GLAAD Ranks ABC, FX First in Network Responsibility Index

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has ranked ABC and FX as first among the broadcast and cable networks for their inclusion of GLBT content in their respective primetime programming, according to a press release from today.

The second annual “GLAAD Network Responsibility Index” evaluated the primetime programming of the five broadcast networks and 10 of the highest-rated cable networks for “quantity, quality and diversity” of images of GLBT people. The report assigned the networks grades of Good, Adequate or Failing.

ABC and CW each received a grade of Good for 24 percent and 21 percent of their programming, respectively, being inclusive of GLBT representations. CBS, NBC and Fox each received Adequate or Failing grades.

FX, HBO and Showtime each received a grade of Good among the cable networks with FX in the lead with 45 percent of its programming inclusive of GLBT content. Lifetime and MTV received grades of Adequate. A&E, Spike, TBS, TNT and USA were each assigned failing grades.

Copies of the report have been mailed to the programming executives at each of the networks evaluated, according to the release.

For more information about the report and GLAAD’s ranking criteria, click here.