AfterElton Briefs: Ellen commences, a gay publication smackdown, and more!

Above you can see a news report about nine-year old Ethan McNamee, who spoke at last Saturday's marriage-equality rally in Denver. Some people are suggesting that little Ethan has been exploited. Hmm ... exploiting children ... what does that remind me of?

^ ummm......it reminds me of all these dumb shows going on about those big families. jon and kate + 8 ring a bell? umm...that other show about that weird family...the Doogans? starts with a D, whatever. dumbasses might be the word.

oh yeah....um, what about beauty pageants for little 8 year old girls? oh and umm...mothers dragging their children down to auditions in hope of them becoming the next Lindsay Lohan or Zac efron so they can stop working and live off their CHILD'S money.

*takes a breath* so....yeah.

...that ONE gay publication was still in existence, let alone two.

I stopped reading Just Out years ago; it was never much more than a high-school level newspaper anyway, and from what I've heard, the new publication is not even that good.

We get screwed by a bunch of bean-counting suits in offices who've probably never even SEEN "My Name Is Earl," they only track the ratings and how much money it makes them RIGHTTHISVERYMINUTE, as opposed to the tons of cash NBC could make by holding onto it for one more year and then letting it run forever in syndication.  This would also allow the audience to have closure about what happens with Earl and his list, and the nature of karma.  But no, NBC is in the basement ratings-wise and panicking, and of course they've torpedoed their entire 10:00 weeknight time slot to indulge Jay Leno.  And they wonder why more and more people get their entertainment from the web and other outlets.  (Shame on ABC for their similar brainlessness with "Pushing Daisies.")

Oh, and Supernatural has been canceled ... just kidding!

That is just plain cruel and totally not funny.  Bad, Snicks!  LMAO.  

Samantha Who? is a gay fav? I never got the show, as painful as it was I sat through every episode and even the long break. It tried so hard to be funny but not.

If they had cancelled Supernatural after that last season finale I would have exploded my brain all over the carpet. You are a very naughty Snicks, sir.