here! says get it monthly

The all-gay here! pay-per-view network announced today that it will be, for the first time, available as a subscription on-demand service on Comcast:

“here! is thrilled to be making its subscription on demand debut on Comcast systems nationwide,” Paul Colichman, founder and CEO, here! Networks, said in a release. “We are pleased to deliver the finest quality gay and lesbian programming that many customers have long been looking forward to receiving in a broader subscription format. With this launch, here! will be available by premium subscription in 23 of the top 25 U.S. television markets.”

For the first time, Comcast On Demand customers will have access to a wide variety of here! original and acquired premium gay and lesbian-themed programs including hit original movies, series, comedies, specials and documentaries for a monthly subscription charge of $7.99.

This news comes just in time for the premiere of the third season of Sex on the Beach Dante's Cove, and their new show, The Lair (pictured above), which looks even more fabulous than DC and has vampires in it.

Having written not only an article on gay kissing on TV but a follow-up piece on gay male sex scenes in television history, I am currently the leading lesbian expert on gay male TV sex, and seriously, if there's anything you want to know about shows that have the hot gay sex on them, you should ask me.

In the course of my research, I've had some interesting discussions with gay fanboys leading critics of popular culture such as Rod McCullom, from whom I got the Noah's Arc love, and my dear friend Travis, who gave me the first season DVD of Queer as Folk for Christmas year before last, leading to my new career in writing about gay men on television.

So, in researching the sex article, a number of people I talked to said, "Gay sex on TV? You're writing an article about Dante's Cove?"

"Dante's Cove?" I asked. "What, pray tell, is that?"

Because my journalistic integrity is very important to me, I watched some Dante's Cove fan videos on YouTube, and was all, wow, this show looks incredibly cheesy and yet, also quite brilliant. I must watch this. So a friend kindly shared her DVDs with me, in order that I could credibly evaluate the show's contribution to the overall history of gay boy sex on TV.

And of course, the whole point of this entry is to explain I'd never heard of Dante's Cove before this, and the reason most likely was that it aired on here! Network, which in addition to being hard to punctuate, has also been kind of hard to get, because you had to buy each show individually and I hate doing that and actually, don't know how to do it. My TV would tell me to use my remote control to order it, but that apparently was a technical function beyond the ability of either my remote control or myself. Take your pick.

All that is now at an end. For a primer, enjoy some forbidden DC lovin' in the below clip.