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    TV Mini-series | 307 min | Documentary, History
Visible: Out on Television (2020–2020)
TV-MA
TV Mini-series | 307 min | Documentary, History
Investigates the importance of TV as an intimate medium that has shaped the American conscience, and how the LGBTQ movement has shaped television.
Seasons
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Director
Ryan White
Producers
Wendy Abrams (producer) | Charles Annenberg Weingarten (producer) | Conor Fetting-Smith (producer) | Tommee May (producer)
Composer
Blake Neely (music by)
Cinematographers
Bret Curry | David Paul Jacobson
Editors
Kate Amend | Rejh Cabrera | Mark Harrison
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Feb 14, 2020
Release date (First episode)
Feb 14, 2020 (United States)
Awards
2 nominations

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Cast

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136 cast members
Name Episodes Known for
Wanda Sykes
Self (actor - comedian) Self (actor - comedian)   See fewer
5
Monster-in-Law (2005)
Wilson Cruz
Self (actor - My So-Called Life) / Self (actor - Star Trek: Discovery) Self (actor - My So-Called Life) / Self (actor - Star Trek: Discovery)   See fewer
5
Star Trek: Discovery (2017)
Abbi Jacobson
Self (creator - Broad City) Self (creator - Broad City)   See fewer
4
Broad City (2014)
Michaela Jaé (MJ) Rodriguez
Self (actor - Pose) (as MJ Rodriguez) Self (actor - Pose) (as MJ Rodriguez)   See fewer
4
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)
Ilana Glazer
Self (creator - Broad City) Self (creator - Broad City)   See fewer
4
Broad City (2014)
Lena Waithe
Self (writer - actor) / Self (writer - actor / Self - narrator) Self (writer - actor) / Self (writer - actor / Self - narrator)   See fewer
4
Master of None (2015)
Billy Porter
Self (actor - Pose) Self (actor - Pose)   See fewer
4
Pose (2018)
Margaret Cho
Self (actor - comedian) / Self (actor - comedian / Self - narrator) Self (actor - comedian) / Self (actor - comedian / Self - narrator)   See fewer
4
Margaret Cho: PsyCHO (2015)
Don Lemon
Self (journalist) / Self (Journalist) Self (journalist) / Self (Journalist)   See fewer
4
Zoolander 2 (2016)
Anderson Cooper
Self (journalist) / Self (actor - journalist) Self (journalist) / Self (actor - journalist)   See fewer
4
Anderson Cooper 360° (2003)
Bruce Vilanch
Self (writer) Self (writer)   See fewer
4
The Ice Pirates (1984)
Janet Mock
Self (writer - director) / Self - Narrator Self (writer - director) / Self - Narrator   See fewer
4
Pose (2018)
Carson Kressley
Self (Queer Eye for the Straight Guy) / Self (Rupaul's Drag Race) Self (Queer Eye for the Straight Guy) / Self (Rupaul's Drag Race)   See fewer
4
The Perfect Man (2005)
Patrik-Ian Polk
Self (creator - Noah's Arc) Self (creator - Noah's Arc)   See fewer
4
Punks (2000)
Jonathan Murray
Self (creator - The Real World) / Self (producer - I Am Cait) Self (creator - The Real World) / Self (producer - I Am Cait)   See fewer
4
Born This Way (2015)
Jonathan Groff
Self (actor - The Normal Heart) / Self (actor - Looking) Self (actor - The Normal Heart) / Self (actor - Looking)   See fewer
3
Frozen (I) (2013)
Holland Taylor
Self (actor - The L Word) Self (actor - The L Word)   See fewer
3
The Morning Show (I) (2019)
T.R. Knight
Self (actor - Grey's Anatomy) Self (actor - Grey's Anatomy)   See fewer
3
The Flight Attendant (2020)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Self (actor - Modern Family) Self (actor - Modern Family)   See fewer
3
Cocaine Bear (2023)
Marsha Warfield
Self (actor - comedian) Self (actor - comedian)   See fewer
3
9-1-1 (2018)
Andy Cohen
Self - TV Host Self - TV Host   See fewer
3
The N Word (2004)
Adam Lambert
Self (musician) Self (musician)   See fewer
3
2012 (I) (2009)
Peter Paige
Self (creator - The Fosters) Self (creator - The Fosters)   See fewer
3
The Fosters (2013)
Dustin Lance Black
Self (creator - When We Rise) / Self (screenwriter - Milk) Self (creator - When We Rise) / Self (screenwriter - Milk)   See fewer
3
Milk (I) (2008)
Joey Soloway
Self - Creator, Transparent (as Jill Soloway) Self - Creator, Transparent (as Jill Soloway)   See fewer
3
Transparent (2014)
Rachel Maddow
Self (journalist) Self (journalist)   See fewer
3
The Rachel Maddow Show (2008)
Armistead Maupin
Self (writer - Tales of the City) Self (writer - Tales of the City)   See fewer
3
Tales of the City (1993)
Sarah Kate Ellis
Self (President & CEO - GLAAD) Self (President & CEO - GLAAD)   See fewer
3
Transmilitary (2018)
Mark Segal
Self (activist) Self (activist)   See fewer
3
The Man Who Loved Fat Dancing (1985)
Rob Reiner
Self - Actor, All in the Family Self - Actor, All in the Family   See fewer
2
All in the Family (1971)
Neil Patrick Harris
Self (actor) / Self - Narrator Self (actor) / Self - Narrator   See fewer
2
A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)
Billy Crystal
Self (actor - Soap) Self (actor - Soap)   See fewer
2
Forget Paris (1995)
Sara Ramirez
Self (actor - Grey's Anatomy) Self (actor - Grey's Anatomy)   See fewer
2
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
George Takei
Self (actor - Star Trek) Self (actor - Star Trek)   See fewer
2
Star Trek (1966)
Sean Hayes
Self - Actor 'Will & Grace' Self - Actor 'Will & Grace'   See fewer
2
Will & Grace (1998)
Jane Alexander
Self (actor - A Question of Love) Self (actor - A Question of Love)   See fewer
2
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Laverne Cox
Self (actor - Orange is the New Black) Self (actor - Orange is the New Black)   See fewer
2
Promising Young Woman (2020)
Raven-Symoné
Self (actor) Self (actor)   See fewer
2
That's So Raven (2003)
Greg Berlanti
Self (executive producer - Supergirl) Self (executive producer - Supergirl)   See fewer
2
Love, Simon (2018)
Conrad Ricamora
Self (actor - How to Get Away with Murder) Self (actor - How to Get Away with Murder)   See fewer
2
How to Die Alone (2024)
Oprah Winfrey
Self (TV Host) / Self (actor - TV Host) Self (TV Host) / Self (actor - TV Host)   See fewer
2
The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986)
Caitlyn Jenner
Self (TV Personality - Athlete) / Self (tv personality - athlete) Self (TV Personality - Athlete) / Self (tv personality - athlete)   See fewer
2
Can't Stop the Music (1980)
Candis Cayne
Self (actor - Dirty Sexy Money) Self (actor - Dirty Sexy Money)   See fewer
2
Candis for President (2018)
Tim Gunn
Self (TV Host - Project Runway) Self (TV Host - Project Runway)   See fewer
2
Project Runway (2004)
Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
2
The Great Irish Potato Famine
Max Mutchnick
Self (creator - Will & Grace) Self (creator - Will & Grace)   See fewer
2
Will & Grace (1998)
Rufus Wainwright
Self (musician) Self (musician)   See fewer
2
Meet the Robinsons (2007)
Chris Kelly
Self (former head writer - Saturday Night Live) Self (former head writer - Saturday Night Live)   See fewer
2
Other People (I) (2016)
Ryan O'Connell
Self (creator - Special) Self (creator - Special)   See fewer
2
Special (2019)
Ruth Westheimer
Self - TV Host (as Dr. Ruth Westheimer) Self - TV Host (as Dr. Ruth Westheimer)   See fewer
2
One Woman or Two (1985)
Yuval David
Self Self   See fewer
2
Feud (2017)
Ron Cowen
Self (writer - An Early Frost) Self (writer - An Early Frost)   See fewer
2
Queer as Folk (2000)
Daniel Lipman
Self (writer - An Early Frost) Self (writer - An Early Frost)   See fewer
2
Queer as Folk (2000)
Adam Rippon
Self Self   See fewer
2
Untitled Figure Skating NBC Project
Major Griffin-Gracy
Self (activist) (as Miss Major Griffin-Gracy) Self (activist) (as Miss Major Griffin-Gracy)   See fewer
2
Trans in Trumpland (2021)
Karla Jay
Self (activist) Self (activist)   See fewer
2
Paris Was a Woman (1996)
Allen Roskoff
Self (activist) Self (activist)   See fewer
2
Bella! (2023)
Michael Douglas
Self (actor - Behind the Candelabra) Self (actor - Behind the Candelabra)   See fewer
1
Behind the Candelabra (2013)
Aidan Quinn
Self / Self - Michael Pierson Self / Self - Michael Pierson   See fewer
1
Practical Magic (1998)
Ryan Phillippe
Self (actor - One Life to Live) Self (actor - One Life to Live)   See fewer
1
Crash (I) (2004)
Jennifer Beals
Self (actor - The L Word) Self (actor - The L Word)   See fewer
1
Flashdance (1983)
Lena Dunham
Self (writer - actor) Self (writer - actor)   See fewer
1
Tiny Furniture (2010)
Hal Holbrook
Self - Doug Salter (archive footage) Self - Doug Salter (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Into the Wild (2007)
William Katt
Self (actor - Barbara Hale's son) Self (actor - Barbara Hale's son)   See fewer
1
The Man from Earth (2007)
Tig Notaro
Self (actor - comedian) Self (actor - comedian)   See fewer
1
One Mississippi (2015)
Raymond Burr
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Rear Window (1954)
Carl Reiner
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
Asia Kate Dillon
Themselves (actor - Billions) Themselves (actor - Billions)   See fewer
1
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019)
Chris Colfer
Self (actor - Glee) Self (actor - Glee)   See fewer
1
Struck by Lightning (2012)
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Kings Row (1942)
Paul Lynde
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
Ellen DeGeneres
Self (actor - comedian) Self (actor - comedian)   See fewer
1
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Nicole Maines
Self (actor - Supergirl) Self (actor - Supergirl)   See fewer
1
Bit (2019)
Richard Deacon
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
The Birds (1963)
Gale Harold
Self (actor - Queer as Folk) Self (actor - Queer as Folk)   See fewer
1
Queer as Folk (2000)
RuPaul
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
RuPaul's Drag Race (2009)
Elliot Fletcher
Self (actor - The Fosters / Self - Shameless) Self (actor - The Fosters / Self - Shameless)   See fewer
1
The Fosters (2013)
Charles Nelson Reilly
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Millennium (I) (1996)
Dick Cavett
Self (TV Host) Self (TV Host)   See fewer
1
Beetlejuice (1988)
Max Adler
Self (actor - Glee) Self (actor - Glee)   See fewer
1
Glee (2009)
Sheila James Kuehl
Self (actor, 'Zelda') (as Sheila Kuehl) Self (actor, 'Zelda') (as Sheila Kuehl)   See fewer
1
The Stu Erwin Show (1950)
Randy Harrison
Self Self   See fewer
1
Queer as Folk (2000)
Robert Gant
Self (actor - Queer as Folk) Self (actor - Queer as Folk)   See fewer
1
13 Reasons Why (2017)
Norman Lear
Self (creator - All in the Family) Self (creator - All in the Family)   See fewer
1
All in the Family (1971)
Hayden Byerly
Self (actor - The Fosters) Self (actor - The Fosters)   See fewer
1
The Fosters (2013)
Alan Sues
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967)
Joe Biden
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Parks and Recreation (2009)
George W. Bush
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Journeys with George (2002)
Robert Benevides
Self (actor - Raymond Burr's partner) Self (actor - Raymond Burr's partner)   See fewer
1
Ironside (1967)
Flip Wilson
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Flip (1970)
Lamont Johnson
Self (director - That Certain Summer) (archive footage) Self (director - That Certain Summer) (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985)
Winnie Holzman
Self (creator - My So-Called Life) Self (creator - My So-Called Life)   See fewer
1
Wicked (2024)
Deborah Norville
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
The Young and the Restless (1973)
Walter Cronkite
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Liberty's Kids (2002)
William Link
Self (writer - That Certain Summer) Self (writer - That Certain Summer)   See fewer
1
Columbo (1971)
Liberace
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Behind the Candelabra (2013)
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Darryl Stephens
Self (actor - Noah's Arc) Self (actor - Noah's Arc)   See fewer
1
B Positive (2020)
Jack Paar
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
Warren Littlefield
Self (former president - NBC Entertainment) Self (former president - NBC Entertainment)   See fewer
1
The Handmaid's Tale (2017)
Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
Self (creator - Designing Women) Self (creator - Designing Women)   See fewer
1
Designing Women (1986)
Richard Hatch
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Another Gay Movie (2006)
Billie Jean King
Self (Athlete) Self (Athlete)   See fewer
1
Battle of the Sexes (2017)
Larry Kramer
Self (activist) (archive footage) Self (activist) (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Women in Love (1969)
Lance Loud
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Inside Monkey Zetterland (1992)
Anita Bryant
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Roger & Me (1989)
Harvey Milk
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Chafed Elbows (1966)
Joseph McCarthy
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
American Forum of the Air (1950)
Pat Robertson
Self (Host - The 700 Club) (archive footage) Self (Host - The 700 Club) (archive footage)   See fewer
1
The 700 Club (1966)
Judd Winick
Self (The Real World: San Francisco) Self (The Real World: San Francisco)   See fewer
1
The Life and Times of Juniper Lee (2005)
Patricia Loud
Self (An American Family) (as Pat Loud) Self (An American Family) (as Pat Loud)   See fewer
1
An American Family (1973)
Bob LaHendro
Self (director - All in the Family) Self (director - All in the Family)   See fewer
1
All in the Family (1971)
Joan Churchill
Self (cinematographer - An American Family) Self (cinematographer - An American Family)   See fewer
1
Soldier Girls (1981)
John Hagee
Self (Cornerstone Church) (archive footage) (as Pastor John Hagee) Self (Cornerstone Church) (archive footage) (as Pastor John Hagee)   See fewer
1
Jerusalem Countdown (2011)
Dava Savel
Self (executive producer - writer, Ellen) Self (executive producer - writer, Ellen)   See fewer
1
Ellen (1994)
Pedro Zamora
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
The Real World (1991)
Kristian Hoffman
Self (actor - An American Family) Self (actor - An American Family)   See fewer
1
Suspiria (I) (2018)
Anne Kronenberg
Self (Harvey Milk's Campaign Manager) Self (Harvey Milk's Campaign Manager)   See fewer
1
The Doodler (2021)
Vito Russo
Self (activist) (archive footage) Self (activist) (archive footage)   See fewer
1
The Celluloid Closet (1995)
Pam Ling
Self (The Real World: San Francisco) Self (The Real World: San Francisco)   See fewer
1
Keep the Cameras Rolling: The Pedro Zamora Way (2021)
Sally M. Gearhart
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
Peter Staley
Self (activist) Self (activist)   See fewer
1
Pay the Ghost (2015)
Jason Collins
Self (athlete) Self (athlete)   See fewer
1
Love, Victor (2020)
Jeannine Yeomans
Self (journalist) Self (journalist)   See fewer
1
The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
John Briggs
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts (1979)
Donald Wildmon
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Damned in the U.S.A. (1992)
Bob Rafsky
Self (activist) (archive footage) Self (activist) (archive footage)   See fewer
1
60 Minutes (1968)
Randy Wicker
Self (activist) Self (activist)   See fewer
1
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (2017)
Ginny Vida
Self (activist) Self (activist)   See fewer
1
Visible: Out on Television (2020)
Bruce Voeller
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Saturday Night at the Baths (1975)
Mike Sisco
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Richard Socarides
Self (Political Strategist) Self (Political Strategist)   See fewer
1
Cured (2020)
Charles Socarides
Self (archive footage) (as Dr. Charles Socarides) Self (archive footage) (as Dr. Charles Socarides)   See fewer
1
Equinox (1986)
Virginia Fedosky
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Philip Polatin
Self (New York Psychiatric Institute) (archive footage) (as Dr. Philip Polatin) Self (New York Psychiatric Institute) (archive footage) (as Dr. Philip Polatin)   See fewer
1
Harry Bakwin
Self (President - American Academy of Pediatrics) (archive footage) Self (President - American Academy of Pediatrics) (archive footage)   See fewer
1
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