History AmbiguouslyGay / LiveActionTV

* ''Series/{{Lewis}}'': Sergeant James Hathaway of refuses to draw neat lines between sexualities or tell Lewis his own orientation. A [[GoodShepherd former seminary student]] before joining the police, Hathaway seems conflicted about religion and sexuality.

* ''Series/LukeCage2016'': Shades is a somewhat odd example because the narrative establishes that he is at least bisexual. It's revealed that he had a past sexual relationship with his friend Comanche in prison that is heavily implied to be more than just SituationalSexuality. In the present day, he enters into a relationship with main villain Mariah Dillard, but their few romantic scenes sell no sexual chemistry, and he's never actually happy with her, suggesting that she's TheBeard. In the end he comes off less as a bisexual and more as a gay man who fears that being open would harm his street cred.

* ''Series/ICarly'': Sam is either this or AmbiguouslyBi. She seems to like guys but none of them ever last past one episode, including the one in "iMake Sam Girlier" that such a big deal was made over. That episode also seemed to lampshade Sam's ButchLesbian behaviors. Also, she and Carly have a ''lot'' of [[HoYay/ICarly Les Yay]]. There is also speculation that Carly's brother Spencer might be gay, because of the episode where he was wearing a dress and dancing with cute guys saying, "I think I like it."
** The episode "iMove Out" featured the Petographers, Stuart and Oliver, who are all but stated to be a gay couple (they co-own and operate a pet photography business, it's implied that they live together, they regularly go out to dinner together, they both behave in slightly campy ways, and they share custody of a cat (Harmoo)).

* ''Series/SpinCity'': One episode featured the Mayor's nephew, who was basically a walking CampGay stereotype that loudly and obnoxiously hit on women at every opportunity, worked as a "closet organiser" and said the word "closet" roughly every three lines. Subverted at the end when he confides to Carter (the local [[TokenMinority token gay]]) that he was in fact 100% straight, but adopted an elaborate deception to create ambiguity as to his sexual orientation, because his parents desperately wanted to set him up with a partner (of either gender), and he preferred being alone.

* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'': [[SpellMyNameWithAThe The]] Todd began as a hyper-straight chauvinist pig. Later episodes heavily implied he was either a repressed or overcompensating homosexual. ''Then'' the hints were that he was a full-blown [[AnythingThatMoves omnisexual]] unconcerned with any orientation, until one episode explicitly stated it.

** Gus Fring. His relationship with his former business partner Max Arciega was extremely close and he endowed a chemistry scholarship in Max's name years after his death. WordOfGod has said this is a valid interpretation of their relationship. (A scene near the end of BetterCallSaul made it pretty clear that Gus is gay, but too focused on revenge against the Salamancas to have time for a romantic relationship.)

** Gus Fring. His relationship with his former business partner Max Arciega was extremely close and he endowed a chemistry scholarship in Max's name years after his death. WordOfGod has said this is a valid interpretation of their relationship.

* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'': In Season 1, Claire's friend Zach is never ''explicitly'' stated to be gay but all of the hints are there, and his big "I know who I am -- I like who I am" speech doesn't leave much to the imagination. Then the whole "best friend has super powers and a serial killer after her" plot took precedence, his character was ignored and then he disappeared altogether.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': As in the books, the eunuch Lord Varys seems to have what might be a romantic interest in his "little birds," which are young boys uses as spies. When the bisexual Oberyn questions him openly about which sex he preferred before his castration, Varys claims that he preferred [[UsefulNotes/{{Asexuality}} neither boys nor girls]] and ''never'' had an interest in desire. This may simply be a convenient lie or coping mechanism, but Varys also claims to have been castrated as a young child, before he would have experienced any sexual desire, so it's possible that he's telling the truth. Or he could always have been asexual.

* ''Series/TheCatherineTateShow'': Parodied with the character of Derek, a man who behaves in the stereotypical manner of a CampGay but becomes [[BerserkButton very offended]] whenever anyone assumes he is homosexual. His {{Catchphrase}}: "Who, dear? Me, dear? Gay, dear? No, dear!"

* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'': Depending on the episode, Servo and Crow can qualify. In one episode (Racket Girls/Are You Ready For Marriage?) they try to get married and end up with the entire cast in a wrestling match. However, considering they are robots, they may not really understand love.
** "Brain Guy" Observer was a bigger example of this trope, going into the ladies' restroom with Pearl, dressing up in a stereotypical leather outfit for a "hot date", and refusing to seduce a woman:

* ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'': Michael Scott. His unusual obsession with Ryan the temp leads to hilarious moments, such as saying he would have sex with Ryan during a 'who would you sleep with' game, and disturbing moments, like intently peering at Ryan behind the blinds of his office space. Came to a head in ''Gay Witch Hunt'' when, to show he is tolerant of gays, tried to kiss Oscar against his will.

** Trent Crimm, [[RunningGag The Independent]], is shown having dinner with another man in a restaurant, but their relationship is never explained.

** Colin Hughes. When Keeley tells the team to sign up for a new dating app she's promoting called Bantr, Colin blurts out that the spelling is like Grindr, a gay hookup app.

* ''Franchise/TheMuppets':

* ''Series/TheMuppets2015'':
** Statler and Waldorf are two inseparable old men with [[AllGaysLoveTheatre reserved box seats at the theater]] where they make catty remarks about everything. Suggesting it further is that Waldorf's "wife" Astoria is the Statler puppet in drag and Statler himself is ''never'' seen with her.

* ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'': Mr. Humphries. He was effeminate, [[CampGay camp]], and often talked about his dubious 'leisurely activities', yet it was still hinted that [[CampStraight he might actually be straight]]. John Inman, the actor who played him, came out of the closet years after the show aired. Ironically, WordOfGod from Inman himself was that Mr. Humphries actually ''was'' straight.

** Despite being asexual, Abbi shows signs of having feelings for Hannah beyond friendship. As she specifically claims to be a'''sexual''', not a'''romantic''', it's entirely possible that she's a lesbian.

* ''Series/TheMuppets'':

** Howard Tubman. Not in his original appearance as an upper-class GluttonousPig in the "Tubmans of Porksmith" sketches on ''Series/MuppetsTonight'', but when he reappeared as the Muppets choreographer in ''Film/ItsAVeryMerryMuppetChristmasMovie'' he was played as rather camp, and in ''Series/MuppetsNow'', he disrupts the Creator/RuPaul interview because he's such a huge fan (which, yes, several other characters do, but this is Howard's ''only'' appearance in ''Muppets Now'', as though someone thought he was the most appropriate character to be a fan of [=RuPaul=] for some reason). For what it's worth, between ''Muppets Tonight'' and the later appearances, Bill Baretta, who originated the character, created a definitely gay pig for the Henson Alternate pilot ''Tinseltown'', initially using the Howard puppet until a new design was created.

* ''Series/TheMuppets'': Statler and Waldorf are two inseparable old men with [[AllGaysLoveTheatre reserved box seats at the theater]] where they make catty remarks about everything. Suggesting it further is that Waldorf's "wife" Astoria is the Statler puppet in drag and Statler himself is ''never'' seen with her.

* ''Series/BuckRogersInTheTwentyFifthCentury'': Non-humanoid but male-voiced robot Dr. Theopolis. In the pilot movie, he calls Buck "attractive" within seconds of first meeting him, and all he seems to notice about [[MsFanservice Ardala]] is her NiceHat.

* ''Series/StrangerThings'': Will Byers is singled out by bullies as "the gay one" of the main kids, doesn't show any interest in girls, and his relationship with his friend Mike has strong parallels to Mike's relationship with his own LoveInterest, Eleven. A few ambiguously canonical sources (an episode script and an old show bible) heavily suggest that Will is gay and has a crush on Mike. In Season 3, Will's interests start to diverge from those of his girl-obsessed friends. Mike outright accuses Will of not liking girls, which Will neither confirms nor denies. Season 4 shows him pulling away in disgust when a girl flirts with him and picking UsefulNotes/AlanTuring as his personal hero for a school project, and significantly ramps up the implications that he has a crush on Mike. Nevertheless, it's not stated whether Will is just a later bloomer or is, in fact, hiding his homosexuality.