RUPERT EVERETT SITCOM ON HOLD

QUEERING THE DEAL?

Rupert Everett sold a TV sitcom he created about a British ambassador stationed in D.C. — but he and NBC still have a teensy-weensy creative difference: Everett wants his character to be openly gay — just as he is in real life! The network’s balking, saying the TV landscape’s saturated with gay characters on “Will & Grace,” “Ellen,” “Spin City,” “Dawson’s Creek,” etc. Everett insists audiences will respond better if he’s true to his sexuality! Stay tuned.