"Nip/Tuck" creator Ryan Murphy's just described his FX plastic-surgery soap as "the most sexual on television," but he might have to pass off the crown pretty soon.
Later today, we'll be hearing from the people behind (and in front and sometimes even underneath) of HBO's "Tell Me You Love Me," which is already being referred to as "the pornography show."
As one of the few people in the room who somehow found the time to watch all 10 episodes HBO sent critics a few weeks ago -- hey, I was still in "Cavemen"-avoidance mode at that point -- I've been defending it to the rest of the jury, if only because it's hard to call something porn when so much of the very explicit sex it portrays appears to be so very unsatisfying.
This look at couples counseling stars Jane Alexander as a white-haired therapist whose own sex life with her husband of 43 years (David Selby) looks far hotter than those of some of her much younger patients.
And in fact, the heart of the show is the story of a couple played by Ally Walker ("Profiler") and Tim DeKay, who've stopped having sex altogether.
But who's going to watch a show on HBO about a couple who never have sex? So every episode has at least a scene or two (or three) of the kind of coupling that occasionally raises the question of how they could have done it without actually doing it.
Can't wait to see how we're going to word the questions.
Meanwhile, "Nip/Tuck's" Joely Richardson's just opined that "anyone can get naked."
What she finds is interesting is "weird" and "twisted."
Good thing, too, because "Nip/Tuck's" still cornered the market on that.