The sendup of daytime soap operas featured the actor as one of the first openly gay characters on primetime — and was met with backlash months before its debut.
Created by Susan Harris, who was later behinds, it was a half-hour comedy lampooning daytime soap operas and centering on the eventful lives of two sisters, the affluent Jessica Tate and working-class Mary Campbell .
The show featured an early career turn forAfter ABC screened two episodes for local affiliates, areport in June 1977 exaggerated its depictions of sexuality and misrepresented certain plot points, including a scene involving a woman proclaiming her love for a priest during confessional. This led to complaints from religious groups, with the Roman Catholic Church calling for a boycott of products advertised on the show.
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