Subject: Gay TV Shows 4/30/94-5/6/94
From: [email-masked] Sat Apr 30 13:49:33 1994
To: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 94 23:42:38 EDT

Hi, folks!  This is note #1 (of 2) of the list of tv shows with gay,
lesbian, other sexual minority, and gay/straight AIDS themes, for the tv
week of Sat 04/30/94-Fri 05/06/94. Be sure to read note #2 also. All times
are Eastern.

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   The following shows air at multiple/varied times.  Check local listings
for your area:

>> IN THE LIFE. Lesbian/gay variety & entertainment
series.  Check your local PBS affiliate.  episode #306 is
on Michael Callen. #307 is gay marriages & the 1994 GLAAD
Media Awards.  #308 topic unknown.  Upcoming airings:
- Washington, DC: 5/1/94, midnight, WETZ ch. 26 #308
- Kansas City, MO:  midnight 5/2/94, WFUM ch. 28 #307
- Phila., PA: likely airing is Thurs. 5/7/94, 8:30 pm, on
WYBE ch. 35 (but this is NOT definite)
- Pittsburgh,PA: Sat. 5/7/94, 11:30 pm, WQEX ch. 16, #306

>> PROTOCOL (CC).  Goldie Hawn comedy in which she plays a
waitress who becomes a diplomatic envoy.  Her housemates &
best friends are a gay male couple, who are portrayed
positively.  Airs:
- Sun. 5/1/94, 4:15 pm, HBO
- Thurs., 5/5/94, 11:30 am, HBO

>> MAURY POVICH:  TRANSSEXUALISM AND PARENTHOOD.  Airs in
most areas on Tues. 5/3/94. Check local listings. Airings
include Tues. 5/3/94, 3:00 pm, on Phila. PA KYW ch. 3.

>> MYSTERY: PRIME SUSPECT 3 (CC).  Prime Suspect #3 is a
4-part PBS import that once again stars Helen Mirren as
(straight) British Detective Chief Inspector Jane
Tennison.  This time out, she's investigating the murder
of a gay male teen "rent boy".  I haven't seen this, but
one reader who caught an advance feed of it wrote me, and
said that there were some pretty homophobic elements.
Check your local PBS listings, but airings in
Philadelphia, PA include:
- pt. 1: Wed. 5/4/94, 11:00 pm, PBS WHYY ch. 12
- pt. 2: Thurs. 5/5/94, 9:00 pm, WHYY ch. 12

>> GERALDO:  MARITAL BREAKUP AND LESBIANISM.  (Gee, can
you tell that May is a sweeps month, or what??? <g>)
Airs Fri. 5/6/94 in most (not all) areas, including:
- Fri. 5/6/94 , 9:00 am, on Phila. PA KYW ch. 3
- Fri. 5/6/94 , 4:00 pm, on New York City WCBS ch. 2

The following shows air once this week as far as I know:

>> A PLACE FOR ANNIE (CC).  Airs Sun. 5/1/94, 9:00 pm,
ABC.  Fact-based movie about an ICU nurse who becomes a
foster mother for an HIV-positive infant.  Starring Sissy
Spacek. (The woman on whom the movie is based has
reportedly caref for 7 or 8 HIV-positive infants.)

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Be sure to read note #2 for more shows!

Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ
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   Hi, folks!  This is note #2 (of 2) of the list of tv shows with gay,
lesbian, other sexual minority, and gay/straight AIDS themes, for the tv
week of Sat 04/30/94-Fri 05/06/94. Be sure to read note #1 also.  All times
Eastern.

*************** CONTINUED FROM NOTE #1 ******************

>> THREE OF HEARTS (CC). Airs Sun-Mon, 5/1-2/94, 1:10 am,
Showtime. Strange movie about a lesbian (Kelly Lynch) who
hires a male escort (William Baldwin) to romance and then
drop her female bisexual ex-lover (Sherilyn Fenn), in the
hopes that the ex will give up on men and return to her.

>> NORTHERN EXPOSURE (CC).  Airs Mon. 5/2/94, 10:00 pm,
CBS.  TV Guide reports:  "A wedding in Cicely.  The
proprietors of the Sourdough Inn B&B prepare to tie the
knot in the first wedding of spring.  Most of the
townsfolk find nothing unusual in the planned nuptials of
longtime companions Erick and Ron (Don R. McManus, Doug
Ballard).  Maurice, however, is aghast.  And Holling sees
a profit-making opportunity: he'll cater, but cut corners
on the gourmet menu.  Meanwhile, anxieties plague Erick,
who's consumed by pre-wedding jitters...."

>> POLITICALLY INCORRECT.  Airs Mon. 5/2/94, 11:30 pm,
Comedy Central cable.  Guests include gay Congressman
Barney Frank (Democrat from Mass.).

>> POISON IVY (CC).  Airs Thurs-Fri., 5/5-6/94, midnight,
Prism.  Sarah Gilbert and Drew Barrymore reportedly share
a kiss in this drama/horror flick.  I've never seen it,
but readers of this board have hated this movie.

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That's it for this week's shows - a pretty slim offering.

   But pg. 41 of TV Guide notes that both ARMISTEAD MAUPIN'S TALES OF THE
CITY and MRS. DOUBTFIRE hit the video tape market this week.  TALES is a
3-tape set (suggested price $19.95 each, $59.95/set).  MRS. DOUBTFIRE has a
suggested list of $19.98.

Be sure to read note #1 also.

Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ
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