn.

GAY AND LGBT+ LOGOS

Logo TV provis different typ of shows terg to gay people. Bee of the huge dience that gay people provi today, the televisn channel has been very succsful.

The Logo Channel was also stmental providg gay related ntent on a televisn show. Although there was gay activy some movi, and normal televisn programmg there was very limed gay ntent. The Logo Channel played a big role exposg people to the gay liftyle that may not have seen that areas where they live.

‘LAST CALL’ TE STORY: HBO DOC IS ABOUT THE SERIAL KILLER RICHARD ROGERS, WHO TARGETED MANHATTAN’S GAY BARS

In fact, many experts the field believe that The Logo Channel has played a large role the gay liftyl beg more and more accepted society. When MTV’s siblg gay work Logo first buted the summer of 2005, few uld have predicted the LGBT human rights movement would be where is today. Bh had jt been reelected thanks to an aggrsive anti-gay marriage mpaign.

The new gay work seemed like a godsend to many the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr muny. But 2012, after dismal ratgs and few buzzworthy shows, Logo sentially went back to the closet, dchg s gay-centric missn, and promptg Queerty, a popular gay blog, to ask, “Is Logo, Ameri’s first broadst channel for the LGBT muny, gog straight?

‘AMERI’S ONLY GAY TELEVISN NETWORK’ HERE TV ANNOUNC ITS FIRST ORIGAL S, ‘FROM HERE ON OUT’

There was a lot of excement the gay muny back then.