|This courtroom drama features gender-confused male actor Roderick "Laverne" Cox. It was touted by CBS as the first network prime time drama to feature a gender-confused actor in a starring role in an attempt to push gender confusion on its viewing audience. Because of this, viewers wanted no part of the show, which was cancelled after just two episodes.<ref name="Rise Failure">[https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/matt-philbin/2017/03/06/does-when-we-rises-failure-signal-end-cultures-long-gay-moment Does ‘When We Rise’s’ Failure Signal End to the Culture’s Long ‘Gay Moment?’] at NewsBusters</ref> | |This courtroom drama features gender-confused male actor Roderick "Laverne" Cox. It was touted by CBS as the first network prime time drama to feature a gender-confused actor in a starring role in an attempt to push gender confusion on its viewing audience. Because of this, viewers wanted no part of the show, which was cancelled after just two episodes.<ref name="Rise Failure">[https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/matt-philbin/2017/03/06/does-when-we-rises-failure-signal-end-cultures-long-gay-moment Does ‘When We Rise’s’ Failure Signal End to the Culture’s Long ‘Gay Moment?’] at NewsBusters</ref> |