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title="Reality television">Reality television</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee">Julio Kollerbohm</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Presented by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><a href="/wiki/Alec_Mapa" title="Alec Mapa">Alec Mapa</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Calpernia_Addams" title="Calpernia Addams">Calpernia Addams</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_James" title="Andrea James">Andrea James</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Theme music composer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Haskins" title="Kevin Haskins">Kevin Haskins</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of seasons</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of episodes</th><td class="infobox-data">8</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Production</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Executive producers</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>World of Wonder</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fenton_Bailey" class="mw-redirect" title="Fenton Bailey">Fenton Bailey</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Barbato" class="mw-redirect" title="Randy Barbato">Randy 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Productions</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Original release</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Logo_TV" title="Logo TV">Logo TV</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data">February 11<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2008-02-11</span>)</span> –<br />March 31, 2008<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2008-03-31</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Transamerican Love Story</b></i> is an American <a href="/wiki/Reality_television" title="Reality television">reality</a> <a href="/wiki/Dating_game_show" title="Dating game show">dating show</a> in which suitors woo <a href="/wiki/Transgender_woman" class="mw-redirect" title="Transgender woman">transgender woman</a> <a href="/wiki/Calpernia_Addams" title="Calpernia Addams">Calpernia Addams</a>. Addams chooses a suitor by <a href="/wiki/Process_of_elimination" title="Process of elimination">process of elimination</a>. When the show first aired, viewers could vote their preferences online, but it was Addams who chose whom to eliminate. Calpernia is accompanied by her friend <a href="/wiki/Andrea_James" title="Andrea James">Andrea James</a>; each episode is hosted by comedian <a href="/wiki/Alec_Mapa" title="Alec Mapa">Alec Mapa</a>. </p><p><i>Transamerican Love Story</i> is the first reality dating show in the United States in which contestants compete for the attention and approval of a transgender woman.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Logo_TV" title="Logo TV">Logo TV</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Digital_cable" title="Digital cable">digital</a> <a href="/wiki/Cable_channel" class="mw-redirect" title="Cable channel">cable channel</a> with <a href="/wiki/LGBTQ" title="LGBTQ">LGBTQ</a> content, announced the series in November 2007, and premiered the first episode the following February.<sup id="cite_ref-advocate_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-advocate-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The series finale aired on March 31, 2008. </p><p>Zack Rosen of the <i><a href="/wiki/Washington_Blade" title="Washington Blade">Washington Blade</a></i> praised the series, describing it as "refreshing for its lack of sensationalism". <a href="/wiki/Heather_Havrilesky" title="Heather Havrilesky">Heather Havrilesky</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/Salon_(website)" class="mw-redirect" title="Salon (website)">Salon</a></i> agreed, and admired Calpernia's composure in the reality show environment. In 2009, <i>Transamerican Love Story</i> won a <a href="/wiki/GLAAD_Media_Award" title="GLAAD Media Award">GLAAD Media Award</a> in the "Outstanding Reality Program" category, tying with <i><a href="/wiki/I_Want_to_Work_for_Diddy" title="I Want to Work for Diddy">I Want to Work for Diddy</a></i>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/MTV_Networks" class="mw-redirect" title="MTV Networks">MTV Networks</a> published the complete series on DVD in 2008. The series is also distributed on <a href="/wiki/Amazon_Video" class="mw-redirect" title="Amazon Video">Amazon Video</a>, and was previously distributed through <a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a>, <a href="/wiki/ITunes" title="ITunes">iTunes</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Logo_TV#Online" title="Logo TV">LOGOonline</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transamerican_Love_Story&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output 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img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tleft"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:362px;max-width:362px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:120px;max-width:120px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:157px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Calpernia_Addams.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Calpernia_Addams.jpg/118px-Calpernia_Addams.jpg" decoding="async" width="118" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Calpernia_Addams.jpg/177px-Calpernia_Addams.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Calpernia_Addams.jpg/236px-Calpernia_Addams.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Calpernia_Addams" title="Calpernia Addams">Calpernia Addams</a></span>,<br />the bachelorette</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:117px;max-width:117px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:157px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Andrea_James,_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Andrea_James%2C_2014.jpg/115px-Andrea_James%2C_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="115" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Andrea_James%2C_2014.jpg/173px-Andrea_James%2C_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Andrea_James%2C_2014.jpg/230px-Andrea_James%2C_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="702" data-file-height="960" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andrea_James" title="Andrea James">Andrea James</a></span>,<br />Calpernia's friend</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:119px;max-width:119px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:157px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alec-mapa-2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Alec-mapa-2008.jpg/117px-Alec-mapa-2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="117" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Alec-mapa-2008.jpg/176px-Alec-mapa-2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Alec-mapa-2008.jpg/234px-Alec-mapa-2008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1778" data-file-height="2378" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alec_Mapa" title="Alec Mapa">Alec Mapa</a></span>,<br />the show's host</div></div></div></div></div> <p>The show employs the competition-dating format established by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Bachelor_(American_TV_series)" title="The Bachelor (American TV series)">The Bachelor</a></i> (2002),<sup id="cite_ref-abc-news_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abc-news-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a long-running series with numerous <a href="/wiki/Spin-off_(media)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spin-off (media)">spin-offs</a> and imitators. The bachelors in <i>Transamerican Love Story</i> are men who are "open to dating a trans woman".<sup id="cite_ref-kearns_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kearns-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They lodge together in a mansion while Calpernia stays in a separate cottage on the estate. The contestants compete in group challenges, and the winners are granted time with Calpernia. </p><p>Before deciding which contestant to eliminate in the evening's ceremony, Calpernia confers with her friends Andrea James and (show host) Alec Mapa. James and Mapa have occasion to chat with the bachelors, and they share some of their insights with Calpernia. Viewers also vote their preferences online, but it is Calpernia who chooses whom to eliminate.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the elimination ceremony, Calpernia feeds a chocolate to those suitors whom she invites to stay. In the final episode, when only three suitors remain, they are given makeovers before Calpernia meets with them individually to tell each man whether it is him she has chosen. </p><p>Most of <i>Transamerican Love Story</i> was filmed in the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Los_Angeles_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Greater Los Angeles Area">Greater Los Angeles Area</a> of <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles County">Los Angeles County</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>. Portions of episode six were filmed in the <a href="/wiki/Western_United_States" title="Western United States">Western US</a> cities of <a href="/wiki/Ventura,_California" title="Ventura, California">Ventura, California</a> and <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas,_Nevada" class="mw-redirect" title="Las Vegas, Nevada">Las Vegas, Nevada</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_suitors">The suitors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transamerican_Love_Story&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The suitors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Eight men compete in the show. They range in age from 24 to 47.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name </th> <th>Age </th> <th>Hometown </th> <th>Job </th> <th>Eliminated </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="gold"> <th style="background: #F4E3FF; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: right; font-weight: bolder;" scope="row" class="rh heading table-rh"><b>Shawn</b> </th> <td style="text-align:center"><b>33</b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ventura,_California" title="Ventura, California">Ventura, California</a></b> </td> <td><b>Concert promoter</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><b>Winner</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #ffb"> <td style="background: #F4E3FF; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: right; font-weight: bolder;" scope="row" class="rh heading table-rh">Mike </td> <td style="text-align:center">24 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago, Illinois</a> </td> <td>Personal trainer </td> <td style="text-align:center">Episode 8 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #ffb"> <td style="background: #F4E3FF; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: right; font-weight: bolder;" scope="row" class="rh heading table-rh">Jim </td> <td style="text-align:center">32 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hilliard,_Ohio" title="Hilliard, Ohio">Hilliard, Ohio</a> </td> <td>Writer </td> <td style="text-align:center">Episode 8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background: #F4E3FF; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: right; font-weight: bolder;" scope="row" class="rh heading table-rh">Mark </td> <td style="text-align:center">34 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="New York, New York">New York, New York</a> </td> <td>Professional wrestler </td> <td style="text-align:center">Episode 5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background: #F4E3FF; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: right; font-weight: bolder;" scope="row" class="rh heading table-rh">Peter </td> <td style="text-align:center">25 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Encino,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Encino, California">Encino, California</a> </td> <td>Media consultant </td> <td style="text-align:center">Episode 4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background: #F4E3FF; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: right; font-weight: bolder;" scope="row" class="rh heading table-rh">Rich </td> <td style="text-align:center">37 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="New York, New York">New York, New York</a> </td> <td>Yoga instructor </td> <td style="text-align:center">Episode 3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background: #F4E3FF; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: right; font-weight: bolder;" scope="row" class="rh heading table-rh">Barry </td> <td style="text-align:center">45 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glade_Hill,_Virginia" title="Glade Hill, Virginia">Glade Hill, Virginia</a> </td> <td>Actor </td> <td style="text-align:center">Episode 2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background: #F4E3FF; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: right; font-weight: bolder;" scope="row" class="rh heading table-rh">Blaine </td> <td style="text-align:center">47 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reseda,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Reseda, California">Reseda, California</a> </td> <td>Car salesman </td> <td style="text-align:center">Episode 1 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Call-out_order">Call-out order</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transamerican_Love_Story&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Call-out order"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Contestants are arranged in the order in which Calpernia calls their names during the elimination ceremony. In episode five, no competition winner is declared. In episode six, each of the three remaining men gets a date with Calpernia. Episode seven is a <a href="/wiki/Clip_show" title="Clip show">clip show</a>, and has no elimination ceremony. In episode eight, Calpernia turns down two of the three remaining suitors before declaring the remaining man the winner. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background: #F4E3FF; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; font-weight: bolder;" scope="row" class="rh heading table-rh">No. of<br />contestants</th> <th colspan="8" scope="col">Episode </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col">1</th> <th scope="col">2</th> <th scope="col">3</th> <th scope="col">4</th> <th scope="col">5</th> <th scope="col">6</th> <th scope="col">7</th> <th scope="col">8 </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #F4E3FF; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; font-weight: bolder;" scope="row" class="rh heading table-rh">1 </th> <td>Rich</td> <td>Shawn</td> <td>Mike</td> <td>Jim</td> <td>Shawn</td> <td>Shawn</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-success">Shawn </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #F4E3FF; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; font-weight: bolder;" scope="row" class="rh heading table-rh">2 </th> <td>Jim</td> <td>Jim</td> <td style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Shawn</td> <td style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Mike</td> <td>Mike</td> <td>Jim</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no">Mike </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #F4E3FF; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; font-weight: bolder;" scope="row" class="rh heading table-rh">3 </th> <td>Peter</td> <td>Rich</td> <td>Mark</td> <td>Shawn</td> <td>Jim</td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">Mike</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no">Jim </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #F4E3FF; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; font-weight: bolder;" scope="row" class="rh heading table-rh">4 </th> <td>Mike</td> <td>Mark</td> <td>Jim</td> <td>Mark</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no">Mark</td> <td colspan="3" style="background-color: #CDE; color:black; text-align: center; text-transform: capitalize;" class="table-cast"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #F4E3FF; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; font-weight: bolder;" scope="row" class="rh heading table-rh">5 </th> <td>Barry</td> <td>Peter</td> <td>Peter</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no">Peter</td> <td colspan="4" style="background-color: #CDE; color:black; text-align: center; text-transform: capitalize;" class="table-cast"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #F4E3FF; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; font-weight: bolder;" scope="row" class="rh heading table-rh">6 </th> <td>Shawn</td> <td>Mike</td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial">Rich</td> <td colspan="5" style="background-color: #CDE; color:black; text-align: center; text-transform: capitalize;" class="table-cast"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #F4E3FF; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; font-weight: bolder;" scope="row" class="rh heading table-rh">7 </th> <td>Mark</td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial">Barry</td> <td colspan="6" style="background-color: #CDE; color:black; text-align: center; text-transform: capitalize;" class="table-cast"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #F4E3FF; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; font-weight: bolder;" scope="row" class="rh heading table-rh">8 </th> <td style="background:#FFC7C7; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no">Blaine</td> <td colspan="7" style="background-color: #CDE; color:black; text-align: center; text-transform: capitalize;" class="table-cast"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#bbffbb; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> The contestant won the competition.</dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ffb; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> The contestant won a date with Calpernia.</dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:wheat; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> The contestant won a date with Calpernia, but was eliminated.</dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#fa8072; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> The contestant was eliminated.</dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ddfbff; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> The contestant was to be eliminated, but Calpernia let him stay.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Episodes">Episodes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transamerican_Love_Story&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Episodes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders wikiepisodetable" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="color:black;text-align:center"><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:40%;color:black">Title</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:25%;color:black">Original air date</th></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep1" style="text-align:center">1</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Getting to Know You"</td><td style="text-align:center">February 11, 2008<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2008-02-11</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="4" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #CCCCFF"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Calpernia arrives in a horse-drawn carriage and meets the eight bachelors. Each man spends a few minutes talking with her while the rest talk with her friend Andrea. Later that night, the men are invited to a "sleepover" with a Middle Eastern theme: the men dress in thongs and loincloths, and must cater to Calpernia by fanning her, feeding her tidbits, rubbing her feet, and dancing. Calpernia decides to eliminate Blaine, who previously revealed that he had owned a transsexual porn business.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep2" style="text-align:center">2</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Something's Cookin'"</td><td style="text-align:center">February 18, 2008<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2008-02-18</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="4" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #CCCCFF"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Since Calpernia is from the <a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">Southern United States</a>, her friends are invited to a <a href="/wiki/Cuisine_of_the_Southern_United_States" title="Cuisine of the Southern United States">Southern dinner</a>—which the bachelors must prepare. The men shop at a nearby <a href="/wiki/Kosher" class="mw-redirect" title="Kosher">kosher</a> market, and make kosher substitutions for the non-kosher ingredients that the recipes call. At first the men get along while preparing the meal but things become more strained as the cooking progresses. Barry, having taken control of the cooking and organizing the men, earns a wine-and-cheese date with Calpernia that afternoon. The dinner guests arrive and find that some of the dishes are not well-prepared. The dinner party ends with a singalong led by Shawn. Shawn wins a few moments with Calpernia based on her friends' recommendations. Jim reveals to Mark that he is transgender, and is pleasantly surprised by Mark's encouraging response. At the elimination, Calpernia sends Barry home.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep3" style="text-align:center">3</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Love's a Beach"</td><td style="text-align:center">February 25, 2008<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2008-02-25</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="4" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #CCCCFF"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> The six remaining suitors arrive at a beach where they must strip to their underpants and exercise under the orders of a former <a href="/wiki/Drill_sergeant" class="mw-redirect" title="Drill sergeant">drill sergeant</a> (who is also a <a href="/wiki/Trans_man" title="Trans man">trans man</a>). Calpernia and Andrea watch through binoculars from a nearby yacht. The drill sergeant pairs them into teams, and explains that each team is to paddle a rubber raft to the yacht. The men who win the race earn time alone with Calpernia. Shawn and Rich win the race, and take the opportunity to get to know Calpernia better. Back on shore, Mark clashes with the other men, particularly Mike. The next day, Calpernia visits to spend some alone time with Mark. Peter (who's worried about having had no alone time with her) and Mike crash the end of their date. Jim tells all of the remaining suitors that he is transgender, and they are all supportive. At the elimination ceremony, Calpernia eliminates Rich, saying they would make better friends.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep4" style="text-align:center">4</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"I Love the Nightlife"</td><td style="text-align:center">March 3, 2008<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2008-03-03</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="4" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #CCCCFF"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Mark continues to come into conflict with the other suitors. Calpernia brings the men to a nightclub where several of her friends (including original <a href="/wiki/Club_kids" class="mw-redirect" title="Club kids">club kid</a> <a href="/wiki/James_St._James" title="James St. James">James St. James</a>) evaluate them. Calpernia performs her song "Stunning", and the men learn they will perform on stage and in costume for her and a panel of judges. Mark refuses, but eventually agrees to perform in his street clothes. Mike wins the performance competition, and earns a limo ride with Calpernia. The next day Calpernia finally spends some time alone with Peter, but she's concerned that he's more interested in the <a href="/wiki/Mint_julep" title="Mint julep">mint juleps</a> she's serving than in her. Calpernia eliminates Peter at that night's ceremony.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep5" style="text-align:center">5</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"I Like the Way You Move"</td><td style="text-align:center">March 10, 2008<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2008-03-10</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="4" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #CCCCFF"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> The episode begins with group interactions between the remaining four suitors. Everyone goes to Oil Can Harry's to learn to dance the <a href="/wiki/Country-western_two-step" title="Country-western two-step">country-western two-step</a>. Afterward, they return to the mansion for a barbecue dinner. The dinner becomes a shouting match between Mark and Jim, and Calpernia breaks down in tears. Calpernia eliminates Mark at that evening's ceremony, and Shawn leaves the mansion to attend a funeral.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep6" style="text-align:center">6</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Meet the Folks"</td><td style="text-align:center">March 17, 2008<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2008-03-17</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="4" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #CCCCFF"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> This episode stresses the importance of family. With Shawn absent for a funeral, only Jim and Mike are left to meet Calpernia's "adopted mother", Chyna. Calpernia and Mike go to the <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Strip" title="Las Vegas Strip">Las Vegas Strip</a>, where Mike's mother and father are on holiday at the <a href="/wiki/Sahara_Hotel_and_Casino" class="mw-redirect" title="Sahara Hotel and Casino">Sahara Hotel and Casino</a>. Shawn returns, and Calpernia accompanies him to his hometown, <a href="/wiki/Ventura,_California" title="Ventura, California">Ventura, California</a>. Jim's parents visit the mansion to meet Calpernia, as do his former roommates, a gay couple. At the elimination ceremony, Jim and Shawn are invited to stay, but Calpernia decides not to eliminate Mike, either. Calpernia announces that all four of them are returning to the mansion for the final portion of the competition.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep7" style="text-align:center">7</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Season Recap"</td><td style="text-align:center">March 24, 2008<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2008-03-24</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="4" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #CCCCFF"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> In this <a href="/wiki/Clip_show" title="Clip show">clip show</a>, host Alec Mapa recaps the series so far, and interviews Calpernia and the remaining suitors.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep8" style="text-align:center">8</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Season Finale"</td><td style="text-align:center">March 31, 2008<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2008-03-31</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="4" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #CCCCFF"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Calpernia and the three remaining suitors move to Le Parc Suite Hotel in <a href="/wiki/West_Hollywood,_California" title="West Hollywood, California">West Hollywood</a>, and the suitors get <a href="/wiki/Makeover" title="Makeover">makeovers</a> at Fusion Hair. Calpernia calls Jim to the hotel's rooftop patio and tells him that they should not be "romantic partners". Mike and Shawn each make their final pitch for Calpernia's heart, and in the end she selects Shawn.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237879425">.mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable tr.vevent,.mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable tr.vevent th{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable .summary{text-align:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .module-episode-list-row small[style]{color:#d5d584!important;background:#333;padding:8px}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable span[style^="color"]{color:inherit!important;border-bottom:dotted 1px}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .module-episode-list-row small[style]{color:#d5d584!important;background:#333;padding:8px}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable span[style^="color"]{color:inherit!important;border-bottom:dotted 1px}}</style> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transamerican_Love_Story&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Transamerican Love Story</i> was one of three new <a href="/wiki/Reality_television" title="Reality television">reality television</a> shows that Logo premiered in 2008, accompanied by <i><a href="/wiki/Gimme_Sugar" title="Gimme Sugar">Gimme Sugar</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Shirts_%26_Skins" title="Shirts & Skins">Shirts & Skins</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was produced by <a href="/wiki/World_of_Wonder_(production_company)" class="mw-redirect" title="World of Wonder (production company)">World of Wonder Productions</a> with the assistance of Oh Really! Productions, a company that had recently begun producing <i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Gay_Sketch_Show" title="The Big Gay Sketch Show">The Big Gay Sketch Show</a></i> for Logo.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After World of Wonder developed the concept for <i>Transamerican Love Story</i>, Logo called Calpernia Addams in the summer of 2007 to offer her the starring role, which she accepted. Addams is an actress, musician, writer, and activist from <a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was 36 years old when the show was filmed. </p><p>Her friend, transgender activist <a href="/wiki/Andrea_James" title="Andrea James">Andrea James</a>, co-stars in the series, and was a consulting producer. In a 2013 interview, James explains that she saw an opportunity for <a href="/wiki/Social_progress" class="mw-redirect" title="Social progress">social progress</a> in a program that accurately represented men who are attracted to <a href="/wiki/Trans_women" class="mw-redirect" title="Trans women">trans women</a>. Typically, she says, in US media trans-attracted men are stigmatized and shamed, and that can make them hate themselves—and "lead to unhealthy and even dangerous situations for trans women."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "No one knows how hard it is for us to date!" Addams adds.<sup id="cite_ref-kearns_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kearns-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both Addams and James hoped the show would also undermine the media <a href="/wiki/LGBT_stereotypes" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT stereotypes">stereotype</a> of trans women as "tragic and serious".<sup id="cite_ref-Hernandez_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hernandez-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Transamerican Love Story</i> was not World of Wonder's first <a href="/wiki/Transgender" title="Transgender">transgender</a> program. Their documentary series <i><a href="/wiki/TransGeneration" title="TransGeneration">TransGeneration</a></i> (2005)<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> won a <a href="/wiki/GLAAD_Media_Award_for_Outstanding_Documentary" title="GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Documentary">GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Documentary</a> in 2006, and <i><a href="/wiki/Sex_Change_Hospital" title="Sex Change Hospital">Sex Change Hospital</a></i> (2007) was a nominee for the same award in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-wowglad_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wowglad-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Transamerican Love Story</i> contestant Jim Howley, who is himself transgender, appeared in the premiere episode of <i>Sex Change Hospital</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Response_and_epilogue">Response and epilogue</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transamerican_Love_Story&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Response and epilogue"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Zack Rosen of the <i><a href="/wiki/Washington_Blade" title="Washington Blade">Washington Blade</a></i> called the show "refreshing for its lack of sensationalism".<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Heather_Havrilesky" title="Heather Havrilesky">Heather Havrilesky</a>, in her review for <i><a href="/wiki/Salon_(website)" class="mw-redirect" title="Salon (website)">Salon</a></i>, observed: "The show’s producers (thankfully) resist the urge to throw in big, manipulative <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a>-style surprises. While some of the men get freaked out by each other, Calpernia is likable and accepting and takes the whole crazy assortment of characters in stride."<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"A reality dating show is… a very difficult circumstance in which to get to know someone", wrote Calpernia Addams, a few weeks after the finale aired. "I look[ed] at it as… a fun romp… rather than a deadly serious path to matrimony."<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following July, Calpernia reported that she and competition-winner Shawn "had some dinners and get-togethers, but… have not continued to date".<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A few days later, she told an interviewer: "The amazing thing that Logo did with this was they showed trans people dating as being so normal, like it really is. I think it’s going to open it up for trans women to feel worthy of love and for guys to not be afraid to date us."<sup id="cite_ref-Hernandez_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hernandez-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>About two months after the final episode aired, Addams, Howley, Andrea James, and Alec Mapa all appeared together in the 2008 <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Pride" title="Los Angeles Pride">Los Angeles Pride</a> parade.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that summer, Jim Howley did a photo shoot with portrait photographer Eric Schwabel for a feature in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Advocate_(LGBT_magazine)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Advocate (LGBT magazine)">The Advocate</a></i> on the human body.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Schwabel also photographed Addams the following February.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 18, 2009, a few weeks after <i>Transamerican Love Story</i> won a <a href="/wiki/GLAAD_Media_Award#Categories" title="GLAAD Media Award">GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Reality Program</a>, Calpernia Addams and Andrea James debuted a short comedy film at the 33rd <a href="/wiki/Frameline_Film_Festival" title="Frameline Film Festival">Frameline Film Festival</a> in San Francisco.<sup id="cite_ref-Transproofed_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Transproofed-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had begun developing the film—called <i>Transproofed</i>—more than a year prior.<sup id="cite_ref-Transproofed_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Transproofed-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Transproofed</i> is the story of a trans woman, Ava, who feels unready to tell the man she's been dating that she's transgender; but when Ava's friend Joyce pressures her into hiding any evidence in her apartment that she's trans (with a long career as a showgirl), Ava feels more and more uneasy.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Addams and James wrote, directed, produced, and scored the film. Addams takes the role of Ava, and James plays the role of Joyce. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="GLAAD_Media_Award">GLAAD Media Award</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transamerican_Love_Story&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: GLAAD Media Award"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/20th_GLAAD_Media_Awards" title="20th GLAAD Media Awards">20th GLAAD Media Awards</a> in May 2009, <i>Transamerican Love Story</i> tied with <i><a href="/wiki/I_Want_to_Work_for_Diddy" title="I Want to Work for Diddy">I Want to Work for Diddy</a></i> for the <a href="/wiki/GLAAD_Media_Award" title="GLAAD Media Award">GLAAD Media Award</a> in the "Outstanding Reality Program" category.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Calpernia Addams and <a href="/wiki/Laverne_Cox" title="Laverne Cox">Laverne Cox</a> were at the awards ceremony in San Francisco to accept the honors for the respective shows.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Also in attendance was <i>Transamerican Love Story</i> finalist Jim Howley. He reports that when <i>Transamerican Love Story</i> won, he impulsively ran past the security personnel and onto the stage.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Addams' acceptance speech, he approached the lectern, introduced himself, and said a few words about transgender progress. Howley was one of the subjects of <i>Sex Change Hospital</i>, which was a nominee that year in the "Outstanding Documentary" category.<sup id="cite_ref-wowglad_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wowglad-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended the awards ceremony with Clair Farley,<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a trans woman who was the subject of the 2007 documentary <i>Red Without Blue</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The couple married in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, two transgender-related series once again tied for GLAAD's "Outstanding Reality Program" award: <i><a href="/wiki/I_Am_Cait" title="I Am Cait">I Am Cait</a></i> (starring <a href="/wiki/Caitlyn_Jenner" title="Caitlyn Jenner">Caitlyn Jenner</a>) and <i><a href="/wiki/I_Am_Jazz" title="I Am Jazz">I Am Jazz</a></i> (starring <a href="/wiki/Jazz_Jennings" title="Jazz Jennings">Jazz Jennings</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chris McCarthy, general manager of Logo and <a href="/wiki/VH1" title="VH1">VH1</a>, told <i><a href="/wiki/Adweek" title="Adweek">Adweek</a></i> in 2015 that without <i>Transamerican Love Story</i> and other portrayals of diverse trans issues, "there would be no <i>I Am Cait</i>."<sup id="cite_ref-adweek_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adweek-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Said World of Wonder co-founder Randy Barbato, "We always thought our subjects were ready for <a href="/wiki/Prime_time" title="Prime time">prime time</a>. Not that many people agreed with us."<sup id="cite_ref-adweek_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adweek-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Video_releases">Video releases</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transamerican_Love_Story&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Video releases"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/MTV_Networks" class="mw-redirect" title="MTV Networks">MTV Networks</a> published the complete series in a four-disc DVD set in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is distributed online through <a href="/wiki/Amazon_Video" class="mw-redirect" title="Amazon Video">Amazon Video</a>, and has also been distributed through <a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/ITunes" title="ITunes">iTunes</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Logo_TV#Online" title="Logo TV">LOGOonline</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transamerican_Love_Story&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 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