TV

 Reviews of contemporary tv shows, with a few from before 2020, looking for beefcake, gay characters, gay-subtext, buddy-bonds, and queer codes. Most have nude photos of the male cast members.

Some lists:

The top 18 gay-positive comedy shows: Aliens, vampires, a Christian pastor, a ghost, a teenager named after meat, and a hung Phung

The top 18 gay-positive science fiction, fantasy, and paranormal shows: reincarnated Thai guys, a time-traveling doctor, a sandman, and Will Robinson

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 Adventure Beast: We Live on a Queer Planet

Agatha All Along: Gay guy and witch trapped in a bad tv show world.

The Amazing Digital Circus: Gay, trans, ace, and nonbinary humans trapped in a sinister video game.

 Am I Being Unreasonable: Disagreeable British lady gets a girlfriend, has a dark secret. 

Among Us: A crew of nonbinary bean-beings face a killer in their midst.

And Just Like That: Carrie's return has elitism, bisexuals, dongs, musems, marital spats, s'mores, and shoes

Animal Kingdom: Twelve bare bottoms, some faces, and Mama Smurf

AP Bio: Glen from Always Sunny as a disgraced philosopher turned high school biology teacher.

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Baby Reindeer: Comedian is turned gay by a sexual predator, but manages to turn straight again.

Banksters: Nonbinary and gay actors play a gang of gay teenage Turkish-German interns turned bank robbers

Barry: Two gay stereotype characters and no queerbaiting, a first for MAX

Batwoman: The Top 10 Hunks.  With an appearance by Robin the Boy Wonder

Beef: Reggie Mantle and his lady fight Poe Dameron and his wife.

Bel Air: The Fresh Prince reboot is a dark, depressing drama

Best Foot Forward: Boy negotiates middle school with a prosthetic leg, a hot dad, a bodybuilder brother, a gay buddy, and no annoying girl-craziness

Big Boys: A gay university freshman tries to make friends, find his tribe, and get laid.

Big Mistakes Episode 1.1: Dan Levy as a gay Christian pastor with a secret boyfriend and a crazy sister. 

Big Mistakes Episode 1.6: Nicky comes out, his mom punches a guy, and his sister hates her boyfriend.

Black Monday: Downlow financier,  closeted Congressman, and mimeographed penis

Blue Ridge: A wrestling promoter is murdered at a high school in the Hills.

Boots: A gay teen and his straight buddy join the Marines. In 1990.

The Bondsman: Kevin Bacon fights demons, sings country-western music, trunks Tater.

The Borough: A spider-monster, Stepford smiles, and elderly hunks in a desert retirement community. With Begley butt and silver fox cock

Brassic: The top ten beefy, brawling Midlands blokes, with some bonus Brummie knobs

Brideshead Revisited: Does the groundbreaking portrayal of (temporary) gay love hold up after 40 years?

Broad City: This ain't your daddy's Seinfeld.  With Stephen Schneider.

Bumper in Berlin Episode 1.1: Bumper from Pitch Perfect moves to Germany, meets a hunk, doesn't get the Girl

Bumper in Berlin Episode 1.3: Bumper saves the day by doing everything wrong. With bonus Til Schweiger

Bunk'd: A gay couple gets engaged on a Nickelodeon teencom

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Chad Powers Episode 1.2: A-hole footballer disguised as a college student, with a gay roommate and lots of bare chests.

Chad Powers Eisode 1.4: OMG, some jaw-dropping queer codes. Russ and Danny are in love!

The Chair Company Episode 1.3: A chair conspiracy, a queer kid, a ginger chub, weirdness for its own sake, and men in suits with d*cks

The Chair Company Episode 1.6: More queer codes at Seth's 18th birthday party.

Chicago Party Aunt: Free-spirit Diane tries to help her gay nephew get his first kiss.

Chucky: Gay Kid, Murderous Doll, Small Town. What Could Go Wrong?

The Conners: Gay kid argues with his mom in this update of Roseanne

Country Comfort: Is seeing Ricardo Hurtado, Eddie Cibrian, and Eric Balfour worth the pain?

Cracow Monster: Bisexual monster slayer in a rain-drenched Poland

Craig of the Creek: A cute gay preteen couple

Crap Happens: Many gay/bi/trans actors, a gay boy, father-son bonding, puppies, a talking duck, and some Deutsch d*cks

Crazy Fun Park: Dead gay teens come to life in an abandoned amusement park in Australia

Cucumber: Lots of cucumbers on display as gay life in Manchester goes dark

The Cuphead Show: Will Updating 1930s Fleischer Studio Animation Give Us Some Gay Characters?

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Da Vinci's Demons: An absurdly heterosexual Da Vinci, a bi guy who likes only ladies, two monstrous gay predators, and a lot of p*nises

Danger Force: Gay dads, a hot supervillain, Captain Man's muscles, and a boy in a tiara

Dead Boy Detectives: Ghost buddies, one gay, one bi, solve afterlife mysteries

Dead End: Paranormal Park: LGBT and neurodivergent teens fight demons

Decline and Fall: Theology student sent down for immorality in 1930s Oxford.

Deli Boys, Episode 1.1: Pakistani-American brothers learn a secret about their dad.  With lots of gay characters and some Pakistani dicks

Deli Boys, Episode 2.1: The guys are back, with more wacky drug deals, Andrew Rannells as a squeaky-clean gay DA, and Pakistani cocks

The Deuce: The top ten hunks of the adult video stars, mafiosi, and gay activists in 1970s New York

Diaries: Junior high hassles on the Isle of Capri.  But which of the kids is gay?

Difficult People: Billy pretends to be straight, Julie pretends to be Italian, and the son of the guest star takes his shirt off

A Discovery of Witches: Some lesbians, a gay tease, and Matthew Goode's goods

Dive!!: Japanese Anime Featuring Bulges, Biceps, and a Gay Kid

Doctor Who, 2017 Series: Hints, hunks, subtext, surprise, and off-camera p*nises

Doctor Who, 2023 Series: The gay doctor fights robots and cartoon characters, and gets a girlfriend.

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English Teacher, Episode 1.1: A gay teacher, his ex-boyfriend, and his homophobic buddy

English Teacher, Episode 1.8: Birthday party at a leather bar

 Los Espookys: Who you gonna call?

Euphoria: Guys in love, gay/bi affairs, toxic masculinity, and Brock O'Hurn

Everyone is Doing Great: Four actors face life after fame, with gay hints, kombucha,  and dicks

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Fairfax: Woke teens strive to become influencers on Fairfax Avenue

Fake Profile: A Richster doesn't trust his children's partners, for good reason.

Far From Home: Poor boy cheats his way into an elite prep school, almost gets fed to a hyena

Fionna and Cake: Complex adult-oriented sequel to Adventure Time, with two out gay couples

Foundation: The top 12 hunks of the tv series

 

The Four Seasons: Elite New Yorkers discuss True Love, with a gay couple

Free Bert: A chunk comedian, a hot model boyfriend, and gay-friendly actors. What could go wrong?

From, on MGM Plus: Lost in a Small Town, with Real Men Protecting their Wives and Kids

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Gangs of London: A gay assassin, his boyfriend, a gay mafia son, some s*x parties, and a lot of violence

Ghosts: A gay wedding, a vengeful Puritan, a male adult performer, and a lot of plot complications

The Girls on the Bus: The story behind the naked press bro

Good Trouble: The Foster women move to L.A., get horrible jobs, and compete over a bi guy

Goosebumps: The Vanishing: Ross from Friends as a crazy botanist, some gay teens, and Sam McCarthy's...

Grantchester: A Hot, Hip 1950s Vicar with a Grumbling Detective Sidekick and a Gay Assistant

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Halston: Life of the gay fashion designer, with too many dresses, not enough bulges

Hamster and Gretel: Superhero Kid and Hamster, Beset-Upon Older Brother

Heartstopper: A sweet, innocent story of boys in love

High Potential, Episode 1.11: The cleaning lady figures out whodunit in a rich family with secrets

High Potential, Episode 1.13: This one has gay characters, a ridiculous plot, and a last-scene twist

Hollyoakes tackles trans bullying, with teen bodybuilder and ant Dan Hough as the bully. Plus bonus n*de twinks

House of Guinness: Heirs to a beer empire in 1868 Ireland. With a gay brother, shirtless hunks, Irish hiphop, and a heck of a lot of dicks

House Party, Episode 1.1: Adam shows his tree-trunk, eats fro-yo, and flirts with Andrew Santino

House Party, Episode 1.3; A bisexual foam party is promised

House Party, Episode 2.9: Adam's *rgasm, Nick Rutherford's b*lge, and guys doing bedroom stuff...

House Party, Episode 3.1: Adam marries a dude. No, not Tony Cavalero. With bonus Hawaiians

Industry: Five backsides, three d*cks, and two chests of the top moneymakers at banking CPS something in London

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Mac gets fat, Charlie refuses sex, and Michael O'Hearn flexes.

It's Florida, Episode 1.6: Gay guy gets revenge on his ex by blowing up his trailer. Or not. Plus what BBC means

It's Florida, Episode 2.2: Guy gets high, gets n*ked, trashes a pizza place. With Adam Devine and pizza guy d*ck

It's Not Like That: Pastor starts dating his dead wife's best friend. No, he's not Eli Gemstone.

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Justified: Kentucky cowboy has gay-subtext romance with an unhinged thug.

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Kaos: Scheming royals...I mean modern-day Greek gods, some queer, some Daddies

Khemjira: A Thai shaman and his students find boyfriends, fight a "Power Ranger" demon

Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: Some bare backsides, some b*ndage, and queerbaiting

Kotaro Lives Alone: A 4-Year Old Boy who Talks Like a Samurai and Lives...Alone

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 The Lake: Sleazy mayor Jerry O'Connell wants a threesome with Justin and his boyfriend.

Little House on the Prairie hunks face fire, flood, disease, disaster, murder, and angst

The Lord of the Flies (2026), with gay-subtext Jack and Ralph, gay Simon, and nude Samoan dudes

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Elves, Humans, and Proto-Hobbits Face Off against the Dark Lord

Love Like a Bike: three gay romances, a lot of hot physiques, four d*cks, and a view of Pattaya

Lucifer: A hetero-h*rny Miles Burgess, gay/bi erasure, three backsides, and a d*ck

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Malcolm in the Middle: Life is Still Unfair:  The series returns with a nude Hal, gay Krelboynes, and a nonbinary sibling.

A Man in Full or The Fullness of Men or something. Whatever, it has a wild penis scene.

Matthew Beam Creator Essentials: Matthew hitchhikes naked, takes a polar plunge, builds secret rooms

Mayfair Witches: Two of them, with interlocking stories, a swishy straight guy, and demons

Mid-Century Modern: The Golden Girls with gay guys. Plus Bomer's backside

Missing: The Other Side: The gay leader of the Village of the Dead

Modern Family, Episode 5.6: Gloria's crush on Adam Devine, Phil's threesome, and a n*de Matt Risch

Modern Family, Episode 5.13: Jay acts girly, Mitch and Cam barge in, and Phil wants Cavalero's lips on his mouth.  Who doesn't?

Modern Family, Episode 5.17: Jay is way more homophobic than Andy  (With a Dylan bonus)

Modern Family, Episode 11.4: A pool full of muscle hunks, a future hunkoid thief, and a gay realtor. With some twinks and seven d*cks

Mr. Bigstuff: Short guy with big stuff isn't into ladies, has a gay boss and a psycho brother.

Mr. Midnight: Beware the Monsters: Teenage Paranormal Investigators in Singapore

My Life with the Walter Boys: Five brothers, three hunks, and "are they or aren't they?" mishegas

N-O

The Naked Brothers Band, the most heterosexist teencom on Nickelodeon. Plus the grown-up brothers' cocks, butts, and gay-vague characters.

NCIS New Orleans: The guy from Wings and the guy from Quantum Leap are kidnapped by the guy from Oz.

The Neighborhood: Two nuclear families and a kid who may or may not be trans.

New Heights: Gay Guy in Switzerland Leaves Big City to Run the Family Farm

No Good Deed: Four lesbians, a gay realtor, a gay son, some murders, and Phoebe from Friends.

North of North: Inuit lady, her gay bestie, some Inuk culture, and a lot of Inuk hunks

Not Suitable for Work: A 2020s Friends with two breakups, two meet-cutes, three cocks (two visible), fashion, finance, and a gay guy turned straight.

November 22, 1963: Failed writer goes back to practically perfect 1960. Does he buddy bond, or meet The Girl? With Franco c*ck

Oddballs: A Ghost and an Alligator Have Surreal Problems in a Netflix Adaption of a Web Comic

Off Campus: Hannah must choose between a hocky star and a bad boy

The Other Two, Episode 1.6: Cary goes shirtless, Chase twerks, and there's enough bulges and backsides for everyone

The Other Two, Episode 3.8: The guy from AP Bio tries to bond with an especially jerky Carey. 

 Overcompensating: Gay college boy wants a hetero bang to prove his worth. 

P-Q

Panchayat: Gay Subtext Series (With a Little Tweeking) from India

Peacemaker, Episode 2.1: A new hunk, a n*de Frank Grillo, a bisexual party, and nine DC Comics fanpages

Peacemaker, Episode 3.7: In a fascist parallel Earth, Judomaster comes out, and Vigilante finds his soul mate. With bonus Vietnamese d*cks.

 Pretty Dudes: Gay Asian erasure, a car hookup, Spiderman, and hamburger stuff.

Population 11: Ben Feldman trapped in an Outback town, with aliens, meat pies, and d*cks

Prisma (Prism): Italian Teen-Dream Twins, One Gay/Nonbinary/Trans

Proud: A young male model in Poland is gay, sleazy, frequently naked, and not at all proud.

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder: A Homophobic Dad Comes Around

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Raising Dion. Gay kid with superpowers, his Scoobies, and his soap-opera Mom.

Reacher, Episode 2.6: Is Reacher homophobic?  With a Ritchson p*nis, a Berchtold backside, and my new favorite catch phrase

Reacher, Episode 3.1: The Man-Mountain bonds with a gay college boy and his drug dealer dad, and there are plot twists

 The Really Loud House: Searching for gay subtexts. With gay Dads

The Residence: Murder at the White House, with a gay President

Ride Share: Skyler Gisondo's Bar Mitzvah, Beau Mirchoff's d*ck, and Andy Favreau just because

Ripley: A slow, artistic version of the gay subtext con artist/murderer

Rooster, Episode 1.1: Trashy novelist at an elite college, hetero romance problems, and a gay sidekick

Rooster, Episode 1.8: Are Rooster and Tommy boyfriends or father-son?

The Ropes: Unreliable narrator Rashomon about bouncers.

Run the Burbs: They're run by the Pham Phamily, with a queer daughter and some phine penises

Running Point: Travis has a stage mom, Jackie has a penis problem, and Sandy's ex is dating a Greek god. 

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Samuel: French middle school boys, with queerbaiting and Freud

The Sandman, Season 1: Endless is trapped naked in a bottle for 50 years, and there are gay guys.

The Sandman, Season 2: What happened to the beefcake and gay romance? 

Santa Clarita Diet, Episode 1.1: Witty dialogue, zombies, gross-out humor, and Skyler Gisondo

Santa Clarita Diet, Episode 1.9: A Medieval Serbian book, daddy/twink stuff, and Skyler

Schitt's Creek: Quirky small town in Canada (but don't tell anyone) has gay/bi guys

School Spirits: Ghost girl, her gay BFF, and their buds solve a mystery.

School Spirits: The Top 12 Hunks, living or not. A surprising number have posted d*ck pics.

Scream Queens: Glen Powell and John Stamos compare d*cks in a sinister hospital

The Season: Rich straight guys have problems, too. Even in Hong Kong.

The Secret of the Greco Family: Lesbian Text, Gay/Bi Subtexts in a Kidnapping Family

The Seven Dials Mystery: Murder on an English country estate in 1925, with a gay couple, a gay bar, Bluemel's backside, and Bilbo's d*ck

Shardlake: Murder in Tudor England, with a limb-different Sherlock Holmes and a lot of queerbaiting

Shrinking: A bizarre shrink, the male gaze, sentient water, and an invisible gay friend. With Segal and Tanner

The Sister: Probably-gay guy marries the sister of the girl he helped vanish. With his ex-buddy, ghostly voices, and Tovey bulges and backsides

Snakes and Ladders: A teacher and her gay son squabble with a chocolate heir, the Spanish counsul, and a closeted hunk. With Roque and Nico

So Not Worth It: Korean sitcom with high school student con artists

Solar Opposites: Do Korvo and Terry act like a married couple?  Do they call each other "husbands"?  Do they do bedroom stuff?

Solar Opposites, Episode 4.9: Skyler Gisondo and Kieran Culkin as a human and an alien bat-being in love.

Solar Opposites Valentine's Day Special: Did it really change everything?

 Sons of Anarchy: Trans Walton Goggins, a motorcycle club,  and three n*de men.

The Stranger: The one with Kai Alexander's backside, an alpaca-biter, and Eddy from Absolutely Fabulous

The Strongest Men in History: Robert Oberst and his pals recreate Viking challenges

Suburgatory: The shirtless parking valets: A shock of joy on the night before Thanksgiving

Sunny Nights: Will Forte sells tanning spray. With a lesbian sister, some gay gangsters, and Vincent Rodriguez III in his underwear

Surreal Estate: Realtor and his scoobies investigate haunted houses, with a gay couple and a lot of n*de Matt Whites

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Teacup: Body-jumping aliens, two heterosexual romances, a gay subtext boyfriend, and Rob's knob

That 90s Show, Episode 1.5: Ozzie comes out, teen boys try out a hot tub, and we see Ashton Kutcher's cock

That 90s Show, Episode 2.4: We meet Ozzie's boyfriend, sort of. Plus nude photos of teen idol Brian Austin Green

That 90s Show, Episode 3.6: Ozzie dates, Theo gets groped, and Big Dick gets dumped 

 The Third Day: Jude Law in The Wicker Man, with scissor goblins and a deceased son,

This Love Doesn't Have Long Beans.  But does it have any cocks? Thai BL with cooking and evil schemes. Plus Japanese and Himalayan dudes

Thundermans Undercover: Gay superhero Jack Griffo flexes, tries to pick up men. 

Tracker: Guy tracks missing people in scary states. Are any of them gay?

Tracker, Episode 3.1: Tracker tracks a probably gay teenager. With Pride flags, Greek tavernas, a Canadian wrestler, and Bryant cock

True Blood: Vampires come out of the coffin amid a Southern Gothic soap opera

Twin Peaks, the Return: Paranormal weirdness, 25 years later. See if you can figure it out.

Unchosen: A mysterious stranger seduces a gay fundamentalist and his wife. Plus murder, Nazarene triggers, and Asa's dick

Under the Banner of Heaven: Murder and spiritual crisis in a fundamentalist Mormon family with five sons.

Unprisoned, Season 1: Ex-Con Moves in with his Daughter and Possibly Gay Grandson

Unprisoned, Season 2:  Will Finn finally come out, or stay gay-vague forever?

Unstable: Father and son Lowes are grieving, the Pilgrim Twins have small junk, and there's a gay sycophant

The Upshaws: Bernard finds his truth in Wanda Sykes' new comedy

The Upshaws: Has Bernard Turned Straight? Netflix Hopes You Think So.

W-Z

Wandavision: More sitcom than science fiction

Waterloo Road: "What I Did Last Summer" with a new headmaster, a side piece, dark secreets, and dciks

Wednesday: Is the New Addams Family TV Series Gay-Friendly?

The Weird World of Gumball: Definitely weird, but is it adequately gay? With Jordan's junk, Kwesi's cock, and Alkaio Thiele

Welcome to Derry: "It" prequel with interesting monsters, Cold War paranoia, 1960s racism, and "bury your gays."

Welcome to Plathville: Beefcake and bottoms of a hard-core fundamentalist family

Wellmania: Gaz cheats on his boyfriend, Chad shows his d*ck, and Liv has a meltdown

Wednesday: The Top 13 Hunks and Hunkoids of Nevermore Academy, some gay, some with dciks

Wet Hot American Summer: Skyler in a satyr costume, a gaslit gay couple, and learning how to use your p*nis

Will Trent: Who is murdering naked fratboys? Detectives think it's about a girl, but...With fratboy cocks and Jeff East

With Love: Jorge and Henry's bachelor party in Las Vegas.  With lots of bonus bottoms.

Wonder Man: Not-quite-gay struggling actor, superhero, or both? Plus there's a big shock: Ben Kingsley is straight

Workakholics Episode 1.9: Adam kisses a cougar, gets frisky with Ders, and raps as a bodybuilding fairy.

Workaholics Episode 1.10: Adam would do stuff with a guy for $900. Does he take credit cards?

Workaholics Episode 3.7: Bodybuilders for the Lord turn out to be gay

Workaholics Episode 5.1: Blake becomes an adult star, Ders is into weird stuff, and Adam is gay

Workaholics Episode 5.5: Penis jokes and buddy-bonding at a Gay Pride Party

Young Rock, Episode 2.8: Dwayne hits the big time, with lots of locker room wrestler beefcake

Young Rock, Episode 2.12: Dwayne calls out a bully, works on his bluster, and offends his boyfr...I mean buddy.

You're Nothing Special: A Teenager with No Magic Power and her Gay BFF Look for Love in Catalonia

You're the Worst, Episode 3.1: Homophobic rapper hooks up with gay stereotype

You're the Worst, Episode 5.6: Is Jimmy hooking up with his buddy?  Is Rapper Sam still bi?  Is Dax an adult video star?