THR reports that Steven Soderbergh's Behind the Candelabra is the most-watched "HBO Film" in nine years.

Contrary to the Twitter hivemind, there is no mathematical formula that will tell you, in millions of dollars, exactly how stupid every studio in town is for not putting it in theaters nationwide. In the same breath, I'll add that Magic Mike was a major gamble on paper to Warner Bros., even though it went on to be one of the biggest successes of 2012. We could play "what if?" until the end of time.

What's certain is that we still live in an age where mainstream industries are scared to death of male sexuality in any form, and not just the gay one. Male Gaze theory and voyeurizing woman? That's what keeps America (and the world) strong!

Wouldn't it be great if you could be an HBO subscriber without having a creaky old cable subscription? I bet they could do more of these and have those one-time-nine-years-ago ratings more regularly.