The Week in Gay TV: The final "Greek" chapter, what happens after "Chelsea Lately," and Kathy Griffin needs "The Defenders"

It's time to take another look at The Week in Gay TV, your guide to the shows battling for your attention and DVR space in the week ahead.

Things are definitely slowing down now that February sweeps are over, but there are a bunch of new debuts in the week ahead, including a realty series about the making of late night talk show Chelsea Lately, a special edition of Chopped and a new season of The Celebrity Apprentice.

"High fives for the people who've appeared on Ugly Betty!"

With My Life on the D-List finished, those occasional Kathy Griffin appearances start to carry more weight, like Friday's appearance on The Defenders. Appropriately enough, Griffin will be playing an insult comedian, one who needs the help of Nick and Pete when she offends an audience member who decides to take their offense to court.

I'm not usually a fan of Griffin's guest-appearances, even if I always end up tuning in. The last time she acted on a primetime drama, it was in that mess of a Law & Order: SVU episode. Hopefully, this will be better.

Fox is skipping its usual Friday night line-up to air The 42nd Annual NAACP Image Awards, focusing on honoring the achievements of People of Color in the arts. The Image Awards frequently have their gay and gay-adjacent nominees and this year that includes Nelsan Ellis, Modern Family, Sofia Vergara, Glee, Amber Riley and Regina King.

Meanwhile, VH1 has a new Friday night special as it lets singer Adele perform Unplugged. I'm well behind-the-curve when it comes to music, but looking at gay blogs I get the impression Adele has a gay following (and from what I've heard of her work, that's understandable).

"Tess, part of the Luthor family legacy is the collection of poster-size Bruce Weber prints."

Lionel Luthor is back on Friday's Smallville as he and Tess fight over who gets to make use of the Luthor name. So far, Smallville has been recapturing what made John Glover such a great villain. The show definitely has had its ups and downs but it's wrapping things up on a strong note.

Then, a new Supernatural has the Winchester brothers run into Samuel. I'm not clear on what they're hunting this time but the episode is titled "And Then There Were None," so I'm going to guess that the story involves the ghost of Agatha Christie going after people who have read only one of her books (that one book is always And Then There Were None, isn't it?)

BBC America also has a new case for the Law & Order: UK team, while Syfy has a new Merlin. Finally, The Onion News Network takes a look at "The Real Obama" on IFC.

Saturday brings a new Being Human on BBC America as George, Mitchell and Annie encounter their first zombie. I know some of you have said this season of Being Human has been pretty disappointing. I can't weigh in on that, myself. Apparently, my DVR has been listening to you and repeatedly "failed" to record it. I could really use a Russell Tovey fix.

BBC America is following Being Human with a new Graham Norton Show as Matthew Fox, Diane Kruger and John Bishop sit down for a chat with Graham. It sounds like some of the discussion will have Fox looking back at his experiences filming Lost, though he's got a new West End play, In a Forest Dark and Deep, to promote.

Finally, Miley Cyrus will be hosting Saturday Night Live. That wouldn't usually grab my interest but I'm looking forward to seeing how they use her in a Miley Cyrus Show sketch.