| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第6-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-15页 |
| Chapter One Political and Industrial Climates in the 19905 | 第15-28页 |
| ·Multiculturalism and Identity Panic | 第16-18页 |
| ·Straight Panic and the Defense of Heterosexuality | 第18-19页 |
| ·A Brief Look at the Homosexual Experience on TV | 第19-22页 |
| ·Networks and Their New Market Strategy | 第22-24页 |
| ·Gay-themed Narratives in Sitcoms | 第24-28页 |
| ·Gay-themed Sitcoms | 第25-26页 |
| ·Gay-themed Narratives | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Two Supporting Gays and "Supportive" Straights | 第28-38页 |
| ·The Coming-out Plotline | 第28-32页 |
| ·The Helpful Straights | 第32-35页 |
| ·The Cool Straights | 第35-38页 |
| Chapter Three The Mistaken Identity | 第38-50页 |
| ·Formula of the Mistaken Identity | 第40-45页 |
| ·The Mistaken Assumptions | 第40-42页 |
| ·The Heterosexual Coming-Out Moment | 第42-45页 |
| ·A Twist on the Mistaken Identity: the Pretending Plot | 第45-48页 |
| ·Confused Sexual Identity: the Homosexuality in the Heterosexual | 第48-50页 |
| Chapter Four Affordable Gayness | 第50-56页 |
| Conclusion | 第56-59页 |
| Works Cited | 第59-60页 |