An Interesting Batch of Girls, Gays, And Not Gays

If you want to experience an odd weekend, I recommend on Sunday night (January 11) you watch season four's first episode of Girls on HBO, followed by an episode of the season two premiere of HBO's gay buddy series Looking, and then finish with TLC's premiere episode of My Husband's Not Gay.  If that doesn't mess with your head I'm not sure what will. You will certainly see America in all its diversity and craziness. 

In case you have not heard of the TLC series, it follows Mormon men who are married to women yet attracted to men. Years ago you would simply call this normal repressed America, but nowadays it seems somewhat unnecessary, though it might meet the needs of the Mormon church. That's right, the church where not so long ago men could have multiple wives (though wives were always limited to one husband, gay or straight).

Needless to say, the LGBT community is incensed, which only gins up more attention for another dumb "reality" show that thrives on controversy the ways a flame thrives on fuel.  For every million mad moms, we now need legions of mad counterparts. 

It shall pass, as did the earlier poorly contrived TV show The New Normal.  The great thing about TV is that you can always change the channel if you don't like what you're watching.

Update: Girls has been picked up for a fifth season.