The AfterElton.com Ranking Roundup: Gay TV Cancellation Watch!

Welcome to the AfterElton.com Ranking Roundup, a regular feature where we round up the rankings from various sources as to what is, and isn't, hot in gay male entertainment!

TV Cancellation-Watch List

TV By the Numbers argues that what gets a scripted broadcast network show canceled is its rating in the 18-49 demo (the rules are different for non-scripted shows, which have lower production costs). Numbers divides a show’s season-to-date rating in the key demo by the network average to determine a Renew/Cancel Index. Here are the shows of gay interest with that index, in the order they are likely to be canceled by the end of the year, from most likely to least likely:

The following shows are likely to be canceled soon:
1. Pushing Daisies, ABC (.65)
2. Dirty Sexy Money, ABC (.69)
3. Lipstick Jungle, NBC (.73)
4. Privileged, CW (.88)

The following shows are unlikely to be canceled:
5. Ugly Betty, ABC (.92)
6. My Name is Earl, NBC (.98)
7. Brothers & Sisters, ABC (1.23)
8. How I Met Your Mother, CBS (1.26)
9. Gossip Girl, CW (1.51)
10. Desperate Housewives, ABC (1.98)

Check out movies and more TV ratings after the jump!

 

Top Rated Gay-Related TV Shows

(in total viewers, according to Nielsen)

 

1 Dancing with the Stars, ABC (18.9 Monday, 17.4 Tuesday, up 4%)
2. Desperate Housewives, ABC (16 million, up .6%)
3. Survivor: Gabon, CBS (13 million, down 2%)
4. Brothers & Sisters, ABC (9.6 million, up 3%)
5. Ugly Betty, ABC (8.6 million, down 3%)
6. Lipstick Jungle, NBC (4.9 million, up 12%)
7. Privileged, CW (1.9, up 20%)

 

Ratings remain steady for Desperate Housewives, which this week saw the return of one barely-there gay neighbor, Lee, while the mostly-Kevin-free Brothers & Sisters was up slightly as well.

 

Lipstick Jungle, with the adorable Matt Lauria playing Victory‘s gay assistant, picked up viewers in its first Friday outing, but still looks headed for the chopping block.

Inexplicably, the ratings for Privileged, with Allan Louis as a character-less gay sounding board, are up as well.

 

Top Gay Male Movie DVD Sales

(from TLA Video)

 

1. Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild
2. 3-Day Weekend
3. Dog Tags
4. Arizona Sky
5. Kiss the Bride
6. Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon
7. Boystown
8. Bangkok Love Story
7. The Houseboy
9. Boys Briefs 5: Schoolboys
10. Teenage Angst

Though both were widely panned, Another Gay Sequel and Tori Spelling’s latest gay romp Kiss the Bride continue to attract interest.

Wrangler is a new documentary about porn star Jack Wrangler, and Boystown is a screwball comedy from Spain.