From: Date: Fri, 25 Nov 1994 15:50:02 -0500 Subject: Gay TV Shows 11/26/94-12/2/94 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 11/26/94-Fri 12/02/94. Be sure to read notes #2 & 3 also. Most times are Eastern. ***************** HAPPY CHANUKAH ! ********************* Note: This week's listing does NOT include NYC, NY shows! The following shows air at multiple/various times: >> IN THE LIFE. Lesbian & gay entertainment & information show. Season Premiere show #401: Playwright Terrence McNally; Actress Amanda Bearse; 'two-spirit' Native American lesbians & gays; and employees from AT&T and HBO Time Warner on being openly gay in the workplace. Check your local PBS and public access schedule, but upcoming scheduled airings of this episode include the following LOCAL TIMES (NOT necessarily Eastern times): - Boston, MA: Tues. 11/29/94, 9:00 pm, WGBX ch. 44 - Buffalo, NY: Mon. 12/12/94, 9:00 pm, WNEQ ch. 23 - Flint, MI: 11/27/94, midnight, WFUM ch. 28 - Los Angeles, CA: 11/27/94, midnight, KCET ch. 28 - Minn./St. Paul MN: Mon 11/28/94, 10:00 pm, KTCI ch. 17 - Phila. PA: Sat. 11/26/94, 5:30 pm, WYBE ch. 35 >> MRS. DOUBTFIRE (CC). Robin Williams plays a straight man who loses his kids in a divorce custody agreement, and disguises himself as an older woman so he can get a job as their nanny. Gay author/actor Harvey Fierstein appears as Williams' gay brother, the makeup expert who transforms Daniel Hillard into Mrs. Euphegenia Doubtfire. Airs: - Sun, 11/27/94, 9:00 am and again at 6:00 pm, HBO >> JENNY JONES: REVEALING AN ATTRACTION TO A FRIEND OF THE SAME SEX. Will air in most areas on Monday 11/28/94. Check local listings. Airings include: - Mon. 11/28/94, 9:00 am, on Phila. PA WPVI ch. 6 >> DONAHUE: HOMOSEXUALITY AND PARENTING (CC). Check local listings. Will air on Tuesday 11/29/94 in some (not all) areas, including: - Tues. 11/29/94, 9:00 am, Phila. PA KYW ch. 3 >> RICKI LAKE: BISEXUALITY. Will air in some (not all) areas on Wed. 11/30/94, including: - Wed. 11/30/94, 10:00 am, Los Angeles CA KCOP ch. 13 - Likely, but not definite: Wed. 11/30/94, 10:30 am, Philadelphia PA WPVI ch. 6 - Wed. 11/30/94, 8:00 pm, San Diego, CA KUSI ch. 51 >> THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACE. Oprah Winfrey tv-movie based on the Gloria Naylor book about a group of women living in a 60s ghetto. Among the characters are a lesbian couple, who are well played. - Part 1: Airs Thurs. 12/1/94, 4:00 pm, Lifetime cable - Part 2: Airs Fri. 12/2/94, 4:00 pm, Lifetime ************** TO BE CONTINUED ON NOTE #2 ************** Be sure to read notes #2 & #3 for more shows! Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ Prodigy ID = npwc08a In IDs: 0 & 1 are numbers. AmericaOnLineID = caroLm10 o & L are letters. Internet ID = caroLm10@aoL.com Hi, folks! This is note #2 (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 11/26/94-Fri 12/02/94. Be sure to read notes #1 & #3. All times Eastern. *************** CONTINUED FROM NOTE #1 ****************** >> ROLONDA: DRAG QUEENS. Airs in most areas on Fri. 12/2/94, including: - Likely: Fri. 12/2/94, 10:00 am, NYC NY WABC ch. 7 - Definite: Fri. 12/2/94, 11:00 am, on Phila. PA KYW ch. 3 >> STOLEN MOMENTS: RED, HOT & COOL. TV Guide describes this as: "A concert by jazz and hip-hop artists benefitting AIDS research and treatment. Performaers include Digable Planets, the Pharcyde, M.C. Solaar, Guru, Donald Byrd, Ron Carter." Check local listings. Airs Thurs. 12/1/94 on many PBS stations, including: - Thurs-Fri., 12/1-2/94, midnight, Phila. PA WHYY ch. 12 >> WORLD AIDS DAY / DAY WITHOUT ART - AIDS PROGRAMMING. Thurs. 12/1/94 is the annual World AIDS Day, also known as the "Day Without Art" in recognition of the losses that the art world has faced to AIDS. Look for special AIDS- related programming efforts on news shows, network & syndicated talk shows, soap operas, PBS stations, etc. Many museums/galleries will also drape curtains over the work produced by individuals who have died of the disease. (Note: In the past, CNN has done a lot of programming around World AIDS Day & the events that mark it worldwide, so you may wish to catch their news broadcasts.) >> MAURY POVICH: TWINS WITH DIFFERENT SEXUAL PREFERENCES (CC). Postponed from an earlier date. Airs in some areas (not all) on Fri. 12/2/94. Check local listings. Airings probably include (but are not limited to): - Likely: Fri. 12/2/94, 2:00 pm, NYW NY WNBC ch. 4 - Definite: Fri. 12/2/94, 3:00 pm, Phila. PA KYW ch. 3 - Likely: Fri. 12/2/94, 4:00 pm, Wildwood, NJ WMGM ch. 40 The following shows air once this week as far as I know: >> JUST ONE OF THE GUYS. Airs Sat. 11/26/94, 3:00 pm, Comedy Central. Well-done 1985 movie about a high school girl who cross-dresses as a boy and enrolls in another school to research sexism for a newspaper article. When she falls for a guy at the school, the classmates assume that she is a gay male. >> JUSTICE FILES. Airs Sat. 11/26/94, 10:00 pm, Discovery channel. TV Guide says: " 'Ethnic cleansing is their message, and violence is their method,' says host John Quinones of hate groups in the US in this report on hate crimes and prejudice." Unknown if this show will address anti-gay hate crimes, but it seems likely. Either way, it sounds like a show worth watching. ************* TO BE CONTINUED ON NOTE #3 *************** Be sure to read notes #1 & #3 for more shows. Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ Prodigy ID = npwc08a In IDs: 0 & 1 are numbers. AmericaOnLineID = caroLm10 o & L are letters. Internet ID = caroLm10@aoL.com Hi, folks! This is note #3 (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 11/26/94-Fri 12/02/94. Be sure to read notes #1 & 2 also. All times Eastern. *************** CONTINUED FROM NOTE #2 ****************** >> PROTOCOL (CC). Airs Sun. 11/27/94, 2:30 pm, HBO. 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. >> MADONNA: INNOCENCE LOST (CC). Airs Tues. 11/29/94, 8:00 pm, Fox (includ. Phila. PA WTXF ch. 29). An original "unauthorized biography" of the musician, which includes coverage of her "career choices, personal relationships and romantic entanglements" (TV Guide). Sounds like this is likely to address her relationships with various women. >> NYPD BLUE (CC). Airs Tues. 11/29/94, 10:00 pm, ABC. Among the plots this evening: "Martinez and Lesniak investigate shots fired at a man whose ex-girlfriends blame him for infecting them with HIV."- TV Guide. >> A DIFFERENT STORY. Airs Thurs. 12/1/94, 2:30 pm, Showtime cable. This is a very weird 1978 movie in which a gay man (Perry King) and a lesbian (Meg Foster) become a couple. >> SEINFELD (CC). Airs Thurs. 12/1/94, 9:00 pm, NBC. TV Guide says: "An odor in Jerry's car permeates the love lives of both Elaine and Kramer, who steals a woman (Viveka Davis) away from George's ex (Heidi Swedberg)." Elsewhere, they say: "Does George drive women to other women? Does Kramer bring them back? A wild Seinfeld repeat tackles these issues..." >> ROSEANNE (CC). Airs Thurs. 12/1/94, 11:00 pm, Phila. PA WGBS ch. 57. May or may not air in daily syndicated reruns in other cities, so check your local listings. This is the show in which Roseanne is angry at dept. store Rodbell's when it forces employees to take a lie detector test because she thinks they're trying to find out if Leon (Martin Mull) is gay. (They aren't, but he is.) >> AND THE BAND PLAYED ON (CC). Airs Fri. 12/2/94, 1:00 pm, HBO. Extremely powerful, original HBO movie made from Randy Shilts' superb book about the early history of AIDS in the US. The extraordinary cast includes Alan Alda, Matthew Modine, Lily Tomlin, Sir Ian McKellen, Richard Gere, Phil Collins, Anjelica Huston, Steve Martin, and others. If you haven't seen this one yet, folks, tape it. >> BITTER HARVEST. Airs Fri-Sat., 12/2-3/94, 4:20 am, HBO. TV Guide says: "A menage a trois between a naive rancher (Stephen Baldwin) and two drifters (Jennifer Rubin, Patsy Kensit)." ********************************************************* That's it for this week. Happy viewing! Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ Prodigy ID = npwc08a In IDs: 0 & 1 are numbers. 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