NBC THROWS THE BOOK AT THE BOOK OF DANIEL
NBC has officially canceled The Book of Daniel due to low ratings and no advertisers. Okay, one advertiser: the Burlington Coat Factory, which is almost worse than no advertisers.

Naturally, the anti-gay American Family Association is claiming responsibility for the show's demise, nevermind that the main reasons advertisers weren't there was because neither were the viewers, not because they were afraid of the AFA. But okay, sure, AFA, go ahead and take credit for this. You can put it on your list of accomplishments, after electing President Bush, and giving real Christians a bad name. But I repeat myself.

SHOCKINGLY, THE O.C. AND BIG BROTHER 6 DID NOT MAKE THE LIST
GLAAD announced its nominees for its 2005 Media Awards this week; I wrote up a rundown of the lesbian-related nominations here. My favorite nominees? South of Nowhere, Out of Practice and Saving Face. My least favorite? Eh, maybe Queer as Folk, for giving the ladies such a lame send-off.

But the "Whatchou talkin' 'bout, Willis?" nomination has to be Passions for Best Daytime Drama. Seriously, why not just nominate Girlfriends for Best Comedy, while you're at it?

NOT EXACTLY A GAY PRIDE PARADE
As we reported earlier this week on The Big Gay Picture, Cynthia Nixon is featured in the new issue of Parade magazine--a newspaper supplement with a circulation of 75 million, which makes it the most widely read magazine in the country. But noticeably missing from Parade's article about Nixon was any mention of her partner, Christine Marinoni.

What does rate a mention? Nixon's background, her career, her children, her neighborhood, how she doesn't mind signing an autograph for a German tourist, what she thinks of having the same last name as former President Richard Nixon, and the fact that she knows all the best shortcuts through the buildings in New York City when it rains.

Yeah, I can see how they didn't have room to mention the person she lives with.

It's possible that Nixon herself requested the omission, but this doesn't seem very likely considering that she openly discussed her coming-out in a New York Times article this week about her life after Sex and the City, saying was stunned by the reaction to her revelation in 2004 that was involved with Christine, that the news made "The front page! Of two papers! The front page!"

She also tells the Times that staying closeted was never really an option, because "How could I keep it under wraps? I guess people do, but do people do it in New York, who take their kids to the playground? How would you do it? Maybe if you lived behind gates or something."

Cynthia, Cynthia. With such a logical, well-adjusted approach to life, it's amazing you've managed to succeed in this business at all. Get out now while you still can!

That's it for this week! Check back next Friday for a new installment of Best. Lesbian. Week. Ever. or read past installments of Best. Lesbian. Week. Ever.