I seem to remember that on the 1977-81 sitcom "Soap," there was a regular character named Jodie Dallas (played by Billy Crystal) who was gay; other shows had gay characters come on for an episode or two, such as one during the 1977 season of "Alice" where Alice falls for a football player who happens to be gay. I believe gay themes were also discussed on shows like "All in the Family" and "Maude," which were earlier sitcoms from the same producers who went on to do "Three's Company."
Posted on Dec 15, 2000, 7:29 PM from IP address 38.138.173.140