Hey! It's Rowan, and I am in the
glorious London sunshine today
to talk to you about the LGBT
TV shows that are coming to your screens
this summer. [Intro]
So, as you can see, I am outside so
I apologise for the tweety birds slash
airplane noises that might be coming
to you, but, I have in front of me a
list of TV shows. Two TV shows which
I love that are returning for a new
season, two TV shows that are new and
are having their first season this
summer, and two TV shows that are
returning for a new season that I
haven't got around to watching yet
but which everyone tells me I need
to watch, like, right now.
So, let's start with the two shows
that I love that are returning. First,
Orange Is The New Black. If you are not
on OITNB already, I
don't really know what to tell you
about this show that's going to make you
want to watch it more than all of the
many things that people have already
probably told you. But I love this show.
It's got a very female-heavy cast, it
has a lot of queer characters, including
a trans character. I just adore it. It
is coming back to Netflix on June 12th
and with the way that Netflix works,
the entire series will be available on
that day; if you have any kind of
self-restraint, you may pace this over
a few days, maybe even a few weeks.
I do not have that kind of self-control;
I'll be watching it all on that day.
And probably making a lot of videos
about it as well. Another TV show that's
returning that I adore is the Fosters. It
actually doesn't seem like that long
since it ended, now we have this new
season, and the first episode of this
season is called Wreckage. If you've
seen last season, we know why it's
called that and it's breaking my heart.
It is a show with quite a large number
of queer characters, including a trans
character played by a trans actor, which
is always nice. The plot essentially
centers around a mixed-race lesbian
couple who have biological, adopted, and
fostered children. And it's just kind
of a nice interesting family drama.
It doesn't make all the drama about
these particular identities that they
have but it also doesn't ignore them,
either. So that's coming back on June
8th to abc family. I'll definitely be
watching, I hope you will too. So,
on to the returning shows that I
definitely need to start watching.
The first is Halt and Catch Fire.
It's Lee Pace's TV show, it's in the 80s,
it seems very kind-of corporate, chic
stuff going on, and it has a bisexual
lead man. But it seems like a really
interesting series. If you guys have
seen it let me know in the comments
what you thought about it.
That is coming back to AMC on May the
31st so check it out if you're so inclined
So, another show that's coming back-
not technically a TV show, it's a web
series, is Carmilla. I know - "How have I
not seen this?" It's like, based on a
literary work, it's set in a university,
it has like non-binary characters, and a
ton of queer women. I have no idea
how I haven't watched this. I think I
just have never really been in the right
zone and had the time.
So that's coming back on June 2nd on
youtube. If you enjoy modern gothic
stuff, it seems like that would probably
be your thing. Now let's talk about the
two new shows that I've picked out.
So the first one is Sense8 from the
Wachowskis. It's coming super-soon to
netflix. I think it might be this week
or next week and again, with netflix,
I think that's all gonna be coming on
the same day so you get to marathon
through. I looked at the trailers for
this. it looks like just total sci-fi
bonkers fun. It's these 8 people across
the globe who get connected
telepathically after this incident
happens and it just seems so interesting
The characters include a trans woman
blogger from San Francisco, and a closeted
gay actor from Mexico as well. The whole
thing is just super intriguing to me. I'm
gonna leave links to the trailers to
all of these different shows below so
you can check them out. And the last one,
technically doesn't air until September,
but I'm wishful thinking that summer,
summer, September, it's kind of the same
thing; It's called Quantico I don't really
know much about it except what the trailer
tells me but I am intrigued already so,
essentially, it seems like it's coming off
the back of "How to Get Away With Murder"
that ABC has realised that this is a
formula that works. Training these young
people, kind of a diverse cast of young
people, in something that's pretty elite.
In this case it's the FBI rather than like
law school. We have at least two out gay
characters within the series so far,
judging by the trailer. And the whole
thing seems like it's gonna be making
some interesting comments about
anti-islamophobia and things like that.
And honorable mention is gonna go
to a show called Rosewood. It just looks
like this like ridiculous, funny, peppy
buddy-cop thing between these two people
It gets an honorable mention because I
don't know how far the queer character is
gonna be like a big part in this
particular show, but apparently the
main character Rosewood's sister is
gonna be in it, who's got a fiance who is
also a woman so that sounds like it's
gonna be a super interesting show, a
bit of fun to watch in the summer/fall.
So let me know in the comments
if you've got any TV shows that you're
looking forward to this summer or if
you're particularly looking forward to
any of the shows I mentioned on the list.
Until I see you, bye! [Outro]
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