Damnit, every time someething or someone like “Game of Thrones,” “Community,” “Doctor Who,” or Rosario Dawson comes along to give NEEEEEEERDs a leg up in pop culture’s cool department, a show like “The Big Bang Theory” or someone like Olivia Munn sets us back again. WHEN WILL WE BREAK THIS GLASS CEILING? For every sexy cosplay gallery or ultra-violent nerd flick like Kick-Ass, there’s a Poindexter stereotype to mess with our momentum.

Now comes word that TBS is looking to set us all the way back to the 1980s.

Looking to ride the coattails of syndie hit “The Big Bang Theory,” TBS is giving a greenlight to reality series “King of the Nerds.” Hosted by “Revenge of the Nerds” thesps Robert Carradine and Curtis Armstrong, series will test competitors intellect, ingenuity, skills and pop culture prowess. Cabler has ordered eight episodes, set for an early 2013 debut.

Booger? I thought we got rid of that guy in the early ’90s. Why does he keep haunting us? Nerds have come a long way since Revenge of the Nerds. We don’t wear protect protectors anymore and we have designer inhalers, damnit. Oh, screw you. I’m going to my mom’s basement WHERE I TOUCHED A REAL GIRLS BOOB ONCE.

(Source: Variety)

TLC is actually making something I don’t outright despise: a dating show called “Geek Love” in which sci-fi enthusiasts engage in speed dating at places like Comic-Con, where the pool of hapless, socially inept virgins is unusually deep.

The network has ordered Geek Love, a project that follows a speed-dating service at nerd-drawing events like Comic-Con. TLC greenlit two half-hour specials that will air next month and plans to make the project a full-fledged series if the specials draw large enough ratings. [EW]

EW also has an exclusive video of highlights, which I absolutely recommend watching. It starts with a guy touting his Chewbacca call, then features the girl in the inset picture saying, “It’s hard to find someone in the outside world you like because it’s really hard to find someone who understands you.” I can’t imagine why that might be.

Lego Star Wars (Cartoon Network, Friday) — Ummm, is it wrong that I think this looks kinda good? I’ve put a preview for it at the bottom of the post — it’s like a more serious version of the “Robot Chicken” spoofs, but with LEGO characters. Shut up, I played with LEGO a lot growing up.

Torchwood: Miracle Day (Starz, Friday) — Yes, I’m deliberately tailoring this weekend preview to win the approval of geeks. Acknowledge my pandering!

Attack of the Show (G4, Friday) — This is the one time of year where “AotS” is actually relevant: when it reports from Comic-Con in San Diego.

Breaking Bad (AMC, Sunday) — *breathes into paper bag*

NTSF:SD:SUV:: (Adult Swim, Sunday) — I neglected to mention that the series premiere of this crime procedural spoof — and logical companion to “Children’s Hospital” — aired last night, so I’m putting this here with the hope that I remember to DVR one of the two replays on Sunday night.

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Comic-Con stories rule the headlines right now, so I figured this week’s Corgi Friday should be the geekiest corgis I could find: cosplay corgis! The slideshow that follows is the Internet’s finest collection of corgis in cosplay costumes, ranging from fantasy to comics to horror to video games to anime. Corgi cosplay: it’s just like human cosplay, but cuter. And with better breath.

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With Comic-Con fast approaching, geeks are assembling their homemade cosplay costumes, and entertainment companies are hiring attractive women to wear sexy, better-made costumes and stand around while sweaty weirdos eyeball them. In the fake PSA below, “Big Bang Theory” actress Kaley Cuoco advises these women against wearing the all-time awesomest cosplay costume, Slave Leia. The video’s directed by “Chuck” star Zachary Levi, and I can’t be sure but one of the Slave Leias looks an awful lot like his costar Yvonne Strahovski.

Anyway, it’s a fun little video even though I disagree with it. A Slave Leia costume is ALWAYS a welcome sight on a good-looking woman. The outfit is just so versatile: perfect as evening wear or workout attire, and always guaranteed to impress clients at important business meetings. Every hot chick should own at least two, so that they always have one ready to wear while the other is at the cleaners/metallurgy shop.

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