Author: Randy Slovacek

Logo TV says the network is planning a shift in programming – which will abandon most of its gay-onlyTV lineup – follows a study that more closely identifies the way the LGBT community lives today. Findings suggest that 53 percent of gay people live openly but without a priority to showcase their sexual orientation. Only 30 percent of those surveyed say they preferred living and socializing in an exclusively LGBT community.

“The gay community continues to evolve in size, influence and identity,” said Starcom Mediavest’s Esther Franklin, EVP, head of SMG Americas Experience Strategy. ”Beyond Demographics (TM) allows us to understand the needs of this critical community as they emerge and to paint a clearer, more specific picture of what’s meaningful and relevant in their lives.”

The updated lineup at Logo will feature shows akin to “America’s Next Top Model”, “Laguna Beach”, and “Storage Hunters” after producers of those shows have signed on to produce programming absent of gay-focused plots.

Logo says it will not abandon some of its prime gay TV including “RuPaul’s Drag U” – one of the network’s top-performing shows.

I was under the impression that the POINT of Logo was to provide gay-centric programming.  I’ll be interested to see how these changes are implemented.  Several professionals I know in the TV/entertainment field tell me Logo rarely knows what it’s doing, and is run by people with little “big picture” experience.

I know from my own personal viewing experience in trying to support the network, it has seemed erratic in the moves it’s made in terms quality and quantity of programming.

Time will tell.
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“I do not believe this Field Poll of 59% of California regular voters support same-sex marriage. That just flies in the face of the two real polls, two elections — one to change the laws in California, the other one to change the state Constitution. The California voters want marriage to be one man, one woman — period. In spite of the massive amounts of money, of being out-stanced and out-maneuvered, and with foot soldiers on the ground, the homosexual agenda still cannot get a majority of the voters in any state, anywhere in this nation to approve homosexual marriage — not one time.” – “Ex-gay” leader Greg Quinlan, claiming that yesterday’s poll was faked.

This is Greg Quinlan crying in his Post Toasties because society is evolving and he wishes it wasn’t.

The Field Poll is a non-partisan independent organization. 59% to 34% is a wide margin to be wrong.

The poll’s director, Mark DiCamillo, tells The Sacramento Bee that the growing support shows that opinions are changing as younger voters replace older voters. And as California’s marriage battle plays out in the courts, and judges in other states rule against traditional marriage, he says the opinion of the people is changing.

You can’t just say “I don’t believe” to make it go away, Greg. Society is evolving. It’s happening.

Forward.

William Levy – newly announced cast member of this seasons Dancing With The Stars – is a former model and reality TV star who’s transitioned successfully to acting on soap operas and in film.

His hunk status was solidified when People en Espanol named him one of its “50 Most Beautiful People” in 2011.

Despite Levy’s success in the Latin market, the 31-year-old Cuban says appearing on American television fulfills one of his childhood dreams: “When I was in Cuba, when I was little I always dreamed about being here and I always dreamed about doing something in the American market, being in Hollywood, you know, so it’s good to feel that it’s getting closer and closer, my dream is getting closer and closer to be reality.”