Worth Watching: Aug. 14-20

FRIDAY Queer Eye The fab five do straight makeovers. 8 p.m. on FLN.

Mental In the two-hour season finale, Jack tries to resolve issues with his schizophrenic sister and a patient claiming to be a werewolf holds the team hostage. 8 p.m. on Fox.

Southland Michael Cudlitz stars as John Cooper, a gay butch cop in L.A. with a Latino lover. “The Shield” meets “Queer as Folk.” 8 p.m. on NBC.

Jeffrey and Cole Casserole Gay blogger Jeffrey Self goes bananas. 11 p.m. on Logo.

SATURDAY Flashpoint A girl is bullied by a gang of girls and retaliates. 8 p.m. on CBS.

True Hollywood Story Michael Jackson, in detail. 8 p.m. on E!

SUNDAY There Goes the Neighborhood A cul de sac is walled off with eight families competing, “Lord of the Flies”-style, for $250,000. “The ultimate social experiment” will make you fear the end of times. 9 p.m. on CBS.

True Blood Sookie and Jason bond. Lafayette and Lettie Mae try to pry their kin from Maryann’s grasp. Hoyt defends his relationship with Jessica. In Dallas, Eric and the vampires defend their recent actions. 9 p.m. on HBO.

Defying Gravity The crew is having debilitating and scary dreams. 10 p.m. on ABC.

Hung Ray goes cruising for new customers. 10 p.m. on HBO.

Mad Men Season premiere of the Emmy-winning series. 10 p.m. on AMC.

MONDAY Gimme Sugar: Miami The LA Truck Stop gals are in Miami to hook lesbians up for love. 10 p.m. on Logo.

Weeds Esteban’s daughter arrives.10 p.m. on Showtime.

Nurse Jackie Zoey administers the wrong dose of a painkiller to a movie critic, who lapses into a coma. 10:30 p.m. on Showtime.

TUESDAY Hell’s Kitchen Gordon Ramsay abuses gay and straight chefs with relish. Tonight, yet another chef gets taken to the ER. Yikes! 9 p.m. on Fox.

America’s Got Talent The best talent show on TV has moved to the live competition. 9 p.m. on NBC. Elimination rounds air on Wednesday at 9 p.m.

WEDNESDAY The Real World: Cancun Bronne is a nude model and boxer from Penn State who has issues with boundaries and likes to get naked. Derek is very pretty and openly gay. 10 p.m. on MTV.

THURSDAY Big Brother Live elimination show. With gay contestant Kevin Campbell. 8 p.m. on CBS. (Other new episodes air Sunday and Tuesday at 8 p.m.)

Project Runway Heeee’s baaack! The long-awaited season premiere of the hit fashion show brings the most elegant queen on TV, Tim Gunn, back to the small screen to snip and crimp 16 new designers. 10 p.m., now on Lifetime.

Queer TV you can always see

Guiding Light Olivia has been drinking a lot since Natalia left town and Josh takes advantage of her drunkenness. Natalia finally returns from her retreat Aug. 17. Will Olivia still have her heart, or will Natalia feel she must appease her son, Rafe, and Frank? Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. on CBS.

The Young & The Restless Paul tells Heather about Adam and Rafe. Heather confronts Adam and demands to know if he’s on the down-low with Rafe. When he admits to a bi-curious one-timer, she storms out. Will Rafe fill the gap? Monday-Friday, 12:30 p.m. on CBS.

As the World Turns Noah’s jealous of Luke’s dinner with a client’s daughter, even though Luke assures him he’s still totally gay. Mason witnesses a fight between Luke and Noah. Then, the lights go down in the theater as Noah and Mason watch Noah’s student project. Will Noah stay true to Luke? Monday-Friday, 2 p.m. on CBS.

One Life to Live Closeted cop Oliver Fish (Scott Evans) and bad boy Kyle Lewis (Brett Claywell) finally kissed. The fall-out begins as Kyle forces Fish to remember his brief fling with Kyle when they were frat boys (naturally) together. Kyle has told Fish he loves him, but Fish insists he’s not gay. 2 p.m. on ABC.

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

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