The AfterElton.com Ranking Roundup: "Brothers & Sisters" is no "Housewives"

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on December 3, 2008

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!

Top Rated Gay-Themed TV Shows

(from Nielsen, for week ending 11/30)

1. Dancing with the Stars, ABC Monday/Tuesday (21/20.6 million viewers)
2. Desperate Housewives, ABC (15.6 million viewers)
3. Brothers & Sisters, ABC (10.2 million viewers)
4. Rosie Live, NBC (5 million viewers)
5. Holiday in Handcuffs, Family Channel (3.1 million viewers)
6. As the World Turns, CBS (for week ending 11/17, 2.65 million viewers)
7. True Blood (season finale), HBO (2.4 million)
8. Entourage, HBO (2 million)

As always, ratings for Brothers & Sisters dropped off considerably from its lead-in, Desperate Housewives (which introduced a new gay sub-plot on Sunday). But B&S is still performing very strongly in and winning key female demos, and it's the number one non-sports show for all young adults (it's up against NBC's Sunday Night Football).

The whole world knows that Rosie O'Donnell's first and probably last foray into the variety show (which included newly-out guest Clay Aiken) tanked in the ratings, but it still beat the one of the few remaining airings of the now-cancelled Pushing Daisies.

A repeat showing of last year's Holiday in Handcuffs, starring an oft-shirtless Mario Lopez, did surprisingly well. The Family Channel TV movie includes a small gay sub-plot.

As the World Turns was up 5% (for the week ending 11/17), but is still down more than 10% from this point last year, sparking cancellation rumors.

More ratings and analysis after the jump!

Gay DVD Bestsellers

(at Wolfe Video)

1. Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild
2. Arizona Sky
3. Whirlwind
4. Shelter
5. Adored: Diary of a Porn Star
6. He Likes Guys
7. Boys Briefs 5: Schoolboys
8. Dante's Cove, Season 3
9. Kiss the Bride
10. Gay Sex in the 70s

Pre-orders are strong for Whirlwind, coming in January, a well-made movie about a group of gay friends who are driven apart by the appearance of a handsome stranger with nefarious plans. Adored: Diary of a Porn Star, a 2003 movie written, directed, and starring Marco Filberti, has a new, much more attractive cover and is apparently selling accordingly.

Top 10 Gay Rentals

(from Netflix)

1. Brokeback Mountain
2. Kinsey
3. The History Boys
4. Angels in America
5. A Home at the End of the World
6. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
7. Mysterious Skin
8. Before Night Falls
9. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
10. Philadelphia