ABC Family, the CW tops in gay inclusive shows

The hit TV show "Pretty Little Liars" helped ABC Family win an "excellent" rating for its portrayal of gay, lesbian and transgender people on television, the U.S. media group Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) said.

In its fifth annual report on the quantity and quality of gay images on TV, GLAAD also named another youth-oriented channel -- the CW -- as the top broadcast channel in terms of LGBT inclusiveness. Cable channels A&E and TBS received failing ratings for the fourth year in a row, with only five percent of their original primetime programing in the 2010-11 season including characters or situations that were fair and accurate portrayals of gays, lesbians, bisexual and transgender people, the GLAAD report said. On ABC Family, by contrast, 55 percent of original prime time programing had LGBT inclusive images and some gay and lesbian characters also came from racial and ethnic groups.