The number of LGBT characters in primetime on broadcast channels is decreasing in the next season, according to a count by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.
When shows start hitting ABC, BCS, The CW, Fox and NBC, GLAAD estimates that there will be 19 regular characters who are LGBT -- a decline from last year's 23 characters. Another 14 are recurring characters.
FOX led the networks with 6.8% of its regular characters being LGBT. On the other end, CBS has just one LGBT regular character out of 125 -- a bisexual legal investigator Kalinda Sharma on The Good Wife . GLAAD notes it's the second consecutive year with low representation. But The Good Wife has added two recurring LGBT characters -- a brother of the lead character, and a former flame for Kalinda -- that viewers could see more of. Diversity of the LGBT characters who are on prime-time network television is low, with not a single black LGBT character.
Who are the LGBT characters on the fall season? Check out the list on the following pages.
View GLAAD's complete report, its 16th Where We Are on TV report, on its website.
Callie Torres - BisexualPlayed by Sara Ramirez
Grey's Anatomy, ABC
Max Blum - GayPlayed by Adam Pally
Happy Endings, ABC
Mitchell Prichett and Cameron Tucker - GayPlayed by Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet
Modern Family, ABC
Tom - GayPlayed by Christian Borle
Smash, NBC
Adrianna Tate- Duncan - BisexualPlayed by Jessica Lowndes
90210, The CW
Jeremy and Richard - GayPlayed by French Stewart and Nat Faxon
Allen Gregory, Fox
Roger - BisexualPlayed by Seth MacFarlane
American Dad, Fox
Angela Montenegro - BisexualPlayed by Michaela Conlin
Bones, Fox
Blake Reilly - GayPlayed by Mark Deklin
Good Christian Belles, ABC
Kurt Hummel - Gay
Played by Chris Colfer
Blaine Anderson - Gay
Played by Darren Criss
Santana Lopez - Lesbian
Played by Naya Rivera
Brittany S. Pierce - Bisexual
Played by Heather Morris
Glee, Fox
Kalinda Sharma - BisexualPlayed by Archie Panjabi
The Good Wife, CBS
Arizona Robbins - Lesbian
Played by Jessica Capshaw
Grey's Anatomy, ABC
Oscar Martinez - Gay
Played by Oscar Nunez
The Office, NBC
Alice - LesbianPlayed by Leah Renee
The Playboy Club, NBC
Teddy Montgomery - Gay Played by Trevor Donovan
90210, The CW
Terry - Bisexual
Played by Jason Sudeikis
The Cleveland Show, Fox
(Terry's on the right)
Terry Bates and Greg Corbin - GayPlayed by Mike Barker and Seth McFarlane
American Dad, Fox
Lee McDermott and Bob Hunter - GayPlayed by Kevin Rahm and Tuc Watkins
Desperate Housewives, ABC
Booth Becker - GayPlayed by Denton Blane Everett
Good Christian Belles, ABC
Owen Cavanaugh - GayPlayed by Dallas Roberts
The Good Wife, CBS
Sophia Russo - BisexualPlayed by Kelli Giddish
The Good Wife, CBS
Tyler - GayPlayed by Ashton Holmes
Revenge, ABC
Brenda - LesbianPlayed by Sara Rue
Rules of Engagement, CBS
Sean - GayPlayed by Sean Maher
The Playboy Club, NBC
Patty Bouvier and Waylon Smithers - Lesbian and GayPlayed by Julie Kavner and Harry Shearer
The Simpsons, Fox