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Great idea. I would love a prominent TV show to have main characters of the opposite sex that are good friends and a romance is never shoehorned into it at any point.
Warehouse 13 got sooooo close.
Stargate SG1 did it as well or evem better than WH13 in my opinion. Sure Jack and Sam have some sort of romance but Teal'C, Sam, and Daniel are great friends. Atlantis did it even better with Ronon and Teyla.
Yeah, but not all the characters on any show were hooking up with each other outside of soap opera stuff. There was still an idea that two of them will end up falling in love. Why does that need to be part of the show at all? Let them all have partners outside of work.
Romance sells. Will they won't they sells. Sex appeal sells.
It might seem cheap to you, but people do want and enjoy that kind of content.
Don't you think people also might and want shows that don't have those things? I really don't think a single show where there is a mixed gender cast and no one ever ends up in bed with anyone else is going too far.
I'm sure some exist, but you're an exception in not wanting that at all; most people want sex appeal and some romance.
Sex is an intrinsic part of being human and influences a lot of our decisions, it's only natural for it to be in our media.
This is what I said:
A prominent TV show.
As in one. Singular.
So I'm not sure where you have gotten it into your head that I want no romance at all in media.
These days you'll get romance with characters of the same sex too, detracting. If you only look at the main characters, maybe. But a show without romance at all? No.
For fuck's sake...
For the third time:
Since you need this re-clarified for you, I'll do it a fourth time:
I am talking about the main characters of a single TV show and, since you need further clarification, main characters of a single TV show who are both heterosexual and opposite genders who have no romantic feelings toward each other,
Do I need to be even clearer?
As for your suggestion that queer romance is as commonplace as heterosexual romance on TV now, that's just laughably untrue.
Honestly, Law & Order is good for this imo. Especially Benson and Stabler from SVU, and some of Criminal Intent with Vincent D'Onofrio and Kathryn Erba.
If you haven't seen it. Ted Lasso is a great one for this.
I've had that show recommended to me before and I keep avoiding it because the subject matter doesn't interest me, but I keep being told to watch it despite that, so it is on my long list.
I'm not sure what you think the subject matter is, but I was completely caught off guard. The main character is ostensibly in a "fish out of water" story, and that certainly creates a humorous backdrop. But the show is really all about mental health and wellbeing. People supporting each other while they learn to love themselves, deal with anxiety, trauma, and prejudice... It's immensely beautiful, uproariously funny, and I will happily be the next person to recommend you watch it.
It's the sports part that held absolutely no interest to me because I think sports are really, really boring. But I'm told I'll like it anyway, and you seem to back that up.
There are plenty of shows "about" subjects that you really don't need to have any interest in to enjoy, because the show is actually about the characters. Like Succession, is any knowledge about or passion for corporate takeovers necessary? In Ted Lasso, the sport is there to motivate the characters, and is only very occasionally on screen.
I want to believe.
Sherlock sorta did it. I don't think those two ever got together?
Edit: I did very much mean Elementary
I think you meant Elementary, but good point! I forgot about that show!
Not only did they not get together, Watson made it clear that ain't gonna ever happen within the first two or three episodes.