Bravo's Queer Eye-New Season begins tonight - Page 10

Steeltrap · #**136** 09-24-2003, 07:20 PM

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Originally posted by LADY_1908
I went in there a while ago and tried on a really cute denim top. I usually wear an 10; took in a 12 cause it looked a little small and still couldn't get that bad boy on

Too many places cut "small." For instance, Gianfranco Ferre Forma, his bridge "plus" line, runs terribly small. I have to go a size or two up. How do the pants fit -- do they work for those of us who have gluteus maximus gigas?

CrimsonTide4 · #**137** 09-26-2003, 08:11 AM

'Queer Eye,' Bravo Near Fab Renewal
Fri Sep 26, 1:18 AM ET Add Entertainment - Reuters to My Yahoo!

By Andrew Wallenstein

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - NBC-owned Bravo is close to signing a mammoth renewal deal for a second season of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy."

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Scout Prods., which created the hit makeover series, is negotiating with the network for a hefty order of about 40 episodes, sources said. "Queer" began a 13-episode run in July, and Bravo had already ordered as many as seven additional episodes that Scout will begin producing next week.

"We won't be shutting off the 'Queer Eye' production engine for quite a while," said David Collins, "Queer Eye" co-creator and executive producer.

Not as close to completion, according to sources, are a separate deal between Scout and NBC that will presumably repurpose (i.e. recycle) "Queer" in primetime as well as talent deals to bring back the "Fab Five," the quintet of style experts who signed on to the program for a relative pittance of $3,000 per episode, according to contracts made available on the Smoking Gun Web site.

Now Carson Kressley, Thom Filicia, Jai Rodriguez, Ted Allen and Kyan Douglas have formed a unified front with their respective agents to yield a hefty raise from Bravo and Scout.

All five are expected to get salary bumps not stipulated in their current deals, which call for six consecutive one-year contracts with 5% annual raises.

When Scout first brought "Queer" to Bravo, the network was under the ownership of Rainbow Media Holdings. With the channel now under the supervision of NBC, which acquired Bravo in December, Scout and the "Queer" cast find themselves negotiating with a company that has considerably more clout.

In its 11 weeks airing at 10 p.m. Tuesdays, "Queer" has emerged as the cable network's highest-rated series ever, averaging nearly 2.5 million total viewers in its time slot, with additional audience coming from numerous reruns. The series also averages 1.8 million viewers in the 18-49 demographic.

The buzz has been boosted by primetime exposure on NBC, which has repurposed two episodes that were strong ratings performers. The "Fab Five" also have made appearances on other NBC properties such as "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (news - Y! TV)" and "Good Morning, Miami."

The new episode order will come just in time as the last of the original 13 will be exhausted next week. Original episodes set to go into production next week will provide a fresh supply beginning in November; "Queer" will go into reruns in the meantime.

The series will likely take another breather from airing original episodes in the beginning of 2004 and then return with another batch in February.

The "Queer" quintet is expected to remain intact, as is the series' format, but Collins said the series will venture outside New York in future episodes, including Texas and the Midwest.

NBC entertainment president Jeff Zucker said at the Hollywood Radio and Television Society luncheon earlier this month that he intends to continue giving "Queer Eye" a dual window on the broadcast network, but he emphasized that the show will be used sparingly on NBC to avoid wearing out what has become a vital franchise for Bravo.

The frequency of that window is an open question, but one contractual issue potentially up for discussion is establishing parameters on where and when the "Fab Five" can appear on non-NBC outlets, such as their recent book deal and on-air contributions on Viacom-owned MTV.

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CrimsonTide4 · #**138** 10-21-2003, 01:25 PM

Tomorrow is South Park's Season Premiere and they will be either mocking QEFTSG or having them as guest stars.

Steeltrap · #**139** 10-21-2003, 01:29 PM

We don't get any new episodes until November, according to www.bravotv.com.

Tonight, they're repeating Manscaping Andrew and Geh-Acting Vin Diesel-Manque John with his beautiful sistagirl GF Ayanna.

AKA2D '91 · #**140** 11-11-2003, 11:22 AM

Queer Eye" Gets Straight Dose
Mon Nov 10, 4:30 PM ET Add Entertainment - E! Online to My Yahoo!

By Lia Haberman

Straight guys will get a chance to convince the nation they're not style victims as Queer Eye for the Straight Guy producers plan a one-shot spinoff episode titled Straight Eye for the Queer Guy.

During the one-hour special, five straight men will tutor one gay guy on testosterone-driven "culture" (and we use that term loosely).

Segments could include power tools 101, NFL basics, decorating your garage, two-minute hair and sports-event etiquette.

The five hetero taste makers have not been cast, and it's unknown if the original show's breakout stars, Carson Kressley, Jai Rodriguez, Kyan Douglas, Ted Allen and Thom Filicia, will appear in the Straight episode.

No air date has been scheduled for the special, which is still in the early planning stages, according to a network spokesperson, but it is expected to be broadcast some time next year.

Programming execs at Bravo have been putting their noggins together to obtain maximum mileage for their hit series. Two weeks ago they announced a very special Queer Eye Christmas episode.

Airing December 16, the Xmas episode comes complete with holiday-themed "hip tips," a brand new Fab Five loft designed and decorated by design guy Thom, plus surprise visits to the straight guys made over on the first season.

Both the Straight episode and the Yuletide special are part of a 40-episode batch parent company NBC ordered after the hit series smashed ratings records for Bravo. The next installment of Queer Eye eps return to the cable net on November 18.

The misfits undergoing make-betters this time around include a hippie dad postal worker who dabbles in taxidermy, an ex-marine striving to be both an officer and a gentleman, and a conservative lawyer who is ready to go topless for the first time in 13 years by losing his toupee.

Meanwhile, the folks at Comedy Central are getting in on the act with their own straight guy style guide, and not a moment too soon. Straight Plan for the Gay Man, a three-episode spoof on the Bravo series, airs on February 17.

Call it a case of art imitating art, the Comedy Central project features the Flab Four tutoring their gay subjects on the finer points of heterosexuality: uglier clothes, a bare kitchen and a healthy dose of false egotism to cover for all personal failings.

At stake are the ambitions of three gay men who respectively dream of becoming a blue-collar meatpacker, a competitive basketball player and a bar-hopping Casanova.

RedefinedDiva · #**141** 11-11-2003, 06:37 PM

Neither will have even an ounce of the magic that QE has! I'll pass....

ClassyLady · #**142** 11-18-2003, 11:32 PM

New episodes start tonight!!!!! Lord, it's been too long.

Gina1201 · #**143** 11-19-2003, 10:36 AM

Today's makeover was really good!! It looked like there were two totally different men. The difference that they did in the house was great. I fell asleep so I only saw about half of the show.

lovelyivy84 · #**144** 11-19-2003, 10:41 AM

That guy was David Bowie's long lost twin!

THey did a great job- just sort of refining what was already there.

nikki1920 · #**145** 11-19-2003, 12:22 PM

I thought that too! (Bowie's twin)

The family was soooo cute, the wife had me lol when she said 'you're getting lucky tonight'!! lol

I like the tips at the end..long live the fab 5!!

Steeltrap · #**146** 11-19-2003, 12:36 PM

So glad to have new episodes.

Ol' Jeff needed to have that hurr, both on the head and on the face, GONE. The 1970s are dead. He looked much better cleaned up, and I thought his interaction with Christina was adorable.

The family was cute, and Corinne, his wife, is pretty. The kids favor Corinne in terms of coloring (I think she's Italian-American).

CrimsonTide4 · #**147** 11-19-2003, 01:09 PM

CHIT!! I missed it. OH well well catch it this weekend.

Steeltrap · #**148** 02-19-2004, 02:03 PM

Black Eye for the White Guy?

Reality TV's New Makeover Mavens: 'Cool' African Americans, Straight Guys Styling Gays
By Angela D. Johnson

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© 2004 DiversityInc.com
February 19, 2004

Gay guys don't have a monopoly on style -- at least Comedy Central and Showtime don't think so. Each network has a take-off of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" in the works, featuring likely and not-so-likely image makers.

The Hollywood Reporter last week reported that Showtime had ordered a pilot for a primetime reality series featuring a crew of African Americans charged with making over unhip white folks and other style-challenged. If approved, the pilot -- tentatively titled "Make Me Cool" - could hit the airways by the end of the year.

"A lot of the coolest stuff emanates from the black culture," said Robert Greenblatt, president of entertainment at Showtime, in the Hollywood Reporter article. "That culture seems to have the hold on stuff that is going to be cool tomorrow -- they know it today."

Showtime hasn't officially commented on the show yet and did not return repeated phone calls from DiversityInc. Comedy Central's "Straight Plan for the Gay Man" debuts Monday and, as the title suggests, features heterosexual men making over a gay man. While Comedy Central is upfront in admitting that the show is a parody of "Queer Eye," the program offers many of the same elements. Like the "Fab Five" of "Queer Eye," Comedy Central's style-masters, affectionately called the "Flab Four," help gay men create new identities. All of the guys are professional comedians, but for this show each offers expertise in a specialty area. Kyle Crooms, the sole African American, is the "Information Guy." As the "Environment Guy," Curtis Gwynn handles home decorating (or un-decorating, based on his video clips on the show's Web site), Rob Riggle takes on all things cultural, and portly Billy Merritt, "the Appearance Guy," imparts what he's defined as a "suburbasexual" fashion sense.

The victims, uh, makeover candidates, in the three-episode series include Jonathan, an upscale fashion salesman; Roger, a yoga instructor; and Stephen, a singer/dancer.

In the first episode, the "Flab Four" teach Jonathan the necessary skills for a job in a meat-packing plant. This includes a trip to a Salvation Army Thrift Store for a wardrobe makeover. Products used during a four-hour daily grooming routine are replaced with a single bar of soap and a washcloth and his immaculately designed apartment is transformed into what looks like a before shot of an apartment from "Queer Eye." When Jonathan asks about the dirty, yellow tinge of the toilet bowl water, Gwynn offers an important Straight Guy rule: "If it doesn't float, don't drain the moat."

Each makeover subject in "Straight Plan" has a mission to accomplish. The task of the "Flab Four" is to prepare these men for their desired goals and convince those on the outside that these men are the real deal. Jonathan wants to experience the life of a blue-collar worker, Roger dreams of competing in a pick-up basketball game and Stephen's desire is to know what its like to be a ladies man.

Aileen Budow, director of corporate communications at Comedy Central, says "Straight Plan" has been positively received by the gay community. Jonathan, the series' first makeover candidate, even reached out to the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation for its blessing before participating.

Bob Witeck, CEO of Witeck-Combs Communications, says "Straight Plan" has the potential to draw a significant gay audience. He says the network already has established itself as a gay-friendly station by airing edgy shows such as "Absolutely Fabulous" and "South Park," both shows with a strong gay following making the show a potential outlet of advertisers seeking to reach gay consumers. Even though "Straight Plan" is a spoof, it offers similar opportunities for product placement that "Queer Eye" does. However, instead of Disaronno, Benjamin Moore and Norelco, the show features Labatt, Rolling Rock and Dos Equis.

Witeck cautioned that as with most reality programs, there is the danger of gay stereotyping. Budow contended that in "Straight Plan" gays are not the subject of the jokes. "The heterosexual men are really the ones, at the end of the day, that are mocked," says Budow. At the end of the experience, "each of our participants was so much happier to be gay than to be heterosexual."

Steeltrap · #**149** 04-07-2004, 09:21 PM

I've seen the last few episodes of QE, and of course, I still can't stop laughing. Yesterday's makeover man, Mark, needed to have that horrible moo-lai destroyed, and thank God it happened. And again, he was an adorable Dad with Carly (sp?). I love that type of interaction (cuz I didn't get it when I was growing up).

AKA2D '91 · #**150** 06-01-2004, 09:35 AM

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