A busy day of gay TV includes Tyra Banks asking if "Gay is the new black," a babynapping on Ugly Betty and the debut of Bravo's new series The Fashion Show. It's been nearly seven months since the last new episode of Project Runway ... can The Fashion Show make up for the lack of fashion-themed reality TV?
But first, it's time for more family drama for Luke on today's As the World Turns. We'll be following the action with a liveblog so be sure to join us starting at 2PM Eastern!
As the World Turns (CBS) Check local listings
The battle between Snyders, Grimaldis, Walshes and Snyders-né-Grimadis continues this week as Lucinda and Holden discover Damian's big secret.
The Rachael Ray Show (syndicated) Check local listings
With Brothers & Sisters' season finale coming up this weekend, Matthew Rhys stops by today to dish about how the Walkers will be getting ready for summer vacation. And that means hearing Matthew speak in his native accent!
The Tyra Banks Show
Tyra tries to approach another nuanced subject today when she looks at the controversial phrase "Gay is the new Black." In light of Proposition 8, do gays have reason to compare their struggles with the struggles African-Americans faced earlier? Once again, I find myself wondering if Tyra has the subtle touch to handle a topic with this kind of complexity.
Lt. Dan Choi
The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC) 8:00 PM EDT
One of Rachel's most dramatic guests, Lt. Dan Choi, is scheduled to make a return visit tonight. Choi is a West Point Graduate and anti-DADT activist who came out on Maddow's show. Now that he has been notified that he will be facing a discharge for being openly gay, he is returning to discuss his case.
Ugly Betty (ABC) 8:00 PM EDT
Great Scott! (Okay, I'm just looking forward to seeing Marc say "Great Scott!") Baby William is kidnapped, prompting a mini-whodunit and, most likely, some coverage by fashion TV gossip monger Suzuki St. Pierre (Alec Mapa). Hmm, wasn't Betty's last mini-mystery a way to write out a major character getting ready for a departure?
The Millionaire Matchmaker (Bravo) 9:00 PM EDT
Oh, dear. Tonight, Patti takes on her first gay client and considering the gays in her life seem to have stepped out of 1972, this could easily be as uncomfortable as that episode where Oscar came out on The Office.
The gay competitors of The Fashion House
The Fashion Show (Bravo) 10:00 PM EDT
Bravo's newest fashion-themed reality show takes 15 designers and challenges them to put together a fashion show every week. Like most Project Runway seasons, this show has plenty of gays in its cast, which in this case means six out competitors. With the former producers of Project Runway behind it, will The Fashion Show be able to make up for Runway's long absence?
Southland (NBC) 10:00 PM EDT
It's another week with Bryant and Moretta in the spotlight as they help their boss Salinger when he loses his gun, but that shouldn't mean that Cooper will be on the sidelines.
Oh Tyra!
Sick of Queerviw Giudes et al
And quite frankly I think the editorial staff is doing a horse ass job of presenting it. The reason is two fold, 1: I rairly get to read the guides in time, 2: I can't find them on the site even when I know they are here, but they become buried someplace. It's a waist of bandwidth and talent to publish a guide where parts are obsolete by the time readers get to it and then goes into oblivion while other parts are still useful.
You guys probably know how to find QTG or any other articles on AE when you come to the site, because you write it, but every once in a while I have one of those days, like today, when I feel like I have had it up to here!
I have time and again asked for help on learning how to navigate this site. I have never received an answer! Not in the community boards, not in P.M.s and not when I have addressed it in posts like this. Not even an acknowledgment like one of the following.
1) You are right Nukely, this site's navigation is onerous, but it's all that we got and we hope you are able to make the best of it because we all have to suffer through it.
2) The reason we haven't answered you is because we believe that you couldn't find your ass if it were on fire. There is absolutely nothing wrong with our site navigation and if you are having a hard time finding articles on this site it is either because you're dumb or we don't want you to. Take your pick.
Please post the daytime listings the day before. Several of the shows are on the air in my town just minutes after you published your guide. How does that help me unless I know the exact moment you are going to publish the guide? I mean, what is the reason for this guide? That isn't a rhetorical question. If the reason for the guide is to give the reader of AE a heads up on programing they may be interested in, then you have failed because that heads up comes too late for the day time listings.
Please provide a direct links, or an index to the guides somewhere on the site. If I do check the guide at 9 A.M. but then want to check back with it later to read the prime time line up at 6 P. M. the guide is buried behind blog posts, articles and other listings on the site. It is pushed off the front page. I have asked this very question before. How do I find the guide after It has left the wrapper? When I click The T.V. tab (at the top of every page) I never find a link to the QTGs. Now, why do I feel like an idiot when looking for a T.V. guide, I go to the T.V. page only to find that a link to the QTG does not exist?
You don't have to make this site anymore accessible than what works for you and you alone. And you certainly don't have to organize it so a reader as stupid as me can find the excellent articles you all write, but I still reserve the right to comment on the way the site is organized: It's lousy.
Boy, do I never want to look under your beds.
LOL!!!
I'm not sure why, but I found your rant to be quite funny!
I'll give a shot at answering your basic question from my perspective. Regarding navigation as a whole, I guess I never thought too much about it because I usually just pop in, read whatever is on the front page, and then the most recent messages. But a couple of times I have wanted to find something I had seen before, but had since left the front page. All you have to do is click on "Blog" at the top of the page, and then page down (or even to the next page) until you see what you're looking for. Regarding QTG, they will always be able to be found that way.
I suppose ideally there would be a dedicated link somewhere on the front page for QTG, but I've personally never really missed it.
Thanks sean
Gay Kennys BF
Gay Kenny BF made an appereance in My Name is Earl tonite. I still dont know how to take it, it did not make me laugh, is it just me or we supposed to see the gay cruising site full of club kids hearing techno and gay Kenny in leather chaps all in good fun.
I mean, everyone took it, but really?