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The Highs and Lows of 'That '90s Show's Gay Representation
Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for Season 1 of That '90s Show.Netflix's spinoff of the beloved early 2000s sitcom That '70s Showbrings forth a whole new generation of basement-dwelling teens in Point Place, Wisconsin. When Leia Forman (Callie Haverda) comes to visit her grandparents for the Fourth of July, she immediately falls into a fresh group of friends who encourage her to remain in Point Place for the summer — missing out on Space Camp much to her father's chagrin. The first episode introduces us to a ragtag group of teenagers, much like the authentic series. Leia is an awkward nerd who's spent much of her animation feeling invisible until she finally feels seen by her next-door neighbor Gwen (Ashley Aufderheide), a stylish girl with a rebellious group of friends.
25 years after the original series first began airing, and 19 years after Eric (Topher Grace) first got the keys to the Vista Cruiser, That '90s Show brings the display into the future — or rather, the more recent past. While the new series relies on a lot of similar tropes as its predecessor, it takes
Viewers are being welcomed back to Signal Place, Wisconsin, in That '90s Business, a reboot of the beloved Fox sitcom That '70s Show.
Netflix is behind the new comedy, and it follows Eric Forman (Topher Grace) and Donna Pinciotti's (Laura Prepon) teen daughter Leia (Callie Haverda) as she visits her grandparents, Red and Kitty (Kurtwood Smith and Debra Jo Rupp), for the summer.
Looking to reinvent herself, Leia starts to realize that through new friendships and adventures she may be competent to do just that in Indicate Place, just favor her parents did all those years before her.
But viewers appeared divided by LGBTQ representation in the show, including character Ozzie (Reyn Doi) who comes out as same-sex attracted during the first season.
'That '90s Show' Viewers Torn Over Gay Representation in Netflix Spinoff
In That '90s Show, Ozzie is out and proud with his closest friends, namely Leia, her neighbor Gwen (Ashley Aufderheide), Gwen's brother Nate (Maxwell Acee Donovan), and his girlfriend Nikki (Sam Morelos).
There is also another sweet moment in the first season, where Ozzie tells Kitty about his sexuality and asks her if she was "okay" with the fact that he is queer , to which she responds
That '90s Show Luminary Reyn Doi on Representation, Building Show's Legacy
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Reyn Doi (Side Hustle) spoke with Bleeding Cool about Netflix's That '90s Show, building on the That '70s Show legacy, advocacy & more.
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Reyn Doi wasn't around during the 1990s, but the actor's doing his diligence on the Netflix series That '90s Show, the direct spinoff position two decades after the Fox series That '70s Show. Before joining the cast in 2023, Doi appeared in projects like Dreamworks' Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024), Nickelodeon's Side Hustle, and Lionsgate's Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021). While most of the cast has reprised their role to some capacity, part two, which premiered in June, focuses more on the younger cast with a slew of cameos.
The series stars Callie Haverda, who plays Leia Forman, the daughter of Eric Forman (Topher Grace) and Donna Pinciotti (Laura Prepon), who spends summers at her grandparents Kitty (Debra Jo Rupp) and Red Forman's (Kurtwood Smith) at their home in Point Place, Wisconsi
That ’90s Show Gay Character Ozzie Is Breaking New Ground For Sitcom Representation
The character brings a new perspective to a franchise that didn’t exactly portray homosexual characters in a welcome glow previously…
By Matthew Creith
That ‘70s Show ran for eight seasons and made household names out of its young cast. Original creators Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, and Mark Brazill generated lightning in a bottle when Topher Grace, Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher, Laura Prepon, and Wilmer Valderrama became famous faces of the period teen sitcom. The show depicted the personal lives of a group of teenagers living in a fictional Wisconsin town in the 1970s, bolstered by its usage of nostalgia and comedic elements.
Since the series went off the air in 2006, fans of That ‘70s Show acquire been looking for other television shows to satisfy their comedy series needs. Now, Netflix is running with the trend of rebooting classic television shows from the 1990s and 2000s, releasing the spin-off That ‘90s Show this week. However, one thing is entirely different from the show’s predecessor: gay representation is at the forefront.
A character named Ozzie appears as one of the main