Weekend gay TV includes romance, Bernhard, Kinsey, and Lackawanna Blues

Legendary gay theater director George C. Wolfe makes his debut as a film director with HBO's Lackawanna Blues, which recently premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Airing Saturday, February 12, the film's ensemble cast includes S. Epatha Merkerson, Mos Def, Louis Gossett Jr., Macy Gray, Hill Harper, Terrence Howard, Ernie Hudson, Delroy Lindo, Rosie Perez, Liev Schrieber, Jimmy Smits, Patricia Wettig, Charlayne Woodard, and Jeffrey Wright. Out actress Sandra Bernhard makes the first of several appearances on NBC's Crossing Jordan Sunday, February 13, playing a no-nonsense Boston detective who works with forensic expert Bug (Ravi Kapoor) to unravel a mysterious kidnapping. And there are two very different ways to celebrate Valentine's Day: Here TV premieres the new special Here Together, a look at the love stories of real-life gay and lesbian couples, while PBS's American Experience explores legendary bisexual sex researcher Alfred Kinsey.