So, basically it was just an excuse to get paid for mentioning Xena: Warrior Princess, but I had fun writing an article about great lesbian moments in television sweeps history for AfterEllen.com. They tacked on a somewhat academic-sounding intro paragraph (I prefer to to go all tabloidy and breathless, personally), and I think they rearranged my top ten, but they kept in the important Xena parts, so I'm happy.
Lesbians get blamed for a lot of things, from the destruction of the nuclear family to the death of traditional values, but no one can deny lesbians are good for one thing, at least: boosting TV ratings during the critical “sweeps” periods of the year (November, February and May), when audience size, later used to set advertising rates, is measured.
Of course you want to read the rest.
7. C.J. and Abby on L.A. Law — Feb. 7, 1991, wasn't exactly a great date in lesbian television history, but it was an important one.
OH but of course it was a great date! It's my birthday ;)
Seriously, the only thing that I have actually see out of the ten moments is this one (accidentally, since I just loved the show) and the Xena one which was also an accident because it was on before we decided to watch all 6 years together, sequentially.
I'm such a bad lesbian!
Posted by: KT | 21 November 2006 at 06:08 PM
Great article.
Boy, you know a lot about television. :) Some of those things I didn't even know about, especially the Deep Space 9 things, and I LOVE Star Trek. Of course, I haven't watched all the Deep Space 9 episodes, although I do know what the Trill are. ;)
Travis
Posted by: Travis | 22 November 2006 at 08:56 AM