So Gay TV
So Gay TV | |
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Starring | Mathieu Chantelois (Season 1) Jason Ruta (Season 2) |
Country of origin | Canada |
No. of seasons | 2 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Zev Shalev |
Original release | |
Network | PrideVision U8TV.com |
Release | 2001 2002 | –
Related | |
U8TV: The Lofters |
So Gay TV is a Canadian television talk show, which aired on PrideVision in the early 2000s.[1] Hosted in its first season by Mathieu Chantelois and in its second season by Jason Ruta,[1] the program originally aired in 2001 as an Internet television series connected to U8TV: The Lofters,[2] and was picked up by PrideVision after that network's launch.[3] The series ended in 2002 after the cancellation of The Lofters, although it continued to air in repeats on PrideVision.[4]
So Gay TV mixed panel discussions and interviews with documentary and feature reports on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues and life in Canada.[5] One of the show's most widely publicized segments was an interview with Hal Sparks, one of the stars of Queer as Folk, about his experience as a heterosexual actor playing a gay character.
The show was nominated for Best Talk Series at the 2002 Gemini Awards.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Reality bites: An oral history of The Lofters". The Grid, August 7, 2013.
- ^ "U8TV.com announces new fall shows". The Telegram, August 29, 2001.
- ^ "Wanted: a loftier reality TV". The Globe and Mail, October 30, 2001.
- ^ "Pop goes the news". Toronto Star, December 20, 2003.
- ^ "Canada's gay digital channel popular in U.S.". Ottawa Citizen, November 24, 2001.
- ^ "Made in Canada leads Gemini pack". The Globe and Mail, September 25, 2002.
External links
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- OutTV (Canadian TV channel) original programming
- 2001 Canadian television series debuts
- 2002 Canadian television series endings
- Canadian LGBTQ-related web series
- 2000s Canadian television talk shows
- 2000s Canadian LGBTQ-related television series
- 2001 web series debuts
- 2002 web series endings
- Canadian documentary television show stubs