The L Word

"Lip Service" gets a cast and a spring premiere date

source: AfterEllen.com

When Harriet Braun pitched Lip Service to BBC, she promised it would be funnier and more authentic than The L Word, and now she's going to get the chance to prove it. The lesbian-centric tragi-comedy received a green light from BBC in September, and it has already begun filming.

Published Wed, Oct 21

Lesbian News - 25 Sep 2009

source: Lesbian.Pro

The L Word Versus the F(eminism) Word - why do lesbians insist on being the conduits of heterosexual men's desires? Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives celebrates new home Kara DioGuardi: Adding Lesbian TV Host Ellen DeGeneres to 'Idol' Is 'Genius'

Published Thu, Sep 24

Showtime Falls Back Into Lesbian Drama (And This Time It's Real)

source: Gawker

First gay housewives, now lesbian housewives? We've seen everything. Or, we will, because Showtime picked up nine episodes of a new Sapphic reality show. Yay! It's title? Not so new: The L-Word: Los Angeles. So, yes, Showtime and Ilene Chaiken, creator of the lesbian soap The L Word, have ag...

Published Mon, Aug 31

Meredith McGeachie goes gay again on "Paradise Falls"

source: AfterEllen.com

Meredith McGeachie wasn't so lucky the first time she played a lesbian, as Tonya on The L Word, because most people really, really hated her character. Remember how annoying she was, running Dana's life, killing her cat, leaving her for Melissa Rivers?

Published Mon, Aug 31

Crystal Chappell will play the leading lesbian in a new web series

source: AfterEllen.com

Little is known of the series other than it is based around a family dynamic set in the progressive Southern California city of Venice Beach and several notable soap stars have signed on to the project including Jessica Leccia, the other half of Guiding Light’s same-sex super couple, Ota...

Published Mon, Aug 24

Ilene Chaiken touches on plans for "The L Word" movie

source: AfterEllen.com

Several lesbian bloggers were in attendance so I'd like to give them a little plug right here, before I give you the goods on what keynote speaker, Ilene Chaiken, had to say about new media and the future of The L Word (yes, it apparently has one). Check out Recovering Straight Girl, Deb on the...

Published Mon, Jul 27

At last, "thirtysomething" comes to DVD

source: AfterEllen.com

Perhaps at some level, I knew that a lesbian was on board. Susan Miller, who produced and wrote for the first season of The L Word and is one of the creators of Anyone But Me, was a story editor for thirtysomething. I don’t recall any lesbian content, but I’m sure the vibe was there.

Published Thu, Jun 11

Out an On Air

source: Bay Windows

 MA September - The Ellen DeGeneres Show premieres, making the talk show industry's two major heavyweights a black woman and a white lesbian. Asian transgenders everywhere stand at the ready. January - The L Word debuts on Showtime. ...

Published Thu, May 28