Dante’s Cove Returns!

Here! TV and Regent Media have issued an official press release concerning Dante’s Cove, dispelling rumors that the show has been cancelled or abandoned by the network. They have announced that production on 10 new episodes for season four is to begin! We have the full release posted over at our sister site,The Dante Beacon.

This is the best news I’ve heard in a long time. This highly addictive, overly dramatic, slightly campy show following the supernatural lives of gorgeous people on a gorgeous island has found a spot in the hearts of many, including mine. Will Toby and Adam finally be freed from the Shadows’ mirror?

Dante’s Cove Season 4 Greenlight!

The Dante Beacon is thrilled to announce that we have received an official press release from here! TV and Regent Media regarding season 4 of Dante’s Cove which will begin production later this year on 10 (yes 10) new episodes.

HERE! NETWORKS ANNOUNCES THE RETURN OF “DANTE’S COVE”
Production on the fourth season of the wildly popular gothic soap begins this fall

April 8, 2009 (LOS ANGELES) – here!, America’s premium gay and lesbian television network, announced today production will begin on the fourth season of the popular network soap opera Dante’s Cove in fall 2009. The new season consists of 10 half-hour episodes.

“The response to the first three seasons of Dante’s Cove has been overwhelming, and our audience continues to want more,” said Paul Colichman, founder and CEO of here! Networks. “We are thrilled to announce that production will soon begin on a whole new chapter of the series. The new season will be sure to please the faithful fan base that has been eagerly awaiting its return, as well as attract a whole new viewership that will experience the intrigue and excitement for the first time.”

As Dante’s Cove returns with season four, television’s sexiest guilty pleasure is back with a vengeance. The most thrilling new season yet picks up after the near annihilation and total destruction of the Cove. Still reeling from the dark apocalypse that nearly destroyed the island, hidden secrets and new rivalries bring even more deadly consequences for the island’s sexy young residents. With mysterious new characters and an even steamier plot, season four shatters lives and contains a mind-blowing twist that leaves the island’s inhabitants shaken to their core.

For those who have missed the first three wild seasons of Dante’s Cove, the series continues to air on here! Networks, available on all major U.S. cable systems as a 24-hour subscription service in 96 of the top 100 U.S. markets. Additionally, Dante’s Cove can be found in the Video Downloads section of the here! Networks website, found at www.heretv.com.

Recent and upcoming here! original films, series, and specials include: The Lair: Season Three, a provocative and sexy vampire horror series; Sugar Rush, a British series based on the novel by Julie Burchill chronicling the social dilemmas of a lesbian teen; the critically acclaimed Ice Blues: A Donald Strachey Mystery, the fourth installment in the series of original films starring Chad Allen as a gay private investigator; the provocative six-part docu-series Lesbian Sex and Sexuality, an unblinking look inside the world of lesbian culture from award-winning producer Katherine Linton; and the original film Shelter, an indie romantic drama about love, family, and trying to stay true to yourself.

To sample here!’s programming, please visit here! Video, the broadband portal of here! Networks, at www.heretv.com/videoplayer.

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About here!

Founded in 2002, here! airs on all major U.S. cable systems as a 24-hour subscription service. here! appears in 96 of the top 100 U.S. markets, including every top 10 market. here! was also the first gay network originating in the U.S. to launch in Canada. here! offers a wide variety of groundbreaking and acclaimed original movies and series plus the world’s largest collection of gay and lesbian films appealing to the broad-based, diverse LGBT audience. here! Video, the broadband portal of here! Networks found at www.heretv.com/videoplayer, provides a broad sampling of here! programming. For more information on how to subscribe to here!, please visit www.heretv.com or call our toll free number at 1-888-HERE-NOW.

Brody, Ryan and Straightness

Bromance. Really? Okay, this new MTV show should be called Dunderhead because that is what all of those guys are. Well, the gay dude aside as he had the sense to flee when he caught sight of what was to be. If this is typical straight guy behavior, then I’m ever so thankful Dorothy is my friend. What nonesense.

Don’t get me wrong, Brody is hot (although I prefer hairy-chested Brody) and one or two of the guys aren’t too bad on the eyes either, but what is the point of this show? Is Brody, who seems to have everything going for him, really that hard up to find a true friend? Well I suppose if what we have been seeing is any indication of what he and his friends will get up to.

One also wonders why on earth Ryan Seacrest would attach his name to this project. Between Bromance and Mama’s Boys, both shows of which are executive produced by Seacrest, me thinks he is trying to make a statement about his “straightness.” I suppose that one can’t question is he or isn’t he any longer, for how could a gay guy think this was watchable? Then again, if it were bromance with Ryan Seacrest, where do I apply?

Charlie’s Brief About Dante’s Cove Season 4

In December, Charlie David hosted a phone chat session with fans. He touched briefly on the subject of Dante’s Cove season four, indicating that little information was available. He said that the network had intended to present firm plans for the new season come January.

As was previously reported, Charlie said that he was told the scripts for season four are written, but hasn’t seen them. Due to a number of things including the potential actors strike situation last year, insurance, weather and location issues, season four was not able to be shot during summer 2008 as was previously planned.

A Christmas Vacation, Err… Present

Okay, so everybody is making a big fuss over Daniel Craig on vacation (with Andy Cohen), but I don’t get what the fuss over Craig is all about. The real hottie to be talking about is Andy Cohen. The Bravo exec is one hot man! I’ve been waiting forever for a shirtless picture of him and so now Christmas has come again. For those of you who have been swooning over Daniel and saying Andy is fat, I say take a look again. Andy is a fine specimen of a man, while Craig is not as pumped as he once was. He’d better hit the gym to firm his pecs and abs before he heads off to do another Bond film.

So since Santa left nothing of monumental proportion under my Christmas tree this year (unlike last year’s TiVo Series 3), I will settle for some shirtless photos of Andy having fun on the beach. Better yet, when I make my Christmas list up for next year I will wish for Andy himself to be wrapped up in a nice shiny red bow under my tree on Christmas morning.


David Tennant Resigns as Gallifrean Timelord

This month the British sci-fi series Doctor Who celebrates its 45th anniversary. It’s bittersweet as news comes that David Tennant has decided to leave the show. The Doctor, the intrepid time traveler from Gallifrey has been played by 10 actors over the last four-and-a-half decades, but none have come to the role with as much gusto, charisma and sex appeal as David Tennant.

When I first heard he was going to be playing The Doctor, I was not too happy. I had seen him in ‘Casanova’ and thought he was a horrible choice for the role. However, only a few episodes into his reign as the Timelord and I quickly changed my mind. In fact I have become so enamored with Tennant and his interpretation that he has become my favorite Doctor, usurping old favorites Tom Baker, Jon Pertwee and William Hartnell.

While his version of The Doctor pays certain homage to those who have played the role before, something unique that is David’s alone is his sex appeal. There is a definite sexiness that he himself exudes and lends to the role, adding even more depth to the 900-year-old time traveler. Perhaps I also feel a kinship with Tennant as I’m only two years older than he and we both have many memories of watching Doctor Who while growing up. He is getting to live a boy’s fantasy of not only traveling through time and space with The Doctor, but to actually be The Doctor!

Many a gay boy may also have lost themselves in the fantastic and outrageous world of Doctor Who to escape the turmoil and pain of life as a gay boy in the late 70s and 80s. And now 20 years later we have a Doctor who we not only have a kinship with, but who on screen openly embraces everyone of every race and sexual orientation. Although the character of Captain Jack Harkness was introduced at the end of Tennant’s predecessor’s run as The Doctor, it was not until Tennant arrived on the scene that the gay/bi/omni-sexual character of Captain Jack came into his own, even spawning his own spin-off series, Torchwood.

Speaking of Captain Jack, his portrayer, John Barrowman, once said in an interview he had to find out whether or not Tennant lived up to his supposed nick name, David “Ten-inch!” Hmmm… I would love to know the answer to that too. One can only dream and fantasize of things, places and people too fantastic to believe in.

Mystery Man

I stumbled on this photo while browsing some blogs the other day and I am in love. Could there be a more perfect man? If there is, I have not met him! I have no idea who he is but am dying to know. So I put it to you… can you identify this mystery man who has fallen out of the sky and stolen my heart? I’m hearing Celine Dion singing right now… “I’m waiting here for my prince to come…”

Dante’s Cove Voted Most Popular

In a recent poll over at the here! TV’s Web site, here! asked viewers which here! TV original series they would most like to see return for another season. Dante’s Cove crushed the competition with nearly three-fourths of the vote. Unfortunately, the results are no longer in their poll archive.