ONE LESS EGG TO FRY: On “Big Brother 8,” Dustin is still in the house; his psychotic ex-lover was shown the door last week. Tonight should be the food competition and the Head of Household’s selection for eviction. 8 p.m. Sunday on CBS.

FRIDAY
Who Wants to Be a Superhero?
The 10 contestants get their first assignment when the show’s host, Stan Lee, is kidnapped. Among the contestants are Parthenon (Dan Williams, who is gay) and Whip-Snap (Paula Thomas, who is a lesbian). 4 p.m. on Bravo.

VH1 All Access: Hollywood’s Shortest Marriages
Some of the more notable, and shortest, celebrity marriages. 4 p.m. on VH1.

First Comes Love 2: Fern and Susan
Elvira Kurt and Fern Cohen help Fern and Susan have the wedding of their dreams. 4 p.m. on Logo.

Monster-in-Law
Jennifer Lopez plays Charlie, a free spirit, who meets cute Dr. Kevin Fields (Michael Vartan). Their relationship is going well until his mother, Viola (Jane Fonda), steps in. Adam Scott plays Charlie’s gay best friend and neighbor, Remy. 5:30 p.m. on HBO.

The Associate
Whoopi Goldberg stars as a female executive who disguises herself as a white man to get ahead on Wall Street. Kenny Kerr is her drag-queen friend, Charlie, who helps with the transformation. 6 p.m. on Starz InBlack.

Mad Men
Don continues to conceal his increasingly complicated personal life. Meanwhile, Peggy pines for the absent Pete — still on his honeymoon — while fending off the advances of several of the men of Sterling Cooper. With Bryan Batt as art director Salvatore. 7 p.m. on American Movie Classics.

Austin Powers in Goldmember
In the third installment of the series, Austin travels back to 1975 to rescue his father, who has been kidnapped by Goldmember. Look for a cameo by Nathan Lane, who plays an obviously gay confidant who helps Foxy Cleopatra get her message across. 8 p.m. on Fox.

Strangers with Candy
This prequel to the TV series has “boozer, user and loser” ex-prostitute/junkie Jerri Blank (Amy Sedaris) back in high school as a freshman, hoping to turn her life around. Stephen Colbert plays married science teacher Mr. Noblet, who is having an on-again/off-again gay affair with art teacher Mr. Jellineck (Paul Dinello). Much has to do with an impending science fair, which Jerri, who has a thing for both men and women, hopes to win. 8 p.m. on The Movie Channel.

Rent
The movie adaptation of Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical stars most of the original cast: Anthony Rapp, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Hereddia, Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal and Taye Diggs, along with Tracie Thoms and Rosario Dawson. Based on “La Bohème,” it looks at a year in the lives of gay, straight, bi and trans friends living in New York City’s East Village. 8 p.m. on Starz InBlack.

Waiting to Exhale
Starring Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine and Lela Rochon. Of particular interest is Loretta’s character dealing with her teenage son, who finds out his father, her ex-husband, is gay. 8 p.m. on Oxygen.

The Big Gay Sketch Show
All in the Gay Family wonders what life would be like in the extremely gay household of Archie and Eddie. The Ladyline women’s hotline sketch gives new meaning to the word “hot.” Hazel, the overly zealous PFLAG mom, will do anything to get her gay son Donavon a date in Mother’s Pride. We are treated to Afromations throughout this episode with black activist Lamont and his overbearing woman. Lorna joneses for her Lorna Doone cookies and thinks the gays are conspiring against her. Lesbian musical duo Sappho’s Lips sing their “War on War” anthem. 8 p.m. on Logo.

When Stand Up Stood Out
Documentary covering what came to be known as “The Boston Gold Rush” of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Janeane Garofalo and Paula Poundstone are among the comics interviewed. 9:45 p.m. on Showtime.

Filthy Gorgeous
A look at the employees and clients of a high-priced male and female escort service in New York City. Isabella Rossellini stars with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Eva Simon. 10 p.m. on Showtime Too.

The Soup Presents Best of The Worst Commercials
E! has found the only commercials you want to watch again and again. 10:30 p.m. on E!

Desperate Housewives
11 p.m. on Lifetime.

Jay Leno
Kevin James will hopefully apologize for his insipid new film, “I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry.” 11:35 p.m. on NBC.

Big Brother After Dark
An uncensored three-hour live look inside CBS’ “Big Brother” house. It’s almost as boring and tedious as the actual show. 11:55 p.m. on Showtime Too.

CURLY “Qs”: “Curl Girls” hits the waves with Gingi, Michele, Melissa, Erin, Vanessa and Jessica as they talk about relationships, tattoos and surf etiquette. While Jessica and Melissa’s relationship is on the rocks, newcomer Gingi strains the group dynamic. Team tension mounts as the ladies organize a friendly surf competition. Four additional episodes follow. 8:30 p.m. Friday on Logo.

SATURDAY
Conan O’Brien
Best Supporting Actor Emmy nominee Neil Patrick Harris is a guest on this repeat. 12:35 a.m. on NBC.

Cruel Intentions
Teenage heartthrob (Ryan Phillippe) has bet his stepsister (Sarah Michelle Gellar) that he can bed virginal Annette (Reese Witherspoon). Look for friends Blaine (Joshua Jackson) and Greg (Eric Mabius) in bed and a kiss between Gellar and Selma Blair. 2 a.m. on HBO.

Child Stars Gone Bad
Former child stars who have veered from the straight and narrow. 2 a.m. on E!

Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
Kathy and the gang travel to Dublin to spread her father’s ashes after she receives an award from Irish America magazine. 3 a.m. on Bravo.

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Robert Downey Jr. stars as Harry Lockhart, a petty thief from New York, who escapes to Hollywood and gets an audition for a role as a detective in a movie. To train for the role, he becomes involved in a murder investigation led by a gay detective, Gay Perry (Val Kilmer). 3 a.m. on HBO 2.

IFC News Special
Indie film news with celeb interviews, film festival and premiere coverage. 3:05 a.m. on Independent Film Channel.

The Rules of Attraction
James Van Der Beek stars in this adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ novel about the lives of amoral college students. Ian Somerhalder plays his bisexual pal who finds him attractive. 4:45 a.m. on HBO 2.

Angel Rodriguez
Angel (Jonan Everett) is a troubled teen who is kicked out by his father and taken in by Nicole (Rachel Griffiths), a pregnant social worker, and her husband, Henry (Denis O’Hare). Among Angel’s friends is transvestite Jamie (Jon Norman Schneider). 5:30 a.m. on HBO.

E! True Hollywood Story: Mark Wahlberg
A look at the life and career of the actor. 7 a.m. on E!

Bullets over Broadway
One of Woody Allen’s best stars John Cusack as a mediocre playwright trying to get his work performed. Chazz Palminteri plays a hitman who is guarding his boss’ girlfriend (Jennifer Tilly), and he’s a frustrated playwright. With Dianne Wiest, Jim Broadbent, Tracey Ullman and Harvey Fierstein as a gay agent. 7:35 a.m. on Showtime.

E! True Hollywood Story: Johnny Depp
A look at the life and career of the actor. 8 a.m. on E!

She’s the Man
Amanda Bynes stars as Viola, who disguises herself as her twin brother Sebastian with the help of her gay make-up artist friend Paul (Jonathan Sadowski), so that she can play soccer when the girls’ team at her school is cut. Adolescent sexual hi-jinks and misunderstandings ensue. 12 p.m. on CineMax.

American Dreamz
Mandy Moore stars as singing hopeful Sally Kendoom in this spoof that combines an “American Idol”-esque show with a sleeper-cell terrorist named Omar (Sam Golzari), who has a thing for showtunes, and a depressed president (Dennis Quaid) looking to reconnect with the public. Hugh Grant plays the “Simon Cowell” of the show. Tony Yalda plays Omar’s presumedly gay cousin, Iqbal, who had hoped to be a contestant. Jennifer Coolidge plays Sally’s mother. 1 p.m. on HBO.

Alexander
Colin Farrell stars as the bisexual Macedonian king who was out to conquer the world. Angelina Jolie plays his mother, Olympias. Jared Leto plays Hephaistion, his very close friend. 2:45 p.m. on HBO 2.

Bad Girls
“Babes Behind Bars” takes off and Shell takes out her anger on Barbara only to be surprised at her response. A young and rebellious new inmate arrives and an unfortunate event strikes Larkhall. 3 p.m. on Logo.

Miss Congeniality
Sandra Bullock plays an FBI agent who has to go undercover as Miss New Jersey at the Miss United States pageant to thwart a bombing plan. Michael Caine plays the gay beauty consultant hired to transform her. 3:05 p.m. on TBS.

Jumpin’ the Broom: The New Covenant
A documentary about same-sex marriage in the African-American community. 4 p.m. on Logo.

Call to Witness
A look at the Lutheran Church and how it deals with its gay and lesbian members. 4:30 p.m. on Logo.

Welcome to the Parker
Series premiere: A behind-the-scenes look at the Parker, Palm Springs, a boutique resort with exclusive guests. First up, a group of table-tennis players and a food critic check into the hotel. Meanwhile, manager Samir demands that the staff’s skills measure up and room-service waiter Nathan’s performance is assessed. 5 p.m. on Bravo.

Saints and Sinners
A gay couple wants to marry and be recognized by the Roman Catholic Church. 5:30 p.m. on Logo.

Capote
Philip Seymour Hoffman gives an Oscar-winning performance as Truman Capote as he researches the brutal murder of a Kansas family for his book “In Cold Blood.” 6:05 p.m. on Showtime.

VH1 Rock Docs: The Drug YearsBreak On Through (1950s-1967)
“Break On Through” traces the birth of the counterculture, from the beboppers to the beatniks to the hippies. 7 p.m. on VH1.

Trembling Before G-d
Documentary about gay and lesbian Orthodox Jews, who discuss their faith and how it conflicts with their sexual orientation. 7 p.m. on Logo.

Without Prejudice?
A panel decides which of five contestants deserves a prize of $25,000. A gay trucker and a transgender woman are among the contestants being judged on this episode. 8 p.m. on Game Show Network.

Camp Out
With the derision of society, family and the church against them, 10 gay Christian teenagers struggle to confront the questions of faith and their burgeoning sexuality in light of what their church has told them. This documentary captures their first GLBT Christian youth camp. 9 p.m. on Logo.

I’ve Got a Secret
A gay take-off on the old game show: Out panelists Frank DeCaro, Billy Bean, Suzanne Westenhoefer and Jermaine Taylor try to guess the guest’s secret. 11 p.m. on Game Show Network.

SUNDAY
Witches of Breastwick
Softcore porn with lesbian scenes. “Witches of Breastwick 2” follows. 12:25 a.m. on CineMax.

Chappelle’s Show
A segment titled “A Gay World” is included in this repeat. 3 a.m. on Comedy Central.

The Sum of Us
Long before he was throwing fits (and phones), Russell Crowe starred as a young gay man living and caring for his father. Seen in flashback are the young man’s grandmother and her partner. 3 a.m. on Logo.

The Haunting
A group of people spend a night in a haunted house, starring Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lili Taylor, Owen Wilson and Bruce Dern. Zeta-Jones’ character is bisexual. 6 a.m. on HBO.

In the Life: Borders
Lesley Gore hosts: A look at CDC AIDS funding; profiles of Oscar-winning producers Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen; Lisa Moore discusses being a black lesbian; a profile of Billie Jean King; commentary by Harvey Fierstein. 6 a.m. on Logo.

Party Line with the Hearty Boys
Dan and Steve prepare gorgonzola-mushroom boulé, caviar-stuffed eggs and Italian sausage rolls. 7 a.m. on The Food Network.

The Two Cubas
This documentary takes an intimate look at the lives of two gay men, close friends who have grown up under Fidel Castro’s 40-plus-year regime. 8 a.m. on Logo.

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Drag queens Mitzi (Hugo Weaving) and Felicia (Guy Pearce) and transsexual Bernadette (Terence Stamp) travel across Australia to perform in the lounge of the hotel run by Mitzi’s ex-wife. 9 a.m. on Logo.

Three of Hearts: A Postmodern Family
This heartfelt documentary chronicles the long-term monogamous triad between Sam Cagnina, Steven Margolis and Samantha Singh. 10:15 a.m. on Sundance.

The Black Dahlia
Set in 1947, detectives Bucky Bleichert (Josh Hartnett) and Lee Blanchard (Aaron Eckhart) investigate the murder of 22-year-old would-be actress Elizabeth “Betty” Short (Mia Kirshner). She was involved in lesbian porn movies, which leads them to bisexual socialite Madeleine Linscott (Hilary Swank). k.d. lang shows up at a women-only supper club singing “Love for Sale.” 10:30 a.m. on CineMax.

In Pot We Trust
The complex issue of the medical use of marijuana is examined in this documentary that charts the suffering of four chronically ill patients whose reliance on the illegal drug as a painkiller is in jeopardy due to federal anti-narcotics legislation. Reform organizations, prohibitionist groups, politicians, drug war critics, scientists and celebrities all get their say in this fascinating analysis. 12 p.m. on Showtime Too.

Hairspray: HBO First Look
A behind-the-scenes look at the film adaptation of the Broadway musical “Hairspray” starring John Travolta, Nikki Blonsky, Christopher Walken, James Marsden, Michelle Pfeiffer and Queen Latifah and directed by Adam Shankman. 2 p.m. on HBO 2.

Kinky Boots
A cross-dressing lounge singer (Chiwetel Ejiofor) comes to the aid of a man (Joel Edgerton) struggling to keep his family’s shoe factory afloat when he suggests a new line of erotic boots for transvestites. 3 p.m. on Starz InBlack.

Cold Case
In this repeat, when a body is found in a dumpster, the team reopens the 1984 case of a murdered teenage boy who wanted to become a dancer against his macho father’s wishes. The team discovers a secret that got the boy killed. 9 p.m. on CBS.

Desperate Housewives
In this repeat, Carolyn (Laurie Metcalf) takes hostages at a local supermarket and not everyone gets out alive. 9 p.m. on ABC.

Little Miss Sunshine
Richard (Greg Kinnear) and Sheryl (Toni Collette) drive cross-country in a broken-down VW, with their son, Dwayne (Paul Dano), who has vowed not to speak until he gets into the Air Force; Grandpa (Alan Arkin) who is a drug addict; Sheryl’s brother Frank (Steve Carell), a gay, suicidal Faust professor; and their daughter, Olive (Abigail Breslin), who is entered in the Little Miss Sunshine contest. 11 p.m. on HBO.