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28 Percent Of Audiences Watch LGBT-Inclusive TV Programming | Twenty-eight percent of audiences and advertisers watched programing that included LGBT characters, and such programs represented 24 percent of “broadcast primetime scripted and reality shows last season,” Nielsen is reporting. Interestingly, “LGBT-Inclusive characters were incorporated into shows that skewed towards Eastern and Pacific viewers and were less watched by Midwesterners. This differential was most pronounced among 18-24 year olds in the Midwest, especially when compared to 18-24 year olds in other regions of the U.S.” Look:

(HT: JoeMyGod)

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