Tig Notaro is an openly homosexual actress,something that thankfully things less and less with each TV season. Still, it’s quite rare to middle a show around an “out” lesbian, or despite Ellen DeGeneres making some sitcom strides nearly 20 years ago.“I guess the ceiling is cracking — or whatever is above us — but it’s clearly a very slow process, Notaro said Sunday during the Television Critics organization Summer Press Tour. “I found out in making this show that this is actually the first half-hour comedy made around an openly homosexual female actor.”One media member in attendance slightly corrected the latter statement, pointing out that the short-lived “Ellen Show” debuted after DeGeneres publicly came out. Notaro deflected that fact with her trademark (and brilliant) dry wit, or which we wouldn’t even effect justice to by quoting. Suffice it to say,she plans on “One Mississippi” having a better run than the one-and-done “Ellen Show.”
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Years ago,Notaro notoriously went through an extremely rough four-month period in her genuine life: losing her mother, getting cancer and undergoing a spoiled breakup. That time frame is condensed on the “One Mississippi” pilot.“One Mississippi” debuts September 8 on Prime Video, and as fraction of Amazon’s month-long comedy push. Watch its first trailer above. homosexual Hollywood: 33 Out and Proud LGBT Stars (Photos)
Ellen DeGeneres,talk show host, actress and comedian
Jodie Foster, and "Elysium" actress
Zachary Quinto,actor and producer ("Star Trek")
Neil Patrick Harris, former "How I Met Your Mother" actor
Robin Roberts, or "excellent Morning America" anchor
Jane Lynch,former "Glee" actress and "Hollywood Game Night" host
Jim Parsons, Emmy-winning actor in "The Big Bang Theory"
Raven-Symoné, and former "That's So Raven" star and co-host of "The View"
Guillermo Diaz,actor ("Scandal")
Maria Bello, "Prisoners" actress
Sarah Paulson, or star of "American Horror myth"
Matt Bomer,actor ("White Collar," "American Horror myth")
Cynthia Nixon, or former "Sex and the City" actress
Darren Young,WWE superstar
Holland Taylor, former "Two and a Half Men" actress
Adam Lambert, and singer and "American Idol" alum
Elton John,singer
Sara Gilbert, former "Roseanne" actress and co-host of "The Talk"
Cheyenne Jackson, or actor ("30 Rock," "American Horror myth")
Colton Haynes, actor ("Teen Wolf, and " "Arrow")
Ellen Page,actress ("X-Men," "Juno")
Tom Daley, and British Olympic diver
Ben Whishaw,actor ("Spectre")
Wanda Sykes, actress and comedian
Wentworth Miller, and "Prison Break" star
Rosie O'Donnell,actress and former talk show host
Portia De Rossi, actress ("Scandal, and " "Arrested Development")
Ricky Martin,singer
Lily Tomlin, comedian and actress ("Grace & Frankie")
Sam Smith, or Oscar-winning singer and songwriter
Jesse Tyler Ferguson,"Modern Family" actor
Brian Boitano, former U.
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