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'Queer Eye' Gets Shot on NBC
« on: Jul 22^nd, 2003, 4:26am »

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(Monday, July 21 12:53 PM)

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - Having conquered cable, the Fab Five of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" are moving on to a bigger stage: network primetime.

The lifestyle-makeover show, which debuted to record ratings on Bravo earlier this month, will get a one-time (for now) airing as part of NBC's prime-time lineup on Thursday (July 24). A condensed, half-hour version of the one-hour series premiere will air at 9:30 p.m. ET, following "Will & Grace." (NBC owns Bravo.)

"After as much media attention and a breakout premiere on Bravo, we want to offer this unusual series a bigger platform," NBC Entertainment President Jeff Zucker says. "Our Thursday-night audience makes a good fit for this special edition."

"Queer Eye" puts together five gay men, experts in the fields of fashion, food and wine, interior design, grooming and culture, and unleashes them on a straight guy whose friends or loved ones believe he needs a lifestyle upgrade. The guy is outfitted in new clothes, gets his home renovated and receives tips on other aspects of living well.
The show debuted July 15 to an audience of 1.6 million viewers, a huge improvement over what Bravo previously drew in its Tuesday-night time period.

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Re: 'Queer Eye' Gets Shot on NBC
« Reply #1 on: Jul 22^nd, 2003, 7:53am »

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I really don't see how this show is going to last. This is just another example of how reality shows are going to the dogs. Who knows what they'll come up with next.

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Re: 'Queer Eye' Gets Shot on NBC
« Reply #2 on: Jul 22^nd, 2003, 6:28pm »

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Yeah, just like Trading Spaces right? What a stupid idea for a show don't you think?

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Re: 'Queer Eye' Gets Shot on NBC
« Reply #3 on: Jul 27^th, 2003, 5:51pm »

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Dameon! Are you dissing one of my fav shows - Trading Spaces? j/k Wink

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« Reply #4 on: Jul 29^th, 2003, 2:47pm »

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"Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" is a certified smash hit. Nearly 7 million viewers tuned in to NBC to watch Thursday's special airing of the reality makeover show, which ran right after "Will & Grace." Tonight on the Bravo Channel, another straight man will get a lifestyle update from the five gay specialists. JOHN is a 24-year-old cowboy preparing to ask for the hand of his big-city girlfriend. The "Fab Five" will re-work his wardrobe, hair, apartment and cooking skills to ensure this proposal is one to remember.

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Re: 'Queer Eye' Gets Shot on NBC
« Reply #5 on: Jul 29^th, 2003, 4:30pm »

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on Jul 27^th, 2003, 5:51pm, MzWings wrote:

Dameon! Are you dissing one of my fav shows - Trading Spaces? j/k Wink

sorry, I forgot the </sarcasm> tag

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« Reply #6 on: Aug 5^th, 2003, 12:41pm »

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WHERE TO BEGIN...
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The Queer Eye for the Straight Guy crew have lined up their next style challenged hetero: Jay Leno. The Fab Five (or Four if you exclude that random "culture" expert) will work their makeover magic on Leno, the Tonight Show band and the show's set on the Aug. 14 and 15 episodes of NBC's late-night show, USA Today reports. Meanwhile, NBC will air another half-hour edition of Queer Eye on Aug. 14 following Will & Grace.

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Re: 'Queer Eye' Gets Shot on NBC
« Reply #7 on: Aug 6^th, 2003, 12:12pm »

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The problem will NBC airing Queer Eye is that they are cutting it down to a half hour show. If they are going to show it on NBC, they better show the whole hour, otherwise the show will be a bust.

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NOT SO FAB: Queer Eye for the Straight Guy's original "culture expert" is suing the show's producers for breach of contract. According to the New York Post, Blair Boone who was fired after two episodes and replaced with Jai Rodriguez claims that he should have been paid $105,000 for a year's worth of shows. Speaking of Queer Eye, was I the only one bored by last night's episode?

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« Reply #9 on: Sep 4^th, 2003, 11:47am »

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LOS ANGELES, California (Hollywood Reporter) -- As the curtain comes down on summertime with a resounding, post-Labor Day thud, it's time to face the fact that TV's biggest hit to emerge during the past three months came to us from -- of all places -- Bravo.

There isn't much debate that "Queer Eye For the Straight Guy" is a genuine phenomenon. Since premiering in July, it has made weekly sport of rewriting the Bravo ratings record books (not that tall an order, if truth be told) and set new marks that are double and triple the previous 18-49 and 25-54 demo standards.

The hetero "make-better" hour has even sneaked onto the NBC slate, making for a rare crossover franchise. And it has made budding stars of its elite Fab Five gay makeover maestros, particularly flamboyant fashion savant Carson Kressley.

Kressley is the blond man in the middle, the wisecracking, pithy clotheshorse with the effortlessly witty patter. It's hardly surprising that the 33-year-old from Allentown, Pennsylvania, is already beginning to field movie and TV offers and has enlisted an agent despite the fact that "Queer Eye" is his first work in front of the camera.

"It's all very surreal," says Kressley, who is also a nationally ranked equestrian. "We're the reality show that could. All five of us are pretty blown away by this kind of attention, let me tell you. I always thought I had a face for radio, but ... well, go figure. I just did a 'Good Morning, Miami' (guest spot), and it looks like there'll be a lot more. It's safe to say that yes, I am the breakout star."

Kressley admits he couldn't have imagined "in 2 million years" that the show would strike the cultural nerve that it has. "It's happened because we have no political agenda. We're all just about having a good time and making people feel better about themselves ... I'm also pretty amazed at how much we're able to get away with on this show. An awful lot gets left in. And I have the restraining orders to prove it."

'How amazing is that?'
He has found that one unanticipated fringe benefit is the way "Queer Eye" appears to have helped open up a dialogue for some closeted gay men.

"I know one 19-year-old kid who watched the show with his parents," Kressley says, "and when he saw how positively they were reacting to us on the show, he felt comfortable enough to come out to his mom and dad. How amazing is that?"

Recognition has also come his way in unlikely places.

"I was at the Kentucky State Horse Fair show a few weeks back and, like, these families with 7-year-old kids were coming up to me saying, 'Hey, love your show. Can we get your autograph?' " Kressley recalls. "I mean, you can't get more Middle America than Louisville, Kentucky. And even the older men were like, 'Are you that queer guy?' I used to get that all the time, but it wasn't said with such glee."

He likewise marvels at how the show is at least equally appealing to the female gender.

"Women really seem to identify with it," Kressley finds. "I have wives and girlfriends embarrassingly pulling their boyfriends and husbands up to me on the street now and asking, 'Can you do anything with this?' I'm really tempted to say, 'No, absolutely not. And put him down, please.' But usually what comes out of my mouth is, 'No, he's really handsome. Just lose the pleats.' "

Even if the anticipated blockbuster fame and fortune don't come Kressley's way for a while, he is content to ride this "Queer Eye" wave.

"We're doing the Lord's work," he believes. "I'm here to be his servant."

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Re: 'Queer Eye' Gets Shot on NBC
« Reply #10 on: Sep 4^th, 2003, 2:18pm »

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No Queer Eye in Canada........ Sad

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