HBO's Sex and the City has always had a suspiciously low level of lesbian antics, but a sexually adventuresome woman played by Alanis Morrisette played spin the bottle with Sarah Jessica Parker. The Showtime network is having success with the gay-themed Queer as Folk , including straight guys who are big fans of Michelle Clunie and Thea Gill. These gifted actresses play spirited lesbians who don't let motherhood quash their sex drives. And it's no big secret why The Sopranos has continued to build an audience. Guys have spent the whole season waiting for her to get back on the goddamn court.
Guys love lesbians, and the television executives love that guys love lesbians.
All it took was a convoluted kiss between Lucy Liu and Calista Flockhart for a serious rise in the male demographic. With pairings like that, ER keeps itself atop the ratings. And to think it all began with the soaps. Lonely housewives were the first to be exposed to televised lesbianism in 1977, when Days of Our Lives ' Sharon Duvall came to terms with her bisexuality. Unfortunately, she didn't do this through a series of hot physical encounters.