Newlywed Game on GSN tonight features George Takei and husband among the couples

I love this!  George Takei and his husband Brad Altman, married in September 2008, will be the first gay couple to ever appear on TV’s Newlywed Game.

They are among the three celebrity couples participating in the game airing tonight on GSN. This new version of the venerable game show is hosted by Carnie Wilson instead of longtime Newlywed Game host Bob Eubanks.

George and Brad should do quite well on the show. Even though they have been legally married just over a year, they have been a couple for more than 22 years. Their highly-publicized wedding took place just before the passage of California’s Proposition 8 which banned same- sex marriages.

Wilson said she had been pressing behind-the-scenes to have an all-gay edition of the show. She’s excited about Takei’s appearance.

“It’s needed at this point,” she told USA Today last month. “To me, this is not anything political. This is not a political statement. This show has always been about couples and how well they know each other.”