History Main / SweepsWeekLesbianKiss

* Technically the Foxxy Love/Princess Clara kiss from the ''DrawnTogether'' pilot was a few days ''before'' sweeps, but it served the same purpose for the new series. The show is in all ways a GenreSavvy parody, though. Though neither cartoon participant left the show, they barely referenced the kiss after Clara has a [[YouFailBiologyForever pregnancy scare stemming from the kiss]]. The characters move on completely after the first season.

*** I don't know what show you have been watching, but as far as Glee goes, feather-kissing someone's neck is pretty tame. Brittany and Santana's pseudo-voyeurism in the Rocky Horror Picture Show episode is more obsene than what they did in "Duets".

* ''{{Roseanne}}'''s (in)famous kiss with Nancy's girlfriend at a lesbian bar. While said girlfriend didn't appear again, openly-bi Nancy remained on the show for the rest of the series.
** Actually, she did show up again, at Leon's wedding, where there was not only a male kiss, but said girlfriend showing up and saying hello right after Roseanne saying there's nothing wrong with two people of the same sex kissing.

** Slight subversion, though, in that it was actually Hayden Panettiere's idea.

* ''BostonPublic'' had a sweeps week episode in which Sheila, a PsychoLesbian student stalks Kimberly, a teacher. The preview showed Sheila telling the Kimberly "I love you."

* The previews of one {{House}} episode showed a ''very'' steamy make-out scene between 13 and another girl. Ironically, most of that footage wasn't even shown in the episode.

* Similar to ''Dirt,'' ''{{Heroes}}'' had a notorious example between Gretchen and Claire Bennet in its final season. Since Claire's bisexuality was never touched upon in previous seasons, however, this scene not only had UnfortunateImplications, but also was seen by even the loyalest of fans [[JumpingTheShark as a cheap ratings stunt,]] which effectively doomed the show.

* ''PicketFences'': The sheriff's teenage daughter kissed her friend at a sleepover. The network was so [[GayPanic panicked]] by it that they [[HideYourLesbians darkened the room]] to prevent it from being seen, though it was visible in the news and other outlets. The daughter decided that she was straight. The gay friend? Never seen again.

* Similar to ''Dirt,'' ''{{Heroes}}'' had a notorious example between Gretchen and Claire Bennet in its final season. Since Claire's bisexuality was never touched upon in previous seasons, however, this scene not only had UnfortunateImplications, but also was seen by loyal fans [[JumpingTheShark as a cheap ratings stunt,]] which effectively doomed the show.

* Similar to ''Dirt,'' ''{{Heroes}}'' had a notorious example between Gretchen and Claire Bennet in its final season. Since Claire's bisexuality was never touched upon in previous seasons, however, this scene not only had UnfortunateImplications, but also was seen by loyal fans [[JumpedTheShark as a cheap ratings stunt,]] which effectively doomed the show.

* Similar to ''Dirt,'' ''{{Heroes}}'' had a notorious example between Gretchen and Claire Bennet in its final season. Since Claire's bisexuality was never touched upon in previous seasons, however, this scene not only had UnfortunateImplications, but also was seen by loyal fans [[JumpedTheShark as a cheap ratings stunt,]] [[JumpedTheShark which effectively doomed the show.]]

->"MelrosePlace ''is coming back this fall, and it has resorted to TV's tried-and-true marketing tactic - The Homo Promo"''

* It's been heavily implied that Claire will share more than a dorm room with her new roommate in Season Four of ''Series/{{Heroes}}''.
** And the results are in: [[spoiler: [[LesYay ...they]] [[FetishFuel kissed]]. At the same time, it's played like a subversion given that a) Claire held that kiss for a long time, b) Gretchen doesn't seem to be going anywhere, and c) they actually talked it over afterward, with Claire seemingly on the fence about the idea.]]
*** [[spoiler: Looks like Gretchen is going somewhere after all. Only time will tell.]]
**** [[spoiler: Gretchen returns, and appears to enter a actual relationship with Claire]].

This is an AlwaysFemale variation on TonightSomeoneKisses where a straight or BiTheWay female character kisses another woman (usually a tertiary character or one-episode guest star). The long-term implications are generally negligible and the female regular characters [[BaitAndSwitchLesbians remain straight]]. The non-regular's remaining screentime in the series will generally be measured in minutes rather than hours or seasons.

->''"MelrosePlace ''is coming back this fall, and it has resorted to TV's tried-and-true marketing tactic - The Homo Promo"

* Beautifully averted by ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', where Willow and Tara's first kiss was neither gratuitous nor shown in the previews.

* ''TheClevelandShow''/''FamilyGuy'' used a nearly textbook version of this when promoting an episode that leads to the spin-off of with promos that talked up the kiss and then cut away to reaction shots.