Must-See LGBTQ TV: ‘Billions’ and ‘The OA’ return, and the ‘Black Lightning’ season finale
Grab the remote, set your DVR or queue up your streaming service of choice! GLAAD is bringing you the LGBTQ highlights on TV this week. Check back every Sunday for up-to-date coverage in LGBTQ-inclusive programming on TV.
The season four premiere of Billions airs Sunday on Showtime. The financial drama is notable for including one of TV’s first non-binary characters, Taylor Mason, played by non-binary actor Asia Kate Dillon, whose role has only grows bigger each season. In the premiere, Axe Capital closes ranks, determined to destroy Taylor. No longer U.S. Attorney, Chuck struggles to regain power. Taylor does what it takes to keep their new company afloat. Billions: Sunday, 9pm on Showtime.
The season two finale of The CW’s Black Lightning airs on Monday, drawing the “Book of Apocalypse” saga to an end. The second season of the superhero show has focused on lesbian hero Anissa and her romance with Grace Choi, whose powers have also become apparent this season. The GLAAD Media Awards-nominated show has already been renewed for a third season. Black Lightning: Monday, 9pm on The CW.
The long awaited second season of Netflix’s The OA will be released in full on Friday. The science fiction show includes trans actor Ian Alexander in the cast, playing trans teen Buck Vu. The second season follows OA as she navigates a new dimension, one in which she had a completely different life as a Russian heiress, and one in which she once again finds herself as Hap’s captive. The OA: Friday on Netflix.
Sunday, March 17: Star Trek: Discovery (CBS All Access) God Friended Me (8pm, CBS); Supergirl (8pm, The CW); American Gods (8pm, Starz); Charmed (9pm, The CW); The Walking Dead (9pm, AMC); Billions (9pm, Showtime); Now Apocalypse (9pm, Starz); Madam Secretary (10pm, CBS);
Monday: Arrow (8pm, The CW); Shadowhunters (8pm, Freeform); Black Lightning (9pm, The CW); 9-1-1 (9pm, Fox)
Tuesday: American Housewife (8pm, ABC); Good Trouble (8pm, Freeform); Roswell, New Mexico (9pm, The CW); This Is Us (9pm, NBC); I am Jazz (9pm, TLC); Boomerang (10pm, NBC)
Wednesday: Riverdale (8pm, The CW); Empire (8pm, Fox); Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists (8pm, Freeform); Project Runway: All Stars (8pm, Lifetime); Modern Family (9pm, ABC); All American (9pm, The CW); Star (9pm, Fox); The Magicians (9pm, Syfy); Schitt’s Creek (10pm, Pop TV)
Thursday: The Good Fight (CBS All Access); Grey’s Anatomy (8pm, ABC); Superstore (8pm, NBC); Project Runway (8pm, Bravo); Station 19 (9pm, ABC); Legacies (9pm, The CW); Brooklyn Nine-Nine (9pm, NBC); RuPaul’s Drag Race (9pm, VH1); Will & Grace (9:30pm, NBC); For the People (10pm, ABC); Broad City (10pm, Comedy Central); The Other Two (10:30pm, Comedy Central)
Friday: Dynasty (8pm, The CW); The Cool Kids (8:30pm, Fox); Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (9pm, The CW)
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