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Now don’t get all dirty on me. They’re coming to a television near you. Tomorrow is the debut of Logo (and Q Television) and Being Bobby Brown.

Logo, MTV Networks’ long-planned basic-cable channel, is scheduled to launch Thursday in 10 million digital cable homes in 22 top cities.

The 24-hour, ad-supported network joins Here! TV, an ad-free pay service started in 2003 by producer Paul Colichman as an outlet for his independent films. Here! is available on cable and satellite systems reaching 44 million homes, either by monthly subscription or as three-hour program blocks. Another pay channel, Q Television, emphasizes lifestyle coverage from major cities but has scant reach.

We are thrilled that they gays and lesbians, will now have mundane advertising aimed at their advertising dollars as well. Look for a dirty version of the “Don’t squeeze the Charmin” campaign to launch relatively soon.

Bobby Brown wants you to know he’s just an average suburban dad who loves his four kids and makes a mean macaroni and cheese from scratch. He’s sharing that life with the world in Bravo’s series Being Bobby Brown, premiering Thursday.

Brown, 38, decided to make his life public because “so much had been said about me, and I figured, ‘Why not?’ This is a way to show people that I’m just Bobby. I spend my time raising my kids. I just want people to stop judging me. I take pride in everything I do.”

I’m assuming his talking about his battles with drugs. We would take pride in them too. How about the wife beating? Cocaine bust? Failed child support payments? We can’t wait to have a front row seat at all the fun.

While it’s not receiving the best reviews (Bobby’s got a big ego – hey, we wouldn’t be watching Blow Out either if we couldn’t stand men with big egos), but that’s half the fun of it. How could Bobby Brown not make awful television?

‘Underserved’ viewers get new gay channel [USA Today]
Daddy’s home in ‘Being Bobby’ [USA Today]
‘Being Bobby Brown’ is disgusting [MSNBC]