Autumn TV picks

What to watch this autumn? Well, this:

Lip Service – a new beep drama following the lives and loves of a group of 20-something lesbian, set in Glasgow. For anyone who loved the L Word. 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/tv/comingup/lipservice/

Episodes – a comedy about an English couple who after producing a successful British TV show, move to LA to remake it for the American audience. Starring Matt LeBlanc aka Joey from Friends as himself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zdifiN8ngA

The Big C – Showtime’s new comedy (really!) about a suburban teacher and mom Cathy who is diagnosed with terminal cancer, starring Laura Linney. Brilliant! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grwTFjohG5o

Superb or stinkers? Remains to be seen:

Being Human US – the Americans have remaked the fantastic British show. They usually don’t get it right but if this is the case there’s no reason for despair as the shoots for the third season of the original are on the way too. The trailer for the original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifgNBT_0hSs&feature=related

The Event – NBC’s high-concept drama trying to fill the void left by cancellation of 24, Lost, Heroes and Flashforward. What is the event? Will we ever find out? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4vumb8J-x8

Hellcats - CW’s cheerleading teen drama. Do I need to say more? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CucOd13xsKo

And of course the new seasons of the old favourites: Dexter, True Blood, Nurse Jackie, Gossip Girl and Mad Men. Bring on the rain and darkness, I don't care!

Hot lesbians of the Lip Service

The Ugly Side of Football

So we have learned that footballers are all cheating whores (did you hear the rumour about Steven Gerrard having an affair with his wife’s sister?). And more is surely on the way as three England players have recently been granted injunctions banning the reporting of allegations about their private lives.

This comes around the same time as the findings from the survey, done by researchers Ellis Cashmore and Jamie Cleland, suggest that gay footballers are being pressured to keep their sexual preferences secret by their agents and their clubs. Out of half a million professional football players in the world, not one is openly gay.

 “Of the professional players, coaches and referees (polled in the survey) 27 percent said they personally know gay players currently in the game, though none have taken the step of coming out," Cashmore said in a statement released to Reuters.

Seriously? It’s fine for your brand as a footballer to cheat your pregnant wife with a prostitute but it’s not ok to be gay? Pass me the sick bag please!

The cheat of the moment Wayne Rooney