From: Date: Sat, 08 Oct 94 00:28:39 EDT Subject: Gay TV Shows 10/8/94-10/14/94 Hi, folks! This is note #1 (of 3) of the list of tv shows with gay, lesbian, other sexual minority, and gay/straight AIDS themes, for the tv week of Sat 10/08/94-Fri 10/14/94. Be sure to read notes #2&3 also. All times are Eastern. ********************************************************* The following shows air at multiple/various times: >> ARTHUR ASHE: CITIZEN OF THE WORLD (CC). Profile of the tennis star, which also discusses the complications from AIDS that caused his death. Airs: - Sun. 10/9/94, 9:00 am, HBO - Fri. 10/14/94, 6:00 mp, HBO >> LIVE AIDS CALL-IN SHOW. Chicago IL readers please take note: A correspondent advised me that a live AIDS call-in show airs TWICE EACH WEEK in Chicago. Airings are EVERY Monday and Wednesday from 5:30 - 6:00 pm, on Chicago's ch. 21. Host groups and topics rotate. I won't repeat this listing each week, so please write it down. >> MARILU: HOMOSEXUALITY/NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY SPECIAL. Guests reportedly include actress Amanda Bearse (Married...with Children), actor Dan Butler (Frasier), comedienne Suzanne Westenhoeffer, and journalist/tv reporter Garrett Glazer (formerly from Entertainment Tonight). Check local listings. Airs nationally on Tuesday, 10/11/94, including: - Tues. 10/11/94, 9:00 am, New York City WCBS ch. 2 - Tues. 10/11/94, noon, Phila. PA KYW ch. 3 >> OPRAH: GAY YOUTH (????). This one is iffy. For the past few years, Oprah has had a gay-oriented show on National Coming Out Day (NCOD). My TV Guide does not indicate her topics this week, but sources have told me that she taped a show on Gay Youth that will air sometime this week, probably (but not definitely) on Tuesday 10/11/94 for NCOD. Actual air date is not guaranteed, so if you really want to catch this show, you might want to tape Oprah all week until it airs. Check local listings for your channels/times, but airings include 4pm weekdays on NYC NY WABC ch. 7 and Phila. PA WPVI ch. 6. >> OUT THERE. Last year, Comedy Central taped and aired the first nationally broadcast made-for-tv special of lesbian/gay/bi comedy, which they debuted on National Coming Out Day. The show was great. I'm pleased to note that they're doing it again this year! They're airing both specials this week: > OUT THERE 2 (1994): Performers include Kate Clinton, Scott Silverman, Elvira Kurt, Mark Davis, Frank Maya, and John McGivern. With cameo messages from Patrick Stewart, Cybill Shepherd, and Whoopi Goldberg. (See the review on pg. 64 of the 10/7/94 Entertainment Weekly.) Airs: - Tues. 10/11/94, 9:00 pm, Comedy Central (debut) - Tues-Wed., 10/11-12/94, 3:00 am, Comedy Central - Fri. 10/14/94, 11:00 pm, Comedy Central > OUT THERE 1 (1993): Performers include Bob Smith, Marga Gomez, Steven Moore, Suzanne Westenhoefer, Lea DeLaria, etc. Cameos from Bea Arthur & others. Airs: - Tues. 10/11/94, 11:00 pm, Comedy Central ************** TO BE CONTINUED ON NOTE #2 ************** *************** CONTINUED FROM NOTE #1 ****************** >> NAMES FROM HOME. TV Guide says: "Relatives of persons who died from AIDS reminisce about their loved ones." Airs on some PBS stations this week, including: - Tues. 10/11/94, 8:30 pm, on Camden NJ WNJS ch. 23 and Trenton NJ WNJT ch. 52. (Beware of pledge breaks!) >> SWEET AS YOU ARE. TV Guide says: "(Made for British TV, 1987) NR; a teacher (Liam Neeson) jeopardizes his marriage - and his life - when he has an affair with a student who's carrying the AIDS virus. Julia: Miranda Richardson)." Airs: - Thurs. 10/13/94, 5:45 pm, Prism - Thurs-Fri., 10/13-14/94, 5:30 am, Prism >> PROTOCOL. Goldie Hawn stars in this comedy about a waitress who becomes a diplomat. Her housemates and best friends are a gay male couple, who are portrayed positively. Airs: - Thurs. 10/13/94, 11:00 pm, Encore - Fri. 10/14/94, 1:45 pm, Encore - Fri. 10/14/94, 9:00 pm, Encore >> M. BUTTERFLY (CC). 1993 movie of David Henry Hwang's Tony-winning play about a gay relationship. Jeremy Irons and John Lone star. Airs: - Fri. 10/14/94, noon, Prism - Fri. 10/14/94, 9:00 pm, Prism >> THREESOME. Airing on Pay Per View in October in many areas. Threesome is a strange but somewhat amusing movie about three college roommates, two male and one female. Man #1 is in love with Woman #1. Woman #1 is in love with Man #2. Man #2 is gay and falls in love with Man #1. Check local pay per view listings. The following shows air once this week as far as I know: >> THE CHILDREN'S HOUR (CC). Airs Sun. 10/9/94, noon, Cinemax. VERY depressing 1962 movie based on Lillian Hellman's play of the same name. Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine play two teachers who run a small private school. A vindictive student lies and tells the town that they are lovers. They aren't, but one of the women is a closeted lesbian, and she hangs herself in shame. James Garner co-stars. You've been warned..... >> WOMEN IN SPORTS. Airs Sun. 10/9/94, 4:00 pm, ABC. Interviews with women athletes, including Martina Navratilova. ************** TO BE CONTINUED ON NOTE #3 ************** *************** CONTINUED FROM NOTE #2 ****************** >> REAL WORLD. Airs Sun. 10/9/94, 8:00 pm, MTV. TV Guide says: "The roommates panic when Pedro becomes ill". Pedro is a gay man who is very sick with AIDS. (Remember: These are real people, not actors.) >> POSITIVE (+) HEALTH. Airs in Phila. PA area on Tues. 10/11/94, 8:00 pm, on WYBE ch. 35. By and for People with AIDS and people who are HIV-positive. In honor of Octorer's Breast Cancer Awareness Month, this week's show includes part 1 of a 2-part special on breast cancer. (One out of 8 U.S. women will contract breast cancer sometime in her life, and some studies have placed the numbers for lesbians to be as high as 1 in 3!) >> BIOGRAPHY. Airs Wed. 10/12/94, 8:00 pm, Arts & Entertainment. The topic is J. Edgar Hoover. Unknown if his homosexuality will be discussed, but it seems likely. >> CONAN O'BRIEN (CC). Airs Wed.-Thurs., 10/12-13/94, 12:35 pm, NBC. Guests include bisexual comedian/singer Sandra Bernhard (Nancy on "Roseanne"). >> CHANTILLY LACE. Airs Wed.-Thurs., 10/12-13/94, 1:45 am, Showtime. This movie got a lot of coverage when it first came out because it was a made-for-cable production with an almost all female cast, and because the movie was improvised. Each actress was given an outline of her character but no script. Two of the women played a lesbian couple, but with only moderate success. >> THE KRAYS. Airs Thurs. 10/13/94, 9:00 pm, The Movie Channel. Exceedingly violent but fact-based story of two twin brothers who ran a London crime syndicate in the 1960s. One of them was gay. >> FRIENDS (CC). Airs Thurs. 10/13/94, 8:30 pm, NBC. The TV Guide doesn't indicate any gay content for this new NBC Thursday night series, but readers have advised me that they have some lesbian characters who look like they will be regulars. One correspondent wrote: "It has a lesbian couple in it. In fact, the lesbian is divorced from one of the central male characters and she is pregnant with his child, but she and her lover are going to raise it as a couple (with some help and comic relief from the ex- hubby, no doubt). All in all it was a positive, if not humorous portrayal of lesbians...at least those who have divorced men for women." Another reader added: "I saw this show just the other night. It was amazing - the lesbian ex-wife and her lover looked and acted just like normal people and everything! Wow, what a concept." ********************************************************* Happy viewing, everyone! Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ Prodigy ID = npwc08a In IDs: 0 & 1 are numbers. AmericaOnLineID = caroLm10 o & L are letters. Internet ID = caroLm10@aoL.com