▁crowd ▁of ▁regular s ▁including ▁brothers ▁Ward ell ▁( New ell ▁Alexander ) ▁and ▁Od ell ▁( David ▁Cow g ill ), ▁B its y ▁Ma e , ▁and ▁the ▁bar ' s ▁resident ▁dr unk ▁Juan ita ▁( S ar ah ▁Hun ley ). ▁ ▁Lat rel le ' s ▁son ▁Ty ▁( J ason ▁D ott ley ) ▁is ▁an ▁actor ▁living ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁and ▁struggling ▁with ▁several ▁ther ap ists ▁( including ▁ones ▁played ▁by ▁Margaret ▁Cho , ▁Car son ▁K ress ley , ▁and ▁C andis ▁C ay ne ) ▁to ▁come ▁to ▁terms ▁with ▁his ▁hom osex ual ity . ▁Al ong ▁the ▁way ▁he ▁de als ▁with ▁his ▁first ▁boy friend ▁( T ed ▁Det w iler ), ▁his ▁st alk er ▁ex - g irl friend ▁( Sh ar ron ▁Alex is ), ▁a ▁ven ge ful ▁trick ▁( Em erson ▁Collins ), ▁and ▁the ▁difficulty ▁of ▁coming ▁out ▁to ▁his ▁straight ▁best ▁friend ▁( Ro bert ▁Lewis ▁Steph enson ) ▁and ▁his ▁family ▁back ▁in ▁Texas . ▁ ▁Production ▁S ord id ▁L ives : ▁The ▁Series ▁is ▁executive ▁produced ▁by ▁Stanley ▁M . ▁Bro oks ▁of ▁Once ▁Upon ▁A ▁Time ▁Films , ▁a ▁Santa ▁Mon ica , ▁California ▁based ▁production ▁company ▁known ▁for ▁its ▁television ▁programming , ▁for ▁MTV ▁Network s ' ▁Log o ▁Channel ▁as ▁its ▁first ▁original ▁series . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁season ▁of ▁ 1 2 ▁episodes ▁was ▁shot ▁in ▁Sh re ve port , ▁Louisiana , ▁from ▁November ▁