Gays and Sunday Night TV...
Sunday night is my designated night of TV, the night that I'm home and settled in. Tonight, I watched "The Amazing Race" on CBS then "Desperate Housewives" and "Brothers & Sisters" on ABC. I enjoyed them all but what I liked best was this: I saw people like ME on the screen...and I wasn't watching cable. No, not Hispanics, smart-asses! Gay people!
Just a few weeks after finishing another season of "Big Brother," I swore off reality TV except for any show that features Mario Lopez dancing. But, checked out "Amazing Race" and it will be required viewing. It is great! And what is really great is that among the teams competing are gay couple Tom and Terry and a dad and his lesbian daughter (I think they're names are Duke and Lauren, not positive). As an added eye candy bonus, there are two handsome straight guys called "the models" also in the mix. They say "dude" a lot.
Then on to "Housewives" which didn't have any gay content but creator Marc Cherry himself (we're likethis) told me last week that gay teen Andrew will return in episode three. So, I'll stay tuned even if they have hatched a murder mystery that seems to resemble the plot from season one and the mother of Tom's illegitimate child is already on my very, very last nerve. Maybe Cherry will write her off soon. May I suggest a hit and run?
Most promising is the character of Kevin, a cute and gay lawyer on "Brothers & Sisters." Portrayed by Matthew Rhys, Andrew may be a workaholic who doesn't have time for a boyfriend, but he is comfortable with who he is and equally close to his liberal mom (Sally Field) and his conversative, Ann Coulterish sister (Calista Flockhart) whose high media profile results in Andrew being repeatdly asked to join the Log Cabin Republicans. I liked this show, despite some tepid reviews. And, as any gay man who has seen "Steel Magnolias" a gazillion times, I'm damned happy to see Sally ("I'm fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine!") Field in anything.
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Greg Hernandez has covered the entertainment industry for the Daily News since 2001. He's considered a bit odd by some for his obsession with box office numbers, has been known to camp out near the kitchen at premieres for first crack at the hors d'oeurves, and Greg's never seen a red carpet he didn't want to stroll down.
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Re: "The Amazing Race," the father/lesbian-daughter team is an interesting one to watch. In the interviews they play during the premiere episode, the dad says about his daughter, "she disappointed me," in regard to her being a lesbian. And, curiously, he says he has nothing against gays and lesbians ... but when it's his daughter, it's a different story. They're going on the "Race" to help build their relationship -- and judging from other taped pieces (in which the dad, daughter and her girlfriend are all together in the kitchen) and their bonding during the first days of the competition, it's going great. You got the names right: Duke and Lauren.