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★ 8.3Brash humor and genuine emotion make up this original series revolving around the lives, loves, ambitions, careers and friendships of a group of gay men and women living on Liberty Avenue in contemporary Pittsburgh, PA. The show offers an unapologetic look at modern, urban gay and lesbian lives while addressing the most critical health and political issues affecting the community. Sometimes racy, sometimes sensitive and always straight to the heart.
- Aired
- 2000–2005
- Seasons
- 5 · 83 episodes
- Status
- Ended
- Created by
- Daniel Lipman, Ron Cowen
- Network
- Showtime
- Genres
- Drama
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Key facts
- Genre
- Drama
- Based on
- Queer as Folk , by Russell T Davies
- Developed by
- Ron Cowen Daniel Lipman
- Starring
- Michelle Clunie Thea Gill Gale Harold Randy Harrison Scott Lowell Peter Paige Chris Potter Hal Sparks Sharon Gless Robert Gant
- Opening theme
- "Spunk" by Greek Buck (seasons 1–3) , "Cue the Pulse to Begin" by Burnside Project (seasons 4–5)
- Composer
- Tom Third
- Countries of origin
- Canada United States
- Original language
- English
- Number span no of episodes
- 83 ( list of episodes )
- Executive producers
- Tony Jonas Ron Cowen Daniel Lipman
- Producers
- Sheila Hockin Michael MacLennan Shawn Postoff
- Production locations
- Toronto , Ontario, Canada
- Cinematography
- Thom Best Gavin Smith
- Editor
- Lisa Grootenboer
- Running time
- 44–58 minutes
- Production companies
- Cowlip Productions Tony Jonas Productions Temple Street Productions Channel 4 Showtime Networks Warner Bros. Television
- Network
- Showtime (United States) Showcase (Canada)
- Release
- December 3, 2000 ( 2000-12-03 ) –, August 7, 2005 ( 2005-08-07 )
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Encyclopedic overview
Queer as Folk is a drama television series that ran from December 3, 2000, to August 7, 2005. The series was produced for Showtime and Showcase by Cowlip Productions, Tony Jonas Productions, Temple Street Productions, and Showtime Networks, in association with Crowe Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television. It was developed and written by Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman, who were the showrunners and also the executive producers along with Tony Jonas, former president of Warner Bros. Television.
It is based on the British series created by Russell T Davies. Although it was set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, much of the series was actually shot in Toronto and employed various Canadian directors known for their independent film work (including Bruce McDonald, David Wellington, Kelly Makin, John Greyson, Jeremy Podeswa and Michael DeCarlo) as well as Australian director Russell Mulcahy, who directed the pilot episode. Additional writers in the later seasons included Michael MacLennan, Efrem Seeger, Brad Fraser, Del Shores, and Shawn Postoff.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Queer as Folk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.