Television
12:00 pm
Tue October 23, 2012

Is The Revolution Being Televised?

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Credit Flickr/kurichan+
Glee fan shows his "gleekiness." According to a statement by GLAAD earlier this month, LGBT characters now represent 4.4 percent of scripted characters among the five major networks.

The faces (and characterizations) you see on TV are changing: The number of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender characters on primetime series is on the rise, but representation of Hispanics has decreased.

How far ahead of (or behind) the cultural curve is TV?  Pop culture expert and communications professor Robert Thompson evaluates the fall line-up.

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