The much-anticipated debut of The L Word, Showtime's companion lesbian show to Queer As Folk, debuts Sunday, Jan. 18.

While these may be far from your typical group of lesbians, they are fun to watch. The focus is a gaggle of giggly lesbians in Hollywood, dealing with romance, careers, artificial insemination, and even guys ... [don't worry, you have read about heterosexual sex in textbooks, so those scenes should not put you into shock].

Jenny Schecter (Mia Kirshner) is a gifted young writer of fiction who arrives in Los Angeles to begin her 'adult life' with her boyfriend. Tim and Jenny reside in West Hollywood, next door to Bette Porter (Jennifer Beals) and her partner Tina Kennard (Laurel Holloman, from the Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls In love—she has grown up nicely from that teen film). Bette and Tina have been a couple for seven years and are trying to find the perfect sperm donor to help them start a family. Bette's and Tina's close network of friends includes Shane McCutcheon (a very sexy Katherine Moennig), who is the resident heartthrob; Dana Fairbanks (Erin Daniels from One Hour Photo), a professional tennis player not yet out of the closet; bisexual journalist Alice Pieszecki (The Murmur's Leisha Hailey); and Bette's half-sister Kit Porter (the one and only Pam Grier), who is a musician and a recovering alcoholic. Marina (Katina Lombard from The Firm), a beautiful and compelling woman, owns a West Hollywood café.

The much-anticipated debut of The L Word, Showtime's companion lesbian show to Queer As Folk, debuts Sunday, Jan. 18.

While these may be far from your typical group of lesbians, they are fun to watch. The focus is a gaggle of giggly lesbians in Hollywood, dealing with romance, careers, artificial insemination, and even guys ... [don't worry, you have read about heterosexual sex in textbooks, so those scenes should not put you into shock].

Jenny Schecter (Mia Kirshner) is a gifted young writer of fiction who arrives in Los Angeles to begin her 'adult life' with her boyfriend. Tim and Jenny reside in West Hollywood, next door to Bette Porter (Jennifer Beals) and her partner Tina Kennard (Laurel Holloman, from the Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls In love—she has grown up nicely from that teen film). Bette and Tina have been a couple for seven years and are trying to find the perfect sperm donor to help them start a family. Bette's and Tina's close network of friends includes Shane McCutcheon (a very sexy Katherine Moennig), who is the resident heartthrob; Dana Fairbanks (Erin Daniels from One Hour Photo), a professional tennis player not yet out of the closet; bisexual journalist Alice Pieszecki (The Murmur's Leisha Hailey); and Bette's half-sister Kit Porter (the one and only Pam Grier), who is a musician and a recovering alcoholic. Marina (Katina Lombard from The Firm), a beautiful and compelling woman, owns a West Hollywood café.