Queer as Folk is an American-Canadian serial drama television series
that ran from December 3, 2000 to August 7, 2005. The series was
produced for Showtime and Showcase by Cowlip Productions, Tony Jonas
Productions, Temple Street Productions, and Showtime Networks, in
association with Crowe Entertainment. It was developed and written by
Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman, who were the showrunners, and also the
executive producers along with Tony Jonas, former President of Warner
Bros. Television.Based on the British series of the same name created
by Russell T Davies, Queer as Folk was the first hour-long drama on
American television to portray the lives of homosexual men and women.
Although it was set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, much of the series
was actually shot in Toronto and employed various Canadian directors
known for their independent film work (including Bruce McDonald, David
Wellington, Kelly Makin, John Greyson, Jeremy Podeswa and Michael
DeCarlo), as well as Australian director Russell Mulcahy, who directed
the pilot episode. Additional writers in the later seasons included
Michael MacLennan, Efrem Seeger, Brad Fraser, Del Shores, and Shawn
Postoff.The series follows the lives of five gay men living in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Brian (Gale Harold), Justin (Randy
Harrison), Michael (Hal Sparks), Emmett (Peter Paige), and Ted (Scott
Lowell); a lesbian couple, Lindsay (Thea Gill) and Melanie (Michelle
Clunie); and Michael's mother Debbie (Sharon Gless) and his uncle Vic
(Jack Wetherall). Another main character, Ben (Robert Gant), was added
in the second season.
that ran from December 3, 2000 to August 7, 2005. The series was
produced for Showtime and Showcase by Cowlip Productions, Tony Jonas
Productions, Temple Street Productions, and Showtime Networks, in
association with Crowe Entertainment. It was developed and written by
Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman, who were the showrunners, and also the
executive producers along with Tony Jonas, former President of Warner
Bros. Television.Based on the British series of the same name created
by Russell T Davies, Queer as Folk was the first hour-long drama on
American television to portray the lives of homosexual men and women.
Although it was set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, much of the series
was actually shot in Toronto and employed various Canadian directors
known for their independent film work (including Bruce McDonald, David
Wellington, Kelly Makin, John Greyson, Jeremy Podeswa and Michael
DeCarlo), as well as Australian director Russell Mulcahy, who directed
the pilot episode. Additional writers in the later seasons included
Michael MacLennan, Efrem Seeger, Brad Fraser, Del Shores, and Shawn
Postoff.The series follows the lives of five gay men living in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Brian (Gale Harold), Justin (Randy
Harrison), Michael (Hal Sparks), Emmett (Peter Paige), and Ted (Scott
Lowell); a lesbian couple, Lindsay (Thea Gill) and Melanie (Michelle
Clunie); and Michael's mother Debbie (Sharon Gless) and his uncle Vic
(Jack Wetherall). Another main character, Ben (Robert Gant), was added
in the second season.
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