How the Cop Show ‘Barney Miller’ Made Gay TV History, 50 Years Ago NYT | Top Stories By: Erik Piepenburg 4 November 2025 at 23:27 A 1975 episode introduced audiences to one of the first openly gay couples in mainstream American television not depicted as deviants or criminals. © ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content, via Getty ImagesRay Stewart, left, and Jack DeLeon as Darryl and Marty in a scene from the 1975 “Barney Miller” episode “Discovery,” in which a gay couple seeks help in a West Village police precinct after being shaken down.
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