Worth Watching: June 5-11

FRIDAY My Own Private Idaho Gus Van Sant’s film follows Mike (River Phoenix) and Scott (Keanu Reeves), two gay hustlers, as they travel to Idaho and Italy in search of Mike’s mother. 8:30 a.m. on Logo.

Baby Mama Tina Fey stars as a career woman looking for a surrogate to carry her baby and finds Amy Poehler.Queerly hilarious. 9 p.m. on HBO Signature.

SATURDAY Groomer Has It Tonight, the groomers bond with Bassett hounds during an obedience class. 9 p.m. on Animal Planet.

Beverly Hills Groomer Last year’s groomer of the year, Artist Knox, takes on gay Olympian Greg Louganis. 10 p.m. on Animal Planet.

Pushing Daisies Lila Robinson, a beautiful grifter from Emerson’s past, resurfaces, revealing a painful secret that Emerson has kept hidden all these years. Now on the lam for murder, Lila promises Emerson a quid pro quo if he clears her name. 10 p.m. on ABC.

SUNDAY The Tony Awards Gay actor Neil Patrick Harris hosts the gayest awards show on TV. Among the nominees, the very gay “Billy Elliot: The Musical,” as well as “Equus” and “Hair.” 8 p.m. on CBS.

True Blood The final episodes of last season are re-run as a lead-in to the second-season premiere next Sunday. 8 p.m. on HBO.

MONDAY The Closer Season premiere. Kyra Sedgwick returns to investigate the killings of a family with a secret. 9 p.m. on TNT.

Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List Season premiere. 10 p.m. on Bravo.

Weeds Season premiere. Mary-Louise Parker is everybody’s favorite dealer. 10 p.m. on Showtime.

Nurse Jackie Series premiere. Emmy-winner Edie Falco returns to the small screen as an acid-tongued nurse in this biting comedy. 10:30 p.m. on Showtime.

TUESDAY Mental Annabella Sciorra and Chris Vance star in this medical drama set in L.A. With Marisa Ramirez as Dr. Chloe Artis, a young lesbian doctor. 9 p.m. on Fox.

WEDNESDAY New Adventures of Old Christine With lesbian comedian Wanda Sykes. 8 p.m. on CBS.

The Goode Family This animated series features a politically correct family of ultra-green-conscious vegans. 9 p.m. on ABC.

Top Chef Masters Series premiere. The 24 chefs compete for charity. Because the summer cannot go by without a gay cooking show. 10 p.m. on Bravo.

THURSDAY So You Think You Can Dance? Hotties and notties, queers and non-queers compete to see who is the best dancer. 8 p.m. on Fox.

The Fashion Show Designer Isaac Mizrahi hosts. Tonight, the designers return to high school. 10 p.m. on Bravo.

Queer TV you can always see

The Young & The Restless Y&R’s only gay character, Rafe Torres (Yani Gellman), hasn’t been on screen in more than two weeks. Y&R sources say the storyline is “still ongoing” and plans to introduce a love interest for Rafe. Monday-Friday, 12:30 p.m. on CBS.

As the World Turns Luke and Noah moved to the back burner after they were rescued from the Zs. But now a third gay man is coming to Oakdale to heat things up for the gay duo. Monday-Friday, 2 p.m. on CBS.

Guiding Light Now that Rafe is home, Natalia is trying to find a way to tell him about Olivia. Meanwhile, the court made it a condition of her son’s parole that he have a man in his life — and Frank stepped up. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. on CBS.

Ellen Monday-Friday, 3 p.m. on NBC.

The Rachel Maddow Show Maddow trounces all. Monday-Friday, 9 p.m. on MSNBC.

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