Jan 19, 2007  |  By: BRIAN MOYLAN  | COMMENTS     

JUST THINK ABOUT ALL the shows out there that have a gay male point of view: “Queer Eye,” “America’s Next Top Model,” “The Golden Girls.” However, aside from Showtime’s “The L Word,” the long-departed “Xena: Warrior Princess” and a couple lesbian daytime talk show hosts, there isn’t that much on television coming from the perspective of gay women.

Since that viewpoint isn’t on TV, Logo, the all-gay cable channel, has decided to bring it to the internet. For the channel’s first content made exclusively for the web, Logo is producing “She Said What?” a weekly 10-minute talk show that will air only on LogoOnline.com, the channel’s website, and AfterEllen.com, the lesbian entertainment news website. There are already three episodes online and new ones will appear each Thursday.

Set up like an all-lesbian “The View” (can you imagine a talk show gayer than “The View?”), “She Said What?” consists of four hosts of diverse backgrounds who sit and talk about news and entertainment with various guests.

The show’s co-hosts are Sarah Warn, editor and founder of AfterEllen.com; Chagmion Antoine, from CBS News on Logo; Stacyann Chin, a poet and activist; and Lauren Blitzer, author of “Same Sex in the City: So Your Prince Charming is Really a Cinderella.” So far, it seems like Warn runs the show and is the organizer behind the conversations, getting the ball rolling with her colleagues and the guests.

On ABC’s “The View,” the appeal is the well-worn dynamic between the hosts and their debate about various subjects. There doesn’t seem to be much give and take between the co-hosts here, which is probably partly due to the short amount of time they have each week. But it’s refreshing to see a room full of lesbians talk about issues that they care about, whether that’s commitment issues or the new season of “The L Word.”

As the show continues and the women get more accustomed to each other’s ideas, I’m sure they’ll have all the bombast and controversy as their (slightly) straighter, older sister.

WHILE LOGO MAY BE the official gay channel, Bravo has always been more than a little light in the loafers, and it recently announced some big gay changes in the lineup.

In a news release from Friday, Jan. 12, Bravo revealed that this summer’s 10-episode season of “Queer Eye” will be the show’s last. In the summer of 2003, when the show premiered, it became a national phenomenon and was the highest-rated show in Bravo’s history.

But the cancellation should come as no surprise. After the fascination with the Fab Five wore off, the show’s ratings started a steady decline, leading to widespread speculation that cancellation was imminent. The show’s final season will contain more “make betters” by the five gay gurus, and the format hasn’t changed at all — which might be behind the ratings drop.

In a separate news release, Bravo announced that “Project Runway’s” breakout star and openly gay fashion guru Tim Gunn will be getting his own makeover show called “Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style.” No announcement was made when the show will debut or how many episodes were ordered. The show is going to be based on Gunn’s book “Tim Gunn: A Guide to Quality, Taste & Style,” which will hit stores this spring.

The announcement comes at an odd time and didn’t make any mention of “Project Runway.” Since news broke in November that Gunn isn’t signed up for a contract for the fourth season of the fashion design show, this new deal adds to the speculation about whether or not he’s in or out for another go round.

Unlike “Queer Eye,” “Runway” started out with abysmal ratings, but has continued to climb with each season. The season three finale clocked more than 5 million viewers, and it has handily replaced “Queer Eye” as the network’s most-watched series.