IMHO — THE WEEK IN GAY TV!
After a week of watching everything "gay" on the telly, I was left with one overriding thought: Is it really asking too much to have one show with a genuine gay lead? While I love Brothers & Sisters for its gay inclusiveness, the fact of the matter is Kevin and Scotty are part of a very large ensemble cast and don't exactly show up in every scene.
Frankly, I'm sick of watching Greek in hopes Calvin will pop up for a couple of lines and don't get me started on his "relationship" with Michael tht is not only ending without a bang, but apparently even any dialogue between them. I never thought I'd say I miss Will & Grace, but at least with that show I knew there was thirty minutes each week I could tune in and know I'd see actual gay character instead of a parade of "barely theres" on Privileged, Lipstick Jungle, Entourage, 30 Rock, Gossip Girl, Raising the Bar, and, well, you get my point.
End of rant.
DO NOT DISTURB: Given my above rant, I suppose I should give this a down arrow since one of the few new gay characters on network television just got axed, but this show was so bad it's impossible to see it's cancellation as anything other than positive.
UGLY BETTY: There were so many reasons to have seen who pushed Christina down the stairs, that I feel a dolt for not knowing well ahead of time. Ignoring that, I love how Marc (Michael Urie) continues to show he's his own person. I'm really curious to see where he goes next!
General Hospital Night Shift: For reasons already discussed, I think Chad Allen rocks and I've been loving his work on the show. And how about that kiss between him and Adam Grimes? Yowza... Grimes is rocking the role as well and I, for one, think it would be great if Kyle made the jump to daytime.
True Blood: Well, it took long enough, but HBO's new vamp show finally interested me this week. It wasn't just Lafayette's kicking some bigot booty, but more Bill's backstory and that shocking final scene. I've seen the next three episodes and they hold up. Plus the whole "vampire as gay" metaphor finally pays off in a very disturbing way. And, yes, Ryan Kwanten is still naked half the time.
BROTHERS & SISTERS: Any episode without Scotty (Luke MacFarlane) had better be great to have a prayer of getting an up arrow. And judging from the comments on this week's recap, I fear for my life if I give this episode anything other than a down arrow. I agree with everyone who said the Robert/Kitty storyline is annoying as all get out and, frankly, the whole "Kitty wrote a book thing" played out exactly as expected right down to everyone having to admit it was "brilliant".
PRiVILEGED: Marco not only makes fabulous muffins and scones, but he mixes fabulous martinis too! And this week he gave fabulous relationship advice not to Megan, but to generic preppy guy whose name I don't know or care about. So I'm giving this cliche "barely there" gay character a fabulous down arrow!
SURVIVOR GABON:***SPOLIER ALERT*** Raise your hand if you were worried Charlie and Marcus weren't going to end up on the same tribe. Thankfully, that didn't happen and their new team continued on their merry way. Long live Charm!
AS THE WORLD TURNS:Yay, Noah is back and, yay, the guys kissed, but boo to all the angst over everything gay. Can we give the guys something else to fret over?
FORBIDDEN LOVE: Confession time: I, um, didn't actually get to watch Forbidden Love this week. But had I watched it, I'm SURE I would've loved it. And it's not my fault. I don't actually have time to watch something and not work at the same time, but since I don't speak German, I can't do both! And do you see how many shows are here!
PROJECT RUNWAY: It is so not fair that Kenley got to go to Bryant Park instead of Jerell, especially when her annoying carcass should've been tossed weeks ago.The only thing that will rectify the situation is if Nina Garcia and Michael Kors gang up on her and make her cry during the finale.
LIPSTICK JUNGLE: If I had written about this last week, I'd have given the show an up arrow for handling Roy's (Matt Lauria) sexuality in such a matter of fact way. But since he didn't even show up this week, and I'm feeling very cranky, the show gets a big fat down arrow.
SKINS: I'm only giving the show an up arrow because in the series finale, Anwar's father handled the news of Maxxie's sexuality in such a reasonable fashion. Which isn't to say I haven't grown to like the show to a certain extent. The Maxxie/Anwar episode nicely portrayed the conflict over some religions and homosexuality, Sid's attitude toward Maxxie was ... interesting, and I really like Cassie. So, yes, I'm interested in the second season.
DANCING WITH THE STARS: Lance did fine and it was great having Jennifer Hudson drop by, but who else was annoyed ABC pretended someone was going to be eliminated only to announce at the end they were all safe? Way to tick people off, ABC!
ENTOURAGE: Even with Lloyd (Rex Lee) showing up with his boyfriend this show is starting to feel rather repetitive. Plus the whole gay thing — a game night that turned into a skinny-dipping free for all in Ari's pool — wasn't exactly clever.
LITTLE BRITAIN: Okay, I've tried to like this show because I really love sketch comedy. But this sketch comedy just isn't that funny and too many of the old characters simply haven't carried over that well. Carol's "the computer says no" shtick and the fat fighters bit are pretty much one trick ponies — and their one trick is getting old fast.
SARAH SILVERMAN PROGRAM: The first episode started off a little rough, but then Sarah found her bizarro groove. Best of all, our two gay schlubs Brian and Steve are front and center in all their freaky eccentricity.
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