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{{short description|Television series}}
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{{Infobox television
| image         = In The Life LogoNew.png
| caption       = The longest running LGBT documentary series on public television.
| genre         = [[Documentary film|Documentary series]]
| creator       = In the Life Media
| opentheme     =
| composer      = 
| country       = United States
| language      = English
| network       = 
| first_aired   = {{start date|1992|6|9}}
| last_aired    = {{end date|2012|12|5}}
| num_seasons   = 20
| num_episodes  = 
| list_episodes =
| related       =  
}}
'''''In the Life''''' is an American television [[newsmagazine]] program focused on issues related to [[LGBT|lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender]] (LGBT) people, broadcast on public television from 1992 to 2012, and produced by In The Life Media. It was created by the Emmy Award-winning producer [[John Scagliotti]]. Running for twenty years, {{cn span|it was the first and longest running national LGBT television program in history.|date=September 2024}}

In September 2012, In The Life Media announced that the December 2012 broadcast would be the last. ITLM said it would work with other organizations to create a web-based archive of historical videos documenting the LGBT rights movement, enhancing the organization's online presence and hopefully broadening its reach.<ref>[http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/television/2012/09/05/life-media-will-air-last-show-december ''In the Life'' Will Air Last Show In December]</ref>

On March 3, 2013, [[UCLA Film and Television Archive|UCLA Film & Television Archive]] officially became the new home for ''In the Life'''s full collection.<ref>[https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/collections/life-collection ''In the Life Collection'']</ref>

==Hosts==
The series was regularly commentated by [[Harvey Fierstein]] from 2001 to 2004. Past hosts of the show include [[Kate Clinton]] and Katherine Linton. Guest hosts for the series have included [[Cherry Jones]], [[Paris Barclay]], [[Janeane Garofalo]], [[Lesley Gore]], [[Lea DeLaria]], [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], [[Jade Esteban Estrada]], [[Nathan Lane]], [[Howard Dean]], [[Gavin Newsom]], [[Helen Thomas]], [[Nancy Grace]], [[RuPaul]], [[Angela Lansbury]], [[Jerry Herman]], [[Carol Channing]], [[Larry Kramer]], [[Barbara Gittings]], [[Lillian Faderman]], [[Judy Shepard]], [[Susan Sarandon]], [[Billie Jean King]], [[Lily Tomlin]], [[Melissa Etheridge]], [[Esera Tuaolo]], [[Martina Navratilova]], [[Judith Light]], [[Margaret Cho]], [[Le Tigre]], [[Lady Bunny]], [[Wilson Cruz]], [[Alan Cumming]], [[Bill Brochtrup]], [[Staceyann Chin]] and [[Lisa Leslie]]. In its 18th season, ''In the Life'' moved from a hosted format to a documentary style narrated by guest voice-overs.
[[File:In The Life Media Gala Eleanor Ajala Eleanor Moonier New-York Historical Society.jpg|alt=Final In The Life Media Gala at the New-York Historical Society Eleanor Ajala|thumb|Final In The Life Media Gala at the New-York Historical Society]]

== Episodes ==
{{Main|List of In The Life episodes}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite web |url= http://itlmedia.org |title= Official website |url-status= dead |quote= Final (goodbye) |archive-date= December 14, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131214130531/http://www.itlmedia.org/ }}
* {{youTube|u=itlmedia|In The Life (2008-2012) }}
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0248645 ''In the Life'' at IMDB]
* [https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/collections/inthelife UCLA Film & Television Archive]

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