Five Shows Gay Men (Should) Love
The Bad Girls Club
Gay guys love strong, bitchy, perhaps a bit imbalanced, hence our flame for this show, which places six professed “bad girls” in a house and tape the harried results. Above you’ll see our favorite girl, Tanisha, hearing some “psycho shit” while sitting poolside.
Legally Blonde: The Search For The Next Elle Woods
Kind of like The Bad Girls Club, only the girls are nice – or pretend to be nice – as they compete for a slot in Broadway’s Legally Blonde. Even if you’re not a drama-rama, you’ll love the punch line ready shenanigans, which The Soup‘s Joel McHale readily highlights.
Lipstick Jungle
Alright. Yes, we know it’s a sanitized version of Sex and The City, which should come as no surprise because both Cashmere and Sex come from the feminine mind of Candace Bushnell. While Sex and The City‘s male characters often came and went – ha – we love Lipstick because of its resident sex bomb, Robert Buckley. Watch this interview with the actor, which will only make you love him more. And, no, he’s not shirtless.
Surely we missed a few gay faves, so why don’t you kids comment and let us know what you’re watching. Maybe we’ll have a sequel!
Buckley’s interview truly endearing.
I never followed Nip/Tuck, but I’ve taken a liking to Samantha Who? (based on the few season-ending eps I’ve watched) + I used to watch Bad Girls Club, but haven’t tuned in to any of the more recent season.
I stopped bothering with The Soup ever since Joel’s commentary on Thomas Beatie’s pregnancy (ending with a reference to Beatie as “Optimus Prime”). I know, I know. “Stop being so PC, Fredo.” Meh.
It just didn’t sit well with me.
Brothers and Sisters and of course, Boston Legal!
Definitely Boston Legal for the bitchiness and the man-love between William Shatner and James Spader.
The Simpsons has shown a lot of homo love over the years, and continues to be as witty as ever. I’ll never forget Homer’s classic line to Bart from 1997: “Did he give you gay?!”
Since you’re listing shows with some iota of gay sensibility, why not BBC’s Robin Hood?
I would say “Alias” for the fabulous wigs and dresses alone, not to mention yummy Michael Vartan.
Of shows that are on the air currently, is no one going to speak up for the bulging-muscle-spandex-fest that is American Gladiators?
Queer As Folk ftw.
I actually quite like Supernatural myself, smexy Jensen and Jared fighting the forces of evil =P
While I agree with most of the above (esp Nip/Tuck), you should have included shows that span beyond your home tv set. There are 2 shows in particular that you should check out at Gayborhood TV — Urban Safari and Ben: The Ugly Homo. They are amazing! Have you heard of it .. http://www.gayborhood.tv … ?!?
Are we talking shows that are currently on air or of all time?
Currently on air would have to include “Gossip Girl” and then there is “Smallville.” Smallville has no major characters but it has a lot of homoerotic tension as well as hot guys.
Then, we begin to look at the way-back machine. There have been a number of shows which fall into the category of ‘gay favorite,’ from “Peyton Place” to “Clueless.”
Boston Legal, Brothers and Sisters, and Two and a Half Men. Alan Harper is a gay spirit trapped inside a heterosexual body. It’s well written and I love Berta who has been known to swing both ways. Plus, and this is purely personal, Charlie Sheen is not bad on the eyes.
Torchwood:
1) Admit it, you’re a big nerd.
2) BBC = the jazz hands of television gayness
3) Hot gay nookie on primetime; none of this chaste ‘All My Children’ BS
4) The lead is an unaging showtune queen, ’nuff said
Mo, I think Bravo is the “jazz hands” of TV gayness.
“family guy” :)
“The Wire”
The only shows I watch are Ugly Betty, Project Runway, and America’s Next Top Model (mainly to laugh at Tyra and the absurd sound editing)
MVP is actually a Canadian show from the CBC. Hot guys for sure eh! Unfortunately last I heard it was cancelled after the first season.
The new DOCTOR WHO has a recurring character, the mysterious and handsome Captain Jack Harkness who hits on everyone and was given his own show called TORCHWOOD.
I like TORCHWOOD but I LOVE the new DOCTOR WHO.
And, whoever it was above who said that Charlie Sheen is easy on the eyes, dude, you must have different eyes than the rest of us because CHARLIE SHEEN is about as far from HOT as one can get. His face always looks drawn and haggard and his body is NOTHING special.