tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post4761583602622705075..comments2024-03-14T04:07:39.792-07:00Comments on Earl Pomerantz: Just Thinking...: "What The Networks Got So Extremely and Excruciatingly Wrong When I Was Around"Earl Pomerantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963705121297866334noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-21122514266008607252016-01-14T23:27:33.316-08:002016-01-14T23:27:33.316-08:00Just happen to be watching Barney Miller tonight a...Just happen to be watching Barney Miller tonight and reading your post during commercials. I'm watching part 2 of a 2-parter. Seems to me that Barney Miller regularly bucked conventional wisdom. They did many episodes about gays, including a gay cop; a cross-dresser at least once; don't recall any transgenders but that doesn't mean they didn't broach the subject. They openly spoke of sex, many times dealt w/prostitution, even a male prostitute. Obviously, Soap defied the wisdom throughout its run (4 or 5 years?). Their episodes were never self-contained. Besides having a gay character in the main cast, they certainly elevated sex well beyond "you know." Obviously, many other shows destroyed the CW. I'm too lazy to list more and more examples, but you worked on some of them, so I know that you know, too! Genenoreply@blogger.com