Battle of the Network Gays! It's Neil vs. Lee vs. Sahil vs. Saul!

Every week we're going to pick the gays who made the biggest splash on television and let you, the keepers of the flame, decide who will be crowned Gay of the Week. We'll announce the winner the following Monday, and that champion will reign until a new set of challengers are unveiled the following week.

Neil Patrick Harris, Spike TV's Video Game Awards

Neil Patrick Harris added another hosting job to his resume Saturday when he hosted the Video Game Awards on Spike TV. He started out by gunning down a chorus who sang a cheesy introduction for him, suggested adult film parodies of video games like "Halo: Reacharound", introduced a live version of Angry Birds and performed Sarah McLachlan's "Angel" over a montage of video game characters who died in the past year.

Basically, he showed that he can make a show entertaining whether his audience is gamers or Broadway theatre goers. We can't wait to hear about his next hosting gig. He could make the Montgomery Burns Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence a ceremony worth watching.

Lee McDermott, Desperate Housewives

We were hoping a promotion to full cast member status this season would mean more screen time for Wisteria Lane's desperate househusbands, and we've certainly seen more of them. All season Lee was a clueless pawn in Paul Young's plan for revenge on Wisteria Lane, and when Lee's neighbors learned he was working for Paul, they quickly turned against him, forcing Lee and his partner Bob to try to flee the neighborhood ... just in time to see a protest turn into a riot.

Previously, if Bob and Lee got a story it usually started with some stereotypical joke. Now that they're involved in this season's major storyline, hopefully they'll find a way to stay in Wisteria Lane.

Sahil, Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys

Sahil may have come far enough out of the closet to appear on a cable TV reality show about gay men, but he is pretty early in the coming out process. This week we saw his friend Rosebud try to help him get a date, first through a set-up, then through speed dating. Unfortunately, Sahil failed to find a guy he liked, save for the straight bartender who was working the speed dating event.

What's intriguing about Sahil's story is that he's at a stage of coming out we don't often see on TV. He may have accepted being gay, but he's still learning about the complexity of the gay community, versus the stereotypes he learned while growing up. This week, he has compared gay men who date effeminate men to vegans who eat veggie burgers. Meanwhile, last week, he insisted that dating requires him to start working out and start shaving his chest.

Coming out is a process with many steps and with Sahil we're watching someone who has accepted that he is gay but still hasn't figured out his place in the gay community. It's another example of the increasingly complex way reality TV is depicting gay men.

Saul Holden, Brothers & Sisters

When Uncle Saul learned he was HIV-positive last season we hoped this might finally give Brothers & Sisters' writers ideas beyond listening to Nora's latest frustrations. This week we saw Saul run into an old friend (who he had slept with once), Jonathan, a man who learned he was HIV-positive right around the time Saul thinks he got infected with the virus.

What followed was a confrontation, not one where he blames his ex for his contracting the disease, but a nuanced scene where Saul pointed out that Jonathan never let him know about his diagnosis, leading to Saul's HIV to go untreated. It was a powerful scene that emphasized the importance of communication in treating HIV. Hopefully, we can see more of this in Saul's future.

Vote for your favorite by Noon EST Sunday. Be sure to check back on Monday to see who you've picked as Gay of the Week!