Welcome to another Question of the Day. Today's Question comes from Trish who asks.
"What Sex Leads do you like in your TV Shows?"
Interesting questions and one I've never before today thought about.
We have the Classic Male/Male lead. Examples are shows like Supernatural, Psych
Male/Female Leads - Fringe, X-Files, etc
Female/Female Leads - Rizzoli and Isles, Cagney and Lacey
Ensemble - LOST, Grey's Anatomy etc
I think I'd have to go with Male/Female leads as I find the dynamics a little more interesting.
So which type do you prefer and why and list examples of the shows in the comments below and vote in the poll.
Depends on the story being told really
ReplyDeleteI dont really care as long as a show is good.
ReplyDeletei prefer ensemble
ReplyDeleteLost, Chuck- ensemble
ReplyDeleteThe X Files- Male and Female
White Collar - Male and Male
^No comment for Female and Female
Ensemble is good, equality and leverage. The only thing that count it's love and respect.
ReplyDeleteWhile I prefer ensemble, in looking at the options, I realised that I can't think of a single show I watch that has female/female. Weird.
ReplyDeletePsych and Supernatural are my favorite shows, and I think part of the reason for that is the fact that the two main characters are guys. On TV, we are usually given shows with either an ensemble cast or a male and female main cast, so seeing a show with two male leads is refreshing for me. And, of course, if theyre good looking its even better
ReplyDeleteAll kinds.
ReplyDeleteEnsemble shows I have liked: Lost, Sopranos, E.R., Raising Hope, Community, and Parks and Recreation.
Male-led shows I've liked: N.Y.P.D. Blue and The Wire.
Female-led: The Good Wife and Fringe.
"Buddy" type shows grow tiresome quickly for me. I hated Cagney and Lacey. I do like Psych, but watch only occasionally.
Whichever, the quality of writing and acting is paramount. Great question, BTW.
Ensemble with Male/Female in close second.
ReplyDeleteBut I think that even on ensemble casts one can most of the time pick out leads mostly female and male. Like in Lost I would say Jack and Kate, just like the CSI's have their leads. Just my take on it.
depends on the story, i usually like m/f but, occasionally if it suits the cast/show i like other romantic pair ups. variety is good, otherwise shows tend to get stale.
ReplyDeleteBromances are getting tired. Not much new to do or say in that arena, either in film or television. Perhaps two Gay leads is where that needs to go. Lots of "we're gay for each other" humor (or HoYay! depending where you come from on the internet), but no real substantial relationships there.
ReplyDeleteThere haven't been many great female/female pairings, but I'm a guy, so it takes a lot to get me to associate with a female lead anyway. Again, another good place for a Gay vibe. Maybe Xena Warrior Princess had that covered?
Male/Female always worked. Bones and Castle brought that back with humor and humanity, but there are so many great pairings.
Ensemble casts can literally pull all of this off at the same time, so I voted there. Community and Cougar Town are really showing what a ensemble cast with no wasted characters can be. So big ups to them.
depends on the show and the cast. Has to be at least one preferably two that attract my attention. And it helps if the writers are good and balance the plot points. And there most definitely has to be someone that I want to know more about and they have to develop the characters well. Tell me a story or show me peoples that I want to grow with.
ReplyDeleteI lean much more towards ensemble but my favourite shows right now have two female leads, so...
ReplyDeleteAs a rule I prefer ensemble casts. I can really like any grouping, but I am leery of female/female lead shows, because they sometimes times tend to bring along "girl power" plotlines that seem forced to me at times.
ReplyDeleteI'd have to pick Ensemble. The shows I watch(ed) with mostly female leads are Desp Hwives and Ugly Betty, but they're pretty much ensemble too.
ReplyDeleteI genuinely do not have a preference, I watch Supernatural and White Collar which are both male/male leads, however I also watch Chuck and Fringe (Male/Female) and Smallville, NCIS and Criminal Minds (Ensemble). I don't watch any shows with two female leads, and I actually can't even think of any off the top of my head, but I don't think I'd have a problem with watching one provided the show was actually any good.
ReplyDeleteI don't have a preference when I think about it.
ReplyDeleteOne thing I dislike intensely is that whole 'will they/wont they?' premise. I find it boring in the extreme, and so many shows are based around that.
Interesting characters I can engage with are much more important than the gender of the leads.
And the title of this thread? Sex leads? Was it just my warped sense of humor? Because I blinked when I saw it - didn't quite know where it was heading for a minute.
(aaawww gimme a break - I just woke up)
Male/Female . X-Files,
ReplyDeleteFemale/Female . Gilmore Girls
Ensemble . NCIS, Parenthood, One Tree Hill
Taken from: SpoilerTV http://www.spoilertv.com/2011/03/question-of-day-what-sex-leads-do-you.html#ixzz1I6q2pX3k
I loathe the will they/won't they thing too. I absolutely love it when a series is smart enough to NOT cater to the shippers and avoid having their two leads be romantically involved on some level. Not every pair of co-workers needs to hook up dammit!
ReplyDeleteI thought it sounded like preferred porn leads or sex scene leads or something too.... Then it dawned on me after seeing the poll it was gender.
M/F leads: Luther, La Femme Nikita, Life, Torchwood
ReplyDeleteM/M leads: Human Target, Breaking Bad, Psych, Republic of Doyle, Sherlock
F/F Leads: Lost Girl,
Ensemble: True Blood, Lost, Fringe, sons of Anarchy
Even with more and more strong female leads on the air, not a lot of female/female lead series on the air... and even less that I watch I guess. Seems to me there are more female major lead shows with male supporting characters like V, Covert Affairs, Nurse Jackie, Weeds etc.
I have no gender preferences when it comes to television shows. Choosing or dismissing a show based on gender seems very arbitrary to me.
ReplyDeleteStory, cast, production quality - those are the criteria that matter to me.
the title of the poll threw me too at first
ReplyDeleteI agree with your stance on the will they/wont they crap, I tend to avoid shows with those kinds of drama's especially after watching Grey's Anatomy for the first to and half season, which is why Supernatural is my show. I adore the brotherly relationship on the show but absolutely hate it when the writers try to go soapy with love interests that aren't one episode wonders. I don't care who hooks up with who unless it happens to be detrimental to the actual plot/mythology.
Well.. usually the better shows (imo) have more male leads. and shows like 90210, GG, (CW lol) have more female and I like them but its more of a guilty pleasur haha. So yeah I guess Male/Male. And I do LOVE Male/Female (bones, castle...DUH) but then I love it cause I want them to get together and I really DONT care about waht the heck is going on in the show like the cases lol... so kinda not good.
ReplyDeleteLOL I know! I read the title a million times cause i wasnt sure what it was about then saw the poll... OH! brain kicked in lol
ReplyDeletelet me think.. my favorites shows are Supernatural, Breaking Bad, Being Human, The Vampire Diaries and Misfits.... so ... i don't really care about this... like i care about the story being told
ReplyDeleteIt really does depend on the story. Like Supernatural rocks with three (four if you count Jim Beaver) male leads and probably wouldn't be half as good with female leads, but I loved Lena Heady and Summer Glau as leading females in T:TSCC. X-Files worked great with a male and female so it really does depend
ReplyDeleteI'm a huge fan of buddy shows. Starsky & Hutch was the best example of this genre. There have been a lot of buddy shows on TV, but I think the best ones are the ones that have the 'buddy' relationship already established when the story begins. (S&H were already partners, Dean and Sam are brothers...) I enjoy the relationship between the two leads and feel that a deep, caring friendship where one would die for the other can't be forged when they meet in the pilot. (Miami Vice) I just can't buy two people getting so in-tuned with each other quite so quickly. So I had to vote male & male, since the only 'buddy show' that has ever worked in my opinion with a female is the XFiles. And then I hated when they put the two into a 'love' relationship. So male & male makes it easier to avoid those kinds of romantic entanglements.
ReplyDeleteI don't care as long as the characters and the relationships are interesting and dynamic.
ReplyDeleteAnd what makes sense for the story.
I'm not a big fan of "will-they won't-they" stories so in that sense I would prefer an ensemble, or same-sex main cast but at the end of the day, Peter/Olivia won't stop me from watching Fringe, for example.
I like the Male/Female thing, because it's fun and sexy lol I know the Fem/Fem sounds weird but it depends on the relationship between the two women. Gilmore Girls worked. Rizzoli and Isles seems to be working...
ReplyDeleteWell, seeing as how my two gave shows are male/male (supernatural and psych) I voted male/male
ReplyDeleteWhat I don't like about a male/female show is how it always becomes about them getting together and not the actual story or show. I watch shows for their story, not annoying will they/won't they?
That another problem with ensembles. I loved lost and NCIS but, IMO NCIS especially, they just became too much about to characters gettig together that I couldn't even watch NCIS anymore
That'd why I like criminal minds, no annoying sexual tension
I think sexual tension ruins good shows
Male/male all the way!!
I love the brighter relationship of sam and dean or the childhood best friendship of Shawn and Gus. They just work so well together
I think male and female I love the chemistry that they have.
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ReplyDeleteMy favorite show is Supernatural, but it's not so much the (steamin' hot)two guys combo but the banter between them that was at least orginally a big part of the show, and their relationship. I like that whether it's two males or a male/female combo. I haven't seen too many female2 shows that appeal that much to me. Saw a bit of Rizzoli and Isles, and that might be ok.
ReplyDeleteI can think of several shows through out the history of TV that only had male leads, how is this refreshing? I can only think of a few shows with only female leads, and most of them were sitcoms...such as Designing Women, The Golden Girls, and One Day at a Time.
ReplyDeleteWhich shows are these? I can't think of any shows right now that have two female leads...
ReplyDeleteThrow me too...I think Gender leads would have been a better title. When I think of sex, I think of SEX!!!
ReplyDeleteIt depends on the story, but Supernatural will always be Sam and Dean.
ReplyDeletePLL, Glee & VD - Ensemble
ReplyDeleteHaven - Male/Female
SPN - Male/Male
So, no, not really a preferance..
male/male
ReplyDeleteThis question reads weird.
ReplyDeleteShould be "gender" instead of "sex."
I dont really have a preference, for me it depends more on who the lead is rather than their sex. i guess i tend to like more female driven shows but, still...
ReplyDelete.... not sure, but Male-male (as in White Collar and Psych) are really growing on me... but male-female like Castle are soooo great! and Ensemble like CSI or NCIS are cool.. I think this is a strange poll... LOL
ReplyDeletehaha i was just about to say that..lol ;)
ReplyDeleteI love Peter and Neal together in White Collar, Steve and Danny in H5-0, i also love Booth and Brennan,Castle and Beckett. i could go on,lets put it this way,as long as they have chemistry together i'm on board,it makes a show more interesting...
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