Kids Channel Nickelodeon Debuts Married Gay Couple in Cartoon Series 'The Loud House'
BY SAMUEL SMITH , CP REPORTER
July 20, 2016|1:51 pm
The children's television network Nickelodeon plans to introduce a biracial, same-sex couple into one of its newest cartoon shows.
According to the entertainment news outlet Variety, Nickelodeon is on the midst of introducing the network's first-ever married same-sex couple in the cartoon series "The Loud House," which premiered this May.
The cartoon couple, Harold and Howard McBride, are voiced by comedian Wayne Brady and actor Michael McDonald and will debut in the series when the new episode "Overnight Success" airs on Wednesday.
As the series focuses on the life of the show's protagonist, Lincoln Loud, and his 10 sisters, Harold and Howard McBride are the parents of one of Loud's friends, Clyde McBride.
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TV's role in shaping public opinionArticle about Media as an influence on socialization;
The Media as an Influence on SocializationSocialization, also spelled socialisation, is a term used by sociologists, social psychologists, anthropologists, political scientists, and educationalists to refer to the lifelong process of inheriting and
disseminating norms, customs, values and ideologies, providing an individual with the skills and habits necessary for participating within their own society. Source; Wikipedia
It is not just entertainment, but telling the children watching something about the world and disseminating norms, values and ideologies. How often have you seen a mainstream TV-show where someone who disagrees with gay marriage or any of the other hot topics that the world embrace/affirm portrayed in if not a fair way, then at least thorough or accurate manner? People who hold an opposing view are always portrayed as ignorant, hateful or in some other demeaning way. I am pretty sure you won't see on TV an accurate representation of an alternative view, because it is representing and trying to establish just one worldview with its particular norms and values. 
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