NeNe Leakes’s Show, The New Normal, Banned From Utah Stations

According to the LA Times, The New Normal, Ryan Murphy's upcoming sitcom starring Real Housewives of Atlanta's NeNe Leakes, has been pulled by NBC affiliate KSL-TV in Utah. The station felt that the show, which is centered around a gay couple and their child's surrogate mother, is "inappropriate on several dimensions, especially during family viewing time."

New Normal actress Ellen Barkin tweeted her disappointment, chastising "Shame on u @kslcom not airing @NBCTheNewNormal So L&O SVU (rape & child murder) is ok? But loving gay couple having a baby is inappropriate?"

Meanwhile, GLAAD President Herndon Graddick issued the following statement: "Same-sex families are a beloved part of American television thanks to shows like Modern Family, Glee, and Grey's Anatomy. While audiences, critics and advertisers have all supported LGBT stories, KSL is demonstrating how deeply out of touch it is with the rest of the country."

Haters to the left, Utah.

Source: LA Times