The Week in Gay TV: A Super-Sized "Glee," HBO Tells the Story of the First Reality Show, and the Tardis Lands in America

It's time to take a look at The Week in Gay TV, your guide to the shows coming up in the week ahead. We've got a lot of new additions and special episodes including a step back in time for the Winchester brothers on Supernatural, the return of Doctor Who and the return of South Park.

Fridays are usually a pretty slow night of television, but this week the schedule is looking packed even with CBS taking CHAOS off the schedule (this week's episode would have included Illeana Douglas, who I keep thinking is on the verge of becoming a gay-fave), thanks to some specials

Before it gets focused on wrapping things up, Smallville brings one last pair of DC Universe heroes from the comic page to the small screen — Booster Gold and The Blue Beetle. With the Vigilante Registration Act still looming, it's a bad time for an egotistical glory hound like Booster to arrive in Metropolis intent on stealing away The Blur's fame and popularity.

Blue and Gold seems a pretty apt choice for Smallville considering their history in comics. Ever since they started appearing together in the silly era of the Justice League, those two have been delivering bromance and hoyay years before the terms became a part of fandom. Smallville's take on The Blue Beetle isn't the Ted Klord version, who shared all those homoerotic moments with Booster, but his  Jamie Reyes, I hope that doesn't prevent them from sharing the connection that made the post-Crisis era of DC comics so much fun.

Friday also brings another offbeat episode of Supernatural as the Winchester brothers travel back in time to the wild west seeking advice from Samuel Colt. I figure we'll get to see what hunters had to go through in the days before hunters like Sam could find the answers on Google, which should be a fun expansion to the Supernatural mythology.

I hope this turns out to be a light episode, as I could use one after the heartbreak of seeing Ellen back from the dead only to lose her by the end of last week's episode. It's too bad Supernatural hasn't been able to successfully incorporate a badass woman to round out the hunter community.

Meanwhile, Current has infoMania host Brett Erlich in an Earth Day special, Viral Video School Saves the Planet. The special will include viral video segments that focus on trash, public transportation and other topics that can be fit into an earth day theme. Considering the surprising kinds of videos Erlich has discovered in earlier Viral Video Film School segments (I mean, opening boxes?) I wonder what kind of bizarre videos people make of themselves doing environmental things ... packing the recyclables, perhaps?

HBO has a special that looks at the art of making people laugh, Talking Comedy. It has Louis C.K., Ricky Gervais, Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld discuss topics like signature jokes, using profanity and the relationship between comedian and audience.

Friday's 20/20 sees Barbara Walters interview Elton John and his partner David Furnish in their first TV appearance since the birth of their son Zachary. Reportedly, the interview will touch upon the process they went through to becoming fathers and how their lives have changed. While some of John's comments on gay rights issues have made me cringe, I think this can be another powerful moment where our celebrity-obsessed culture gets to see what a family with gay parents is like.

Speaking of gay celebrity dads, Teen Nick has the finale of Gigantic on Friday which sees Piper decide to give her dad a push out of the closet. I've found Gigantic watchable when Piper deals with her dad and his homosexuality, but it still misses major opportunities to tell really interesting stories.

Finally, with a new Doctor Who season getting ready to debut, BBC America has a marathon of the sci-fi series, including some of the specials from the wonderful Russell T. Davies/David Tennant days.