I’d be surprised if there are ‘any’ shows nowadays not written by gays. Everything has that kind of self-consciously bitchy/sarcastic/detached-irony tone to it, in terms of dialogue and performances. I find it all rather insufferable, in both its immaturity and unmanliness. And it’s one of the reasons I vastly prefer vintage fare.
you got something there.....
This is why I haven’t watched network TV shows in many years.
When I watch older shows from the late 70s and the 80s, you can see the introduction of gay themes becoming prevalent.
The watershed point seems to be 1983-1984 when the AIDS epidemic became widely known and very much a current event.
“I vastly prefer vintage fare”
Me too. I watched the third season opening of “The Following” on Fox and it started with a lesbian wedding. I tried watching “Gotham” on Fox but grew tired of the constant campaigning/propagandizing for lesbianism. A Cardinal-Archbishop, an abuser, was also murdered on the show.