The L Word is an American co-production television

Television

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 drama

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 series originally shown on Showtime portraying the lives of a group of lesbian

Lesbian

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, bisexual, and transgender

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 people and their friends, family and lovers in the trendy Greater Los Angeles

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, California

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 city of West Hollywood

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. The show ran from 2004 to 2009.
The show was created by executive producer

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 Ilene Chaiken

Ilene Chaiken

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 (Barb Wire

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-Cast:* Pamela Anderson Lee as Barbara "Barb Wire" Kopetski* Temuera Morrison as Axel Hood* Victoria Rowell as Dr. Corrina "Cora D" Devonshire* Jack Noseworthy as Charlie Kopetski* Xander Berkeley as Alexander Willis* Udo Kier as Curly...

, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

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). Other executive producers include Steve Golin

Steve Golin

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 (Being John Malkovich

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, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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) and Larry Kennar (Barbershop

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). Besides Chaiken, writers of the show have included Guinevere Turner

Guinevere Turner

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 (Go Fish

Go Fish (film)

Go Fish is a 1994 American lesbian-themed independent drama film. Directed and co-written by Rose Troche, the film tells the story of the interrelationships of a small group of lesbian friends in Chicago...

, American Psycho

American Psycho (film)

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), Cherien Dabis

Cherien Dabis

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 (Amreeka

Amreeka

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), and Rose Troche

Rose Troche

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 (Go Fish, Six Feet Under).
The pilot episode premiered on January 18, 2004.