Faking It
Starring Rita Volk, Katie Stevens, and Gregg Sulkin, this half-hour comedy from MTV followed best friends Karma and Amy as they pretended to be lesbians to be popular at their liberal Austin high school. What sounds like a so-so premise soon became one of the most thoughtful, LGBTQ+ inclusive shows on television. It examined the fluidity of sexuality and the reality of being intersex with sensitivity, humor and an open mind that deserved more than its three seasons. Creator Carter Covington claimed that poor ratings were responsible for the show’s early demise, but I also believe that the cancellation of MTV’s Awkward also played a role in the decision. RIP, Faking It. We hardly knew ye. – Bri Lockhart
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