2020 TV-MA 5h 07m 8.3

Investigates the importance of TV as an intimate medium that has shaped the American conscience, and how the LGBTQ movement has shaped television.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 The Dark Ages

1. The Dark Ages

Aired: Feb 13, 2020

Early TV portrayed LGBTQ people as homicidal maniacs and sexual deviants. It ...

Episode 2 Television as a Tool

2. Television as a Tool

Aired: Feb 13, 2020

Following the Stonewall Uprising, LGBTQ activists began using television as a...

Episode 3 The Epidemic

3. The Epidemic

Aired: Feb 13, 2020

HIV/AIDS was initially ignored by TV, and fear of the disease stunted LGBTQ r...

Episode 4 Breakthroughs

4. Breakthroughs

Aired: Feb 13, 2020

In 1997, Ellen DeGeneres made history by coming out on her TV show as in her ...

Episode 5 The New Guard

5. The New Guard

Aired: Feb 13, 2020

Today's new guard of LGBTQ creators in TV has opened the door to greater repr...

Info about Visible: Out on Television

Current Status: Ended

Network: Apple TV+

Genres: Documentary, History