How Much Is Enough? - This PopMatters article about gay representation on TV jumps to a lot of conclusions without a lot of explanation. Just to name a few points, the author makes the claim that the gay population is 10% without any support. Further, the author mentions that the overall representation would be grimmer if cable TV was included, but fails to note that there are gay characters on cable shows like Six Feet Under, Sex and the City and The Shield. Additionally, I neglect to see how it is a foregone conclusion that the past success of Pyramid will make it a hit once again.

I don't think we need to be lobbying for a Transgendered Eskimo to host a game show in order to fulfill particular quotas. But I do think it's realistic to expect *some* diversity based on the setting and location of a show: black Friends in Manhattan, gays and/or Asians on Presidio Med or Monk, Latinos on CSI: Miami. But even then, write for strong, well-defined characters of any type before creating one-note stereotypes.