Love, Sidney 1981
What is Love, Sidney?
Love, Sidney is a television series first released in 1981. Catalogued under Comedy.
- Type
- TV series
- Year
- 1981
- Status
- Ended
- Episodes
- 46
- Runtime
- 30 minutes
- First aired
- Oct 28, 1981
- Networks
- NBC
- Genres
- Comedy
- Updated
At a glance
- Rating
- ★ TMDB users: 3.8/10
- Format
- 2 seasons · 46 episodes
- Episode runtime
- ~30 minutes
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- NBC
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Love, Sidney is a television series first released in 1981. Catalogued under Comedy. Produced and broadcast by NBC. Current status: Ended. Spans 2 seasons and 46 tracked episodes.
Should you watch it?
“A middle-aged gay artist shares his New York apartment with a single mother and her little girl.”
- features a middle-aged gay artist as the central lead
- based on a short story written by Marilyn Cantor Baker
- the central character's homosexuality was almost entirely downplayed in the series compared to the pilot
Watch it if you are interested in groundbreaking American television history from 1981.
The series features comedic and family-oriented domestic situations from American television history.
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What is Love, Sidney about?
It follows a middle-aged gay artist who shares his New York apartment with a single mother and her little girl.
When was Love, Sidney released?
The television series premiered in 1981.
What is the source material for the show?
It is based on a short story written by Marilyn Cantor Baker, which was also adapted into a TV movie entitled Sidney Shorr: A Girl's Best Friend.
What makes Love, Sidney unique in television history?
It was the first program on American television to feature a gay character as the central lead.
How was the lead character's sexuality portrayed in the series?
Although present in the pilot, Sidney's homosexuality was almost entirely downplayed for the television series.
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