Getcher gay TV spoilers here: "Desperate Housewives", "Dirty Sexy Money" and a mystery item

Michael Ausiello certainly knows how to start his first week at Entertainment Weekly with a bang: he's given quite the tantalizing blind item about a "sorta-hit series" with a "humdinger of a curveball for the upcoming season that is so twisty it will take the program in a completely new direction — and an inspired (not to mention timely) direction, at that!" Even better, "The twist in question is a little gay. No, make that a lot gay."

Now, that certainly gets the wheels turning, especially with those tantalizing clues: a modest hit and one that would get taken into a totally new direction with this gay twist. I'm ruling out popular ensemble shows like Lost or Heroes since it would take a lot for a gay revelation to take the show in a new direction. Also, any show we frequently discuss here at AfterElton.com is probably out of the running, unless there's a show about to turn a "barely-there gay" into the focus of the show (waves in the direction of The Office). Also, unless Ausiello and I have very different ideas of "completely new direction", most procedural shows can be ruled out unless one of them is going to turn into a same-sex Hart to Hart.

So, what "sorta-hit" shows could go in a new direction with a gay twist? The Big Bang Theory (which has already pinged some viewers' gaydar) would fit the bill. The show is currently about two heterosexual male nerds crushing on their female neighbor. If one of the guys turned out to be gay, it would change the show drastically while making it something unique. (How many gay nerds are there on scripted TV?) Then again, when last we saw 30 Rock's Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin), he had set off a gay bomb in a small Pentagon office ... what if the results were permanent? Would that take the show in a new direction?

Ausiello posts a picture from My Name is Earl with his teaser but adds that "it would be a mistake to read too much into the photo above." So is that just a red herring?

Oh, and in case there are any "Wincest" fans out there, Ausiello has the following bit of disappointment:

And no, Sam and Dean hooking up on Supernatural does not qualify as an intelligent guess.

Hm, that would leave room for Dean to come out (it would give an explanation for his gay baiting humor). Then again, that wouldn't be much of a new direction.

Meanwhile, Zap2It's Korbi Ghosh has some gay spoilers for Desperate Housewives and Dirty Sexy Money. Check them out and get yourself spoiled after the break...

According to Ghosh, both of the Desperate Househusbands will be back in the upcoming "five years later" season, an interesting revelation considering the rumors that one of them will be living with Andrew in the new season. Then again, Ghosh also says that Bob "has got some serious issues ... like, seek professional help sort of issues", so maybe he'll be stalking Lee and Andrew. Sigh. Considering how Bob and Lee have been handled so far, this doesn't make me more excited about the new season.

Robotech's Yellow Dancer: TV just doesn't have enough drag pop performers/freedom fighters

Meanwhile, over on Dirty Sexy Money, Candis Cayne's Carmelita will be hiding out disguised as a man. My inner geek hopes the idea could give Cayne the chance to be a reverse-gendered version of Robotech's Yellow Dancer; at the least I hope it means more screen time for Cayne. Meanwhile, Carmelita's boyfriend, Patrick Darling, (William Baldwin) will be getting a divorce in order to marry her. Considering how much I like those two together, that has me looking forward to the new season.

So. What do you think? Have a good theory on the "sorta hit" series that might go in a totally new and gay direction? How do the upcoming developments on Desperate Housewives or Dirty Sexy Money have you feeling about September?