by Dennis Ayers

Battle of the Network Gays: October 15, 2009

Every week we pick the gays who we think have made the biggest splash in television (or pop culture in general) and leave it to you, the keepers of the flame, to decide who will be crowned Gay of the Week. We'll announce the winner on Friday, and that champ will reign until a new set of challengers are introduced the following week to try to steal his title.

Last week, Actor Chris Colfer (he plays Kurt on Glee), took the crown for coming out with little fanfare in an interview in The Advocate. This week we've got four new contenders vying for the throne: A closeted ad man, a cigar-chomping Melrose denizen, a taser trigger-happy bear cub cop, and some not-so-newlyweds.

Check them out after the break, and vote for your favorite!

This week's contenders:

George Takei and partner Brad Altman boldly went where no gay couple has gone before and after 22 years of togetherness — went on The Newlywed Show this week. Not only that, they won! Congrats to the happy couple!

Mad Men's Salvatore Romano had a tumultuous week — the closeted 1960's ad man wound up getting cornered by a drunk and grabby client. Sal fended him off, only to have the embarrassed client get him sacked. Ironic that Sal was willing to mess around with that bellhop a few weeks ago, but not this client who, drunk or not, was sorta hot! As Sal tried to explain it to a completely unsympathetic Don Draper: "He was a bully."

Sal nearly ends up on the cutting room floor

One Life to Live's Oliver Fish had the day from hell this week when he tried to take beefy beach bum Ross Rayburn into police custody only to be bullied around both by Ross and then his oily lawyer. But you don't want to mess with a bear cub cop and his taser. Sooner or later, Oliver always gets his man!

"Shock and awe."

Caleb from Melrose Place has had relatively little to do so far, but things definitely picked up this week when he managed to score a dinner date with the hot male fashion designer client. When the client (played by handsome Ugly Betty alum Kevin Alejandro) said he was already hungry for "steak tartare" we don't think he was talking solely about appetizers.

Victor Webster as Caleb on Melrose Place

Vote for your favorite by 10 PM EDT Today. And be sure to check back either in tomorrow's BGWE or on the blog to see which network gay our readers have carried to glory!

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Dennis Ayers

on Thu, 2009-10-15 12:04.

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craig (360 points) (77 posts)

on Thu, 2009-10-15 12:47.

Not to influence votes or anything, but this was an easy one for me. A real-life couple, who have been very open and broke a significant social barrier by appearing on a well-known game show versus 3 fictional characters. Although the fictional characters do have some significance, it pales in comparison to all that George Takei has done in the past.

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I'm for George and Brad -- being an old softie

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David Ehrenstein (7805 points) (1725 posts)

on Thu, 2009-10-15 13:10.

As for Sal (the brilliant Bryan Batt) I found nothing hot about that client. He was treatign Sal like a piece of meat. There was not sweetness of passion in his approach (unlike the bellhop) and the way he turned on him and demanded he befired is not the sort of thing one would want to hear even from the Hot.

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Sal

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sarah (1208 points) (299 posts)

on Thu, 2009-10-15 13:29.

I completely agree about the client, he was a nasty piece and there's nothing sexy about sexual harrassment.

While Mad Men episode was excellent and Bryan Batt wonderful, as usual, it's difficult to vote for poor, dear Sal :(

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Good for Sal...

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Alessar (625 points) (120 posts)

on Thu, 2009-10-15 14:24.

I don't follow the show but I've seen clips of the two scenes. What you say is absolutely true. There's a world of difference between an honest proposal and a drunken grope.

It's true that Takei and Altman are only recently married but they've been together for such a long time it was almost cheating for 'em to win.

I have to go with Oliver Fish, Police Cop, because now that his head is on straight he's getting to just Do His Job and be a good guy.

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Poll Results

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chgoguy7 (55 points) (12 posts)

on Thu, 2009-10-15 13:52.

Any possibility that the poll results could be displayed immediately after voting? After voting, I'm of course immediately curious what the current poll results are up to that point.

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Your wish is our command!

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Dennis Ayers (194 points) (2576 posts)

on Thu, 2009-10-15 14:30.

The poll above should now give current rankings right after voting. (If you've already voted just try and vote again - it'll tell you your vote has already been counted, but then show you the current rankings.)

Looks like this week it's a horse race between Geroge Takei & partner and Oliver Fish.

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My poor Ollie gets my vote

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jsg03jd (3445 points) (722 posts)

on Thu, 2009-10-15 15:10.

My poor Ollie gets my vote after all the harassment he took from everyone around him... From the gay caucus to THAT BITCH TEA DELGADO.

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Oli

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jjose712 (3030 points) (647 posts)

on Thu, 2009-10-15 16:24.

He had a very bad week, and he needs a reward

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Yes..

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j U d E (3616 points) (915 posts)

on Thu, 2009-10-15 18:51.

jjose712 wrote:

He had a very bad week, and he needs a reward

..and a HUG!!
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Would somebody hug OLIVER, already!?

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I KNOW!

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jsg03jd (3445 points) (722 posts)

on Fri, 2009-10-16 14:03.

Ollie Fish had THE.WORST.GAY.WEEK.EVER... He does need a reward.

And a HUG, for God's sake, OLTL writers!!!

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A hug!

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j U d E (3616 points) (915 posts)

on Fri, 2009-10-16 18:21.

jsg03jd wrote:

Ollie Fish had THE.WORST.GAY.WEEK.EVER... He does need a reward.

And a HUG, for God's sake, OLTL writers!!!

Yeah, what's with that?! He has to go through all that struggle alone. Kyle is there, but not quite. Cris of course, is Oliver's new best friend, but he hasn't been around much these last days. But he'll be more involved in Fish's life again soon, I think and then he needs to give Fish a hug!! It's not bearable anymore.

Kyle?!

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Would somebody hug OLIVER, already!?

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