So Gay TV

So Gay TV
StarringMathieu Chantelois (Season 1)
Jason Ruta (Season 2)
Country of originCanada
No. of seasons2
Production
Executive producerZev Shalev
Original release
NetworkPrideVision
U8TV.com
Release2001 (2001) –
2002 (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

  1. ^ a b "Reality bites: An oral history of The Lofters". The Grid, August 7, 2013.
  2. ^ "U8TV.com announces new fall shows". The Telegram, August 29, 2001.
  3. ^ "Wanted: a loftier reality TV". The Globe and Mail, October 30, 2001.
  4. ^ "Pop goes the news". Toronto Star, December 20, 2003.
  5. ^ "Canada's gay digital channel popular in U.S.". Ottawa Citizen, November 24, 2001.
  6. ^ "Made in Canada leads Gemini pack". The Globe and Mail, September 25, 2002.


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