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Must-See LGBTQ TV: ‘Vida’ and ‘Sweetbitter’ premiere on Starz<\/b><\/p>\n

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Grab the remote, set your DVR or queue up your streaming service of choice! GLAAD is bringing you the highlights LGBTQ on TV this week. Check back every Sunday for up-to-date coverage in LGBTQ-inclusive programming on TV!<\/p>\n

Based on the popular novel of the same name, the new Starz show Sweetbitter<\/em> takes place in the world of restaurants in New York City. It follows protagonist Tess, who lands a job at an upscale New York restaurant. Swiftly introduced to the world of drugs, drinking, love, lust, dive bars and fine dining, she learns to navigate the chaotically alluring, yet punishing life she has stumbled upon. Included in the ensemble cast is Ari, an adventurous lesbian<\/a> who backwaits by day and DJs by night, and Sasha, a gay<\/a> man<\/a> and hard partier who becomes a close friend to Tess. Sweetbitter: Sunday, 8pm on Starz. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Directly after Sweetbitter, <\/em>Starz\u2019 new drama Vida <\/em>premieres this Sunday. The series, from queer Latina showrunner Tanya Saracho, follows two sisters who return to gentrified\u00a0Boyle Heights after their mother passes away. The sisters, one of them bisexual<\/a>, discover that their mother was in a relationship with butch bartender Eddy, played by non-binary actor Ser Anzoategui. Vida <\/em>has an all Latinx writers room, with LGBTQ voices in front of and behind the camera<\/a> and is definitely not one to miss. Vida: Sunday, 8:30pm on Starz.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Sunday, May 6: The Good Fight<\/a> (CBS All Access); American Idol<\/a> (8pm, ABC); Instinct<\/a> (8pm, CBS); Sweetbitter<\/a> (8pm, Starz); Brooklyn Nine-Nine<\/a> (8:30pm, Fox); Vida<\/a> (8:30, Starz); Fear the Walking Dead<\/a> (9pm, AMC); Madam Secretary<\/a> (10pm, CBS); Timeless<\/a> (10pm, NBC); Into the Badlands<\/a> (10pm, AMC); Billions<\/a> (10pm, Showtime)<\/p>\n

Monday: Dancing with the Stars: Athletes<\/a> (8pm, ABC); Supergirl<\/a> (8pm, The CW)<\/p>\n

Tuesday: Shadowhunters<\/a> (8pm, Freeform); Bull<\/a> (9pm, CBS); Rise<\/a> (9pm, NBC); NCIS: New Orleans<\/a> (10pm, CBS)<\/p>\n

Wednesday: The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/a> (Hulu); Riverdale<\/a> (8pm, The CW); Empire<\/a> (8pm, Fox); Famous in Love<\/a> (8pm, Freeform); Modern Family<\/a> (9pm, ABC); The Originals<\/a> (9pm, The CW); Star<\/a> (9pm, Fox); American Housewife<\/a> (9:30pm, ABC); My House<\/a> (Viceland, 10:30pm)<\/p>\n

Thursday: Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/a> (8pm, ABC); Station 19<\/a> (9pm, ABC); Quantico<\/a> (10pm, ABC)<\/p>\n

Friday: Dynasty<\/a> (8pm, The CW); Life Sentence<\/a> (9pm, The CW)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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