Queerview television guide for the weekend of October 3

Friday

As the World Turns (CBS) Check local listings
Luke (and maybe Noah?) makes a second appearance this week as it's time for a big "save the farm" fundraiser. Yeah, that riveting storyline is back. We're going to sit out on a liveblog for today, as it doesn't sound like it's worth it, but if anything big does happen we'll be sure to let you know.

Star Stories (BBC America) 9:20 PM EDT
Out pop icon George Michael is the next target on BBC America's celebrity-biography-parody series, with Michael's Wham!-mate Andrew Ridgeley and Boy George also taking shots from the cast of celebrity impersonators. Will the series be able to mock his various scandals without stepping over the line of offensiveness?

Star Stories' vision of Wham!

Saturday

Paula's Party (Food Network) 7:00 PM EDT
In what could be the gayest episode so far, a dessert party sees Paula Deen invite David Hyde Pierce for a Tony-Award-celebratory "Big Apple" Tart, camp icon Adam West and heartthrob Antonio Sabato Jr..

One in 2000 (Logo) 8:00 PM EDT
The challenges of intersexed births (those born not clearly male or female, something that happens with one in every 2000 births) is examined in Logo's latest Real Momentum documentary. The struggles of being intersexed, as well as the social norms that the intersexed face, are explored.

Sunday

The Starter Wife Marathon starting at 9:00 AM EDT
Get ready for the debut of USA network's new series (featuring Debra Messing as a Hollywood wife forced to begin again when her husband leaves her and Chris Diamantopoulos as her gay BFF) with another look at the mini-series that started it all.

The Starter Wife's Chris Diamantopoulos

The Life and Times of Vivenne Vyle (Sundance) 9:00 PM EDT
When Vivienne is sick, her gay husband Jared (Conleth Hill) is not only useless at helping to care for her, he mostly gets in the way. I'm curious how people have been reacting to this series ... as much as I've been enjoying it, Vivienne's relationship with Jared has yet to really work for me. It's like there's a joke missing that gives that marriage the proper satirical punch.

Brothers & Sisters (ABC) 10:00 PM EDT
Oooh, dishy! Kitty decides to write a tell-all about Robert's presidential race, which just might make the lack of a major Kevin and Scotty storyline tolerable this week. Maybe.

Skins (BBC America) 10:00 PM EDT
As much as I've loved this series, I've been disappointed that gay teen Maxxie hasn't gotten the kind of focus I hoped for after Cassie and Jal's episodes ("Maxxie and Anwar" really should have been named "Anwar and Tony") ... sometimes I feel like the Skins writers spent time at Hotel la Rut. Tonight's first season finale, however, gives Maxxie and Anwar's relationship some focus and I've got my hopes up about the second season, which I hear gives a lot more screen time to Maxxie.

How I've been imagining the Skins' writers' room, lately

Little Britain USA 10:30 PM EDT
While (as far as I can tell) this week's episode doesn't feature any special guest stars, my favorite LB character, Carol "computer says no" Beers shows up tonight as a hospital receptionist ... how will anyone be able to tell her apart from anyone else in charge of determining who gets care?

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