'Cucumber' Finale to Air Tonight on Logo

I must confess, I didn't get into "Cucumber" or "Banana" right out of the gate. But I'm hearing from some reliable sources that it's worth being patient for. Finale airs tonight at 10:30 EDT after "RuPaul's Drag Race" -- get full episodes and more HERE. 

On the Rag, Vol. 350

A weekly look at what's making news in the free gay mags:

Metro Weekly (D.C.): With "Cucumber" and "Banana," the man who gave us "Queer as Folk" and rebooted "Doctor Who" explores the nature of love, loss, obsession and gay sex. But if the premiere episodes of the two new gay shows are any indication, you "Looking" haters will be BEGGING HBO to bring the one back. (Oh, dear -- they're dreadful.) Read HERE.

Get Out: DJ Paulo talks spinning in D.C. during the Cherry Weekend / Read HERE.

Next: Aiden Leslie is on a mission to put the soul back in dance music / Read HERE.

Grab: If this is what Windy City men look like in Parke & Ronen, I'm ready to blow / Online edition HERE.

Echo: The Valley of the Sun celebrates 35 years of pride / Read HERE.

Rage: The San Diego edition gets wet & wild HERE.

Logo to Air Marathon of U.K. 'Queer as Folk' in Lead Up to 'Cucumber' & 'Banana' U.S. Premiere

OK, I'm publishing this news release in its entirety for a couple reasons. One, think it's ironic that I never saw a single second of the British "Queer as Folk" until I went to Detroit last month and my friends Frank and Craig played it for me. (I'd seen part of the U.S. version and was pretty mortified.) And two, I've been invited to an advance screening of "Cucumber" and "Banana" on Tuesday, only I was debating not going because I have spent the last few months since its U.K. debut trying to figure out what the f**k they were talking about: is it one show? is it two shows? what about "Tofu"? -- and finally have it figured out by reading this. Eager to hear from anyone who has already seen 'em ... I'm going!

LOGO TO AIR MARATHON OF UK VERSION OF “QUEER AS FOLK” ON APRIL 4 AND APRIL 11 

THE ORIGINAL LGBT DRAMA KICKS OFF THE PREMIERES OF “CUCUMBER” AND “BANANA” ON MONDAY, APRIL 13 

Still grieving over the loss of “Looking?” Fear not, because the British are coming! Logo will air the full series of the UK “Queer as Folk,” which ran for 10 episodes in the United Kingdom in 1999. “Queer as Folk” starred “Sons of Anarchy” hunk Charlie Hunnam as 15-year-old Nathan, a gay teen who found love, sex and discovered what it meant to be gay in Manchester, UK. The series was nominated for a BAFTA Award in 2000. This is the first time that the original “Queer as Folk” will air in full on U.S. cable. 

“Queer as Folk” was created by television pioneer Russell T Davies, who also created the revamped “Doctor Who.” The first half of “Queer as Folk” will air on Saturday, April 4 at 10pm ET and the second half will air on Saturday, April 11 at 10pm ET. Logo’s “Queer as Folk” marathon will ready viewers for Russell T Davies’ new and hotly anticipated LGBT dramas “Cucumber” and “Banana,” premiering Monday, April 13 at 10pm ET after an all-new episode of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” 

“Cucumber” and “Banana” are interwoven drama series that will explore 21st century gay life in all its powerful, witty, dark and uplifting guises through the lens of two disparate generations. The hour-long “”Cucumber will explore the lives and misadventures of Henry Best and his long-suffering boyfriend of nine years, Lance Sullivan. The half-hour Banana will follow the individual lives of younger LGBT characters orbiting around Henry's world, telling stories of modern love – the romantic, the obsessed, the hopeful, the lonely, the lost, and the lucky.

P.S. "Tofu" is a web-only series.