TV series / 1981

Love, Sidney

Name: Love, Sidney
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1981-10-28
Cast: Tony Randall, Swoosie Kurtz, Kaleena Kiff, Lynne Thigpen, Chip Zien

Episode directors Mel FerberTony MordenteJay Sandrich

Comedy

★ 3.8/10Audience rating

A middle-aged gay artist shares his New York apartment with a single mother and her little girl. Based on a short story written by Marilyn Cantor Baker, which was subsequently adapted into a TV movie entitled Sidney Shorr: A Girl's Best Friend. Love, Sidney was the first program on American television to feature a gay character as the central lead, although for the series, Sidney's homosexuality was almost entirely downplayed from its subtle yet unmistakable …

The story

A middle-aged gay artist shares his New York apartment with a single mother and her little girl. Based on a short story written by Marilyn Cantor Baker, which was subsequently adapted into a TV movie entitled Sidney Shorr: A Girl's Best Friend.

Love, Sidney was the first program on American television to feature a gay character as the central lead, although for the series, Sidney's homosexuality was almost entirely downplayed from its subtle yet unmistakable presence in the two-hour pilot.