Best. Lesbian. Week. Ever. (May 18, 2007)

CASHMERE MAFIA, COMING SOONISH TO A TV SCREEN NEAR YOU
As I blogged earlier this week, the new ABC series Cashmere Mafia has Bonnie Somerville's character falling for another woman. The bad news? ABC's not planning to debut it until midseason (around January). So no lesbians on network TV this fall. Again. Although we do have Sarah Shahi playing a cop on NBC's Life, but that doesn't really count.

To tide you over, here are some new official Cashmere cast photos, and watch this short video preview:

ROADKILL ON THE SUNSET STRIP
NBC has officially canceled Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, which co-starred Sarah Paulson, one of the only out actresses in a lead role on TV. NBC is burning off the last six episodes weekly beginning May 24th, just as the series is gearing up to debut in the U.K.

In more depressing no-lesbians-on-TV news, Jane Lynch's comedy Area 57 did not get picked up by NBC, so we're currently slated to have no — that's right, zero — out lesbian or bisexual actresses in starring or even supporting roles on prime-time TV next season. (And no, Sarah Shahi doesn't count here, either, no matter how gay she looks in her cop outfit!)