Q Television records, 2000-2009

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Summary

Abstract:
From 2004 to 2006, Q Television Network sought to create cable programming targeted toward the LGBT community. These records consist of research materials, production files, invoices, bills, and technical documentation.
Extent:
1.1 Linear Feet 1 box.
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Box #, Folder/Item #] Q Television Records, Coll2018-041, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of research materials, production files, invoices, bills, and technical documentation from Q Television, 2000-2009.

Biographical / historical:

Q Television Network (QTN) was a group of cable networks focused on LGBT programming that debuted in the mid-2000s, alongside MTV's Logo and Here TV. Conceived by Steven Grunberg, Q Television first broadcast on September 8, 2004 with a lineup consisting mainly of talk shows and travel programs. Among their notable programs was the talk show The Queer Edge, hosted by Jack E. Jett (1956-2015). From 2005 to 2006, Jett's program featured an eclectic group of featured LGBT co-hosts, such as singer and actress Sandra Bernhard who would sign on as a semi-permanent co-host with Jett for 40 episodes until the program's end in 2006. During its existence, the network also launched the QTN World News, the first live daily news program devoted to covering LGBT issues. Their documentary, "Over 50 with HIV," placed second for the Excellence in HIV/AIDS Coverage Award from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association in 2006. Though launched with great fanfare, Q Television began to show financial strains that became apparent in early 2006, when many employees were laid off without compensation and their Burbank, California production facility was shut down. CEO Frank Olsen was dismissed and replaced by entrepreneur Lloyd Fan, who upon failing to procure new funding for the network, filed for bankruptcy and terminated the network's signal on May 25, 2006.

Sources:

Broverman, Neal. "R.I.P. Q," The Advocate, July 4, 2006, p. 51.

"Jack E. Jett." Wikipedia. Accessed November 15, 2018.

Musto, Michael. "Gay TV Czar Loses Court Case and Has to Eat Shit!" The Village Voice, February 27, 2008.

National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association. "AIDS at 25," Newsweek. Web. Accessed November 15, 2018.

"Q Television." Wikipedia. Accessed November 15, 2018.

Acquisition information:
Transferred from the UCLA Film Television Archive, April 23, 2013.
Processing information:

Collection processed by Jacob Zaborowski, October-November 2018.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged in alphabetical order.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Preferred citation:

[Box #, Folder/Item #] Q Television Records, Coll2018-041, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Location of this collection:
909 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007, US
Contact:
(213) 821-2771
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