Best. Gay. Week. Ever. (September 19, 2008)

FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE
So let's see, what's coming up this week in terms of gay entertainment? First and foremost, if you're in New York or Los Angeles, do check out Save Me, the "gay reparative therapy" drama starring Chad Allen, Robert Gant and Judith Light. It's a frank and fair discussion of what drives people on both sides of the issue, and Light in particular is fantastic as the hard-nosed Christian woman devoting her life to "praying the gay away".

Chad Allen in Save Me
 

Folks in a few cities will also get the chance to see Canadian import Breakfast With Scot, which we weren't so hot on but which is nice enough for a family comedy.

Otherwise there's gay-fave Greg Kinnear haunting Ricky Gervais in the comedy Ghost Town, gay-fave Patrick Wilson being haunted by Samuel L. Jackson in racially-charged thriller Lakeview Terrace, and Dane Cook haunting our collective consciousness in the sure-to-be abysmal My Best Friend's Girl. Seriously, if any of you pay money to see that I will personally come to your house and pinch you 'til you bleed.

On television, it is a crazy-busy week for season premieres, so hang on...

First, on Sunday we've got the third episode of True Blood, which I've seen and which I can say is utterly batcrap crazy. It introduces a few new gay characters (some alive, some otherwise) and reveals a hell of a lot more about Lafayette ... much of which some viewers likely won't be very happy with. We'll definitely have lots to talk about on Monday. (As a side note, the show was just renewed for another season by HBO, so it's not going anywhere anytime soon!)

Lance Bass and Lacey "Don't Call Me David" Schwimmer
 

On Monday we've got the big gay premiere of Dancing With the Stars, featuring Lance Bass as the first out contestant ever (judge Bruno Tonioli has always been out). We'll of course be following closely. Monday also marks the season premiere of How I Met Your Mother (starring out Emmy nom Neil Patrick Harris, whom we just interviewed last week) and new eps of Gossip Girl, Shirts & Skins, and Raising the Bar (which was also renewed for another season this week, much to our surprise!)

Tuesday brings us a new Dr. Kyle-centric episode of General Hospital: Night Shift, which marks the first appearance of Chad Allen as his new love interest. (We'll have some fun behind-the-scenes goodies to share with you as we get closer to the date, so stay tuned!) Also, Tuesday brings new eps of  Greek, Privileged, and The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency. Catty!

Actor Matt Lauria and exec prod Oliver Goldstick
 

On Wednesday NBC's Lipstick Jungle kicks off a new season, which will feature several gay characters officially coming out as it progresses, starting with Matt Lauria's Roy. The second gay is a mystery (or as I like to call them, Surprise!Gay) but we should expect him to come out around episode nine, apparently.

Also returning is The New Adventures of Old Christine, which will reportedly find Christine marrying her female friend (played by Wanda Sykes) at some point, so that might be worth checking out. There will of course be a new Project Runway and a new Top Design, and we'll be recapping both on the blog to see how our Teams Gay are holding up.

Charlie Herschel, Survivor: Gabon's Team Gay
 

On Thursday Survivor: Gabon premieres, which of course features out lawyer Charlie Herschel. And returning with their gay supporting characters are (take a deep breath) The Office (Oscar), ER, Grey's Anatomy (out actor T.R. Knight), My Name is Earl, and of course the aforementioned and ever-fabulous Ugly Betty.

Is that it? Lordy, my TiVo hurts just thinking about it...

So anyway, I better stop yammering on and let you go so you can have the BEST.GAY.WEEK.EVER!