Hot Sheet: Laughter Through Tears Is Our Favorite Emotion

The top 10 entertainment highlights on our gaydar this week: Ryan Murphy’s surrogate baby sitcom delivers big laughs, Perez Hilton goes legit, a long-lost interview with Rock Hudson surfaces, and more.

BY Jeremy Kinser

September 07 2012 7:14 PM ET

1. TV: The New Normal
Trademark witty, rapid-fire dialogue and deliciously oversize characterizations mark what will likely be Ryan Murphy’s latest surefire hit. The sitcom about a gay couple (Justin Bartha and a star-making performance by Andrew Rannells) planning to have a child through a sweet surrogate (Georgia King) despite the objections of her comically bigoted grandmother (Ellen Barkin, hilarious). Premieres on NBC Tuesday.