The Network Responsibility Index rated LGBT content on 15 networks during the 2014-2015 TV season that wrapped earlier this year.
The grades of Excellent, Good, Adequate, or Failing were awarded based on the quality, diversity, and relative quantity of LGBT representations in each network's original programming. FOX is the first broadcast network to receive an "Excellent" grade.
Excellent: ABC Family and FOX
Good: ABC, CW, FX, HBO, MTV, Showtime
Adequate: CBS, NBC, TLC, TNT, USA
Failing: A&E, History
The grades of Excellent, Good, Adequate, or Failing were awarded based on the quality, diversity, and relative quantity of LGBT representations in each network's original programming. FOX is the first broadcast network to receive an "Excellent" grade.
Excellent: ABC Family and FOX
Good: ABC, CW, FX, HBO, MTV, Showtime
Adequate: CBS, NBC, TLC, TNT, USA
Failing: A&E, History
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Among broadcast networks, Fox (Empire, Glee) was found to have featured the highest percentage of LGBT-inclusive original programming hours (45.4 percent) in the period surveyed. The CW (Jane the Virgin, America’s Next Top Model) led in racial diversity of its LGBT characters, with 38 percent of impressions being made by people of color. And ABC (Grey’s Anatomy, Modern Family) produced the highest volume of LGBT-inclusive content, with 258.5 hours (32 percent of its original programming, down 2 percent from last year).
On cable, ABC Family (Pretty Little Liars, The Fosters) posted the highest-ever percentage of LGBT-inclusive programming for any network tracked in the NRI before, 74 percent. On the other end of the spectrum, A&E featured 8 percent LGBT-inclusive programming (up 2 percent) and History did not air “a single LGBT impression that GLAAD could identify” in 362.5 hours of programming.
On cable, ABC Family (Pretty Little Liars, The Fosters) posted the highest-ever percentage of LGBT-inclusive programming for any network tracked in the NRI before, 74 percent. On the other end of the spectrum, A&E featured 8 percent LGBT-inclusive programming (up 2 percent) and History did not air “a single LGBT impression that GLAAD could identify” in 362.5 hours of programming.
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