WILL’S NEW BOYFRIEND:
DYLAN McDERMOTT, NBC,
Thursday, Nov. 6, 8 p.m.
Continuing his new role as caretaker for his wheelchair-bound mother Marilyn (Blythe Danner), a resentful Will takes her for an afternoon roll in the park and bumps into an attractive bachelor, Tom (Dylan McDermott), who’s wheeling an invalid of his own. Using his mother as a reason for a daily rendezvous in the park, Will attempts to build up the courage to ask Tom out. Elsewhere, Karen continues her lifelong quest to hunt down hubby-stealing Lorraine, tracking her to a room at the Peninsula Hotel, only to discover that the occupant is her father Lester (John Cleese).
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5
ELLEN DEGENERES (NBC, 10 a.m.) Daily. Thurs: Bob Newhart, Clay Aiken. Fri: Allison Janney.
ALL MY CHILDREN (ABC, noon) Daily. Last week, Bianca explained to Kendall how David had agreed to secretly provide her with prenatal care. Meanwhile, David had to talk fast when Erica put two and two together and guessed that the clinic’s file on ‘Mary Frances’ really belongs to Bianca.
PYRAMID (Ch.. 6, 7:30 p.m.) BROADWAY WEEK: Bruce Vilanch.
IT’S ALL RELATIVE (ABC, 7:30 p.m.) While Liz accompanies the O’Neils to an Irish wake, Simon and Philip run the family pub — and make a few changes.
A MINUTE WITH STAN HOOPER (Fox, 7:30 p.m.) This new Norm MacDonald sitcom features a backwoods hick-like gay couple who run a diner. Stan (MacDonald) initially thought Lou (Garret Dillahunt, last seen as the bisexual theatre director who took years to go totally gay in Showtime’s LEAP YEARS) and Pete Peterson (Daniel Roebuck) were brothers.
He later learned during a live TV broadcast that the Peterson Boys were a married gay couple.
SOUTH PARK (COM, 9 p.m., 11 p.m.) The season premiere, entitled ‘South Park is Gay,’ was a ratings smash for Comedy Central. This is #3 in a season of 8 new episodes.
ISAAC MIZRAHI (Oxygen, 9:30 p.m.) Nightly.
ELLEN DEGENERES (Oxygen, 10 p.m.) Oxygen airs repeats every night of Ellen’s show.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6
ROSIE AND BOY GEORGE ON THE VIEW (ABC, 10 a.m.)
MEGAN MULLALLY ON WAYNE BRADY (Ch. 6, 10 a.m.)
PYRAMID (Ch.. 6, 7:30 p.m.) BROADWAY WEEK: Neil Patrick Harris vs Rosie O’Donnell.
WILL AND GRACE (NBC, 8 p.m.) Meet Dylan McDermott.
E. R. (NBC, 9 p.m.) With Laura Innes as lesbian Dr. Kerry Weaver. A distracted Kovac (Goran Visnjic) runs afoul of a psychiatrist who over-medicates an abused foster child (Michael Angarano, best known as Jack’s son on Will & Grace), who wants to go back to his drug-addled mother.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7
PYRAMID (Ch.6, 7:30 p.m.) BROADWAY WEEK: Mario Cantone.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9
TARZAN (WB, 9 p.m.) CK Underwear model Travis Fimmel stars as Tarzan, and Lucy Lawless stars as his aunt.
K STREET (HBO, 9 p.m.) Mary McCormack plays Mary Matalin’s lesbian assistant Maggie, although her private life doesn’t figure in the storyline often.
FRESHMAN DIARIES (SHO, 10 p.m., 3 a.m.) Documentarian R.J. Cutler follows a group of students through their freshman year at the University of Texas at Austin, including two gay students, Neil and Luis.
MONDAY, NOV. 10
TWO AND A HALF MEN (CBS, 8:30 p.m.) Marin Hinkle appears occasionally as Judith, the lesbian ex-wife of Jake (Jon Cryer).
TUESDAY, NOV.11
WHOOPI (NBC, 7 p.m.) Mavis (Whoopi) finds herself in department store jail after mistakenly taking a belt without paying. Once word of her detention and alleged theft hits the media, her popularity skyrockets, forcing her to field interview requests from a bevy of reporters, including VH1—who wants to use the incident to tailor a special BEHIND THE MUSIC on her illustrious career.
QUEER EYE FOR THE STRAIGHT GUY (Bravo, 7, 9 and 11:30 p.m.) Repeats.
REAL WORLD PARIS (MTV, 9 p.m) Features gay Irish roomie Simon.
NIP/TUCK (FX, 9 p.m., 10:30 p.m.) Drama about two L.A. plastic surgeons, from out producer Ryan Murphy (POPULAR). Features Roma Maffia as lesbian anesthesiologist Liz Cruz.
ROSIE ON CONAN O’BRIEN (NBC, 10:35 p.m.)
GINA GERSHON ON CARSON DALY (NBC, 12:35 p.m.)
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