The brand-new The Loud House episode "Overnight Success", premiering Wednesday 20th July 2016 at 8pm ET/PT on Nickelodeon USA, will introduce Clyde McBride's parents, Harold and Howard, a gay, interracial married couple, Variety and Entertainment Weekly have confirmed. The characters will be voiced by comedians voiced by Wayne Brady (The Wayne Brady Show, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Everybody Hates Chris, Let's Make a Deal) and Michael McDonald (All Grown Up!, Invader Zim, Futurama, Ghostbusters (2016), Spy, Scrubs).
Nickelodeon's hit original animated series (Nicktoon), currently in its first season, follows Lincoln Loud, who struggles being the only boy in a family where he is outnumbered by his 10 sisters. Clyde McBride is one of Lincoln's friends. In the episode, Clyde comes over for a sleepover, but ends up making Lincoln jealous when he wants to hang out with the Loud sisters instead.
Time to make history indeed! First married gay couple on a Nickelodeon cartoon!https://t.co/CI5NPmd7JU
— ㅤ (@Ieodavinci) July 16, 2016
An expert from Wednesday's upcoming episode, above, was posted to Twitter. As evident in the clip, the series makes no hoopla over the appearance of the married gay couple. Instead, it focuses on the protective nature of the McBride's after dropping off Clyde at the Loud residence for a slumber party.
The decision to feature a married same-sex couple on a children's program has been met with overwhelmingly positive reactions.
So happy to be a part of this show! #loudandproud https://t.co/CvEz4k7PsY
— Lauren Patterson (@lpattersondraws) July 18, 2016
Super proud of @NickelodeonTV and @TheLoudWriters "The Loud House" Introduces Two Perfectly Imperfect Gay Dads https://t.co/6B0vshMWrP
— Chris Nee (@chrisdocnee) July 18, 2016
The Loud House is the best house. I love working on this show ❤️ #LoudandProud https://t.co/DfjnkcxC4h
— Hallie Eliz (@hallieeeliz) July 18, 2016
.@Ieodavinci thanks for sharing this! So excited to see a interracial gay couple in a kids cartoon on @NickelodeonTV #TheLoudHouse
— Justin Stewart (@ProducerStewart) July 18, 2016
@Ieodavinci COME ON REPRESENTATION 👏👏👏
— makayla (@softcheekbones) July 17, 2016
@Ieodavinci I feel like they handled that really well. Didn't make it too obvious, let it feel natural and unassuming like a regular family.
— ScorchMuffins (@ZenkaiPowuh) July 17, 2016
Although the networks first-ever married same-sex couple, Harold and Howard McBride aren't the networks first same-sex couple. In 2014, the series finale of Nickelodeon's hit original animated series The Legend of Korra ended with Korra and Asami, two of the shows female characters, embarking on a romantic relationship, with fans endearingly calling the couple 'Korrasami'.
Additional source: Wikipedia (I, II).
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