What’s off and on
LGBT TV by Mark Adams
Summer is, in addition to annual Gay Pride celebration time across the country, the end of what used to be the network TV season. I say "used to be," because now, it seems, there is no "season" as we experienced in years past. Network shows, for the most part, no longer begin just as you stop wearing white after Labor Day, and end just before you pass out at the annual Chandler Street Block Party. Shows no longer are what used to be the customary 22 episodes or, in the even earlier days, a staggering 39. Still, summer is when cancellations run rampant, usually for the shows you watch the most. Like, for example, "Looking," THE gay show of the past couple of years. This was one of those love/hate programs; you know, like you really, really should love it, but you probably don't, yet you watch it anyway. Somehow hoping that by watching, it will somehow be noticed by the network, in this case, HBO, and they'll keep it going for another year with better writing, because it is, after all, a positive look at gay life for the thirties generation and how they live it in San Francisco. Wow, that was one long sentence, perhaps another sip of sherry will slow me down. But I digress. Yes, "Looking" was cancelled after 2 snooze-inducing
seasons,
and
hopefully, leading-men Jonathan Groff and Russell Tovey will soon find something else that more displays their...er, talents. There is talk of a two-hour movie to tie up the loose ends, assuming they could find some.
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HBO’s ‘Looking’ is no longer