From: Date: Thu, 1 Dec 1994 22:09:50 -0500 Subject: Gay TV Shows 12/3/94-12/9/94 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 12/03/94-Fri 12/09/94. Be sure to read notes #2 & 3 also. Most times are Eastern. ***** NOTE: BEWARE OF PBS PLEDGE BREAKS THIS WEEK! ***** The following shows air at multiple/various times: >> IN THE LIFE. Lesbian & gay entertainment 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): Buffalo, NY: Mon. 12/12/94, 9:00 pm, WNEQ ch. 23 - Also, look for December's episode #402. I haven't received the 12/94 newsletter yet, but based on November's air dates, the following stations are probably going to air it early in the month, and may be airing it this week: Dallas TX KDTN ch. 2; Miami FL WLRN ch. 17; the North Dakota public TV stations; Pittsburgh PA WQEX ch. 16; San Mateo, CA KCSM ch. 60; Washington DC WETA ch. 26; and the Wisconsin Public tv stations. >> THE KATHY & MO SHOW. Kathy Najimy & Maureen (Mo) Gaffney's hilarious joint feminist comedy stand up show. Among the sketches are several with lesbian-positive content. (In fact, I'm writing the tv list early this week specifically to call attention to this show, which airs early in the week, since it airs so rarely and is requested so often.) Recommended. Airs: - Sat. 12/3/94, noon, Comedy Central - Sat-Sun. 12/3-4/94, 1:00 am, Comedy Central >> SOAPDISH (CC). Sally Field and Kevin Kline star in this 1991 parody of life behind the scenes of a television soap opera. Among the movie's numerous villains is a transgendered person. Airs: - Sun. 12/4/94, 6:15 pm, Cinemax - Fri. 12/9/94, 10:30 am, Cinemax >> THE HANDMAID'S TALE. 1990 futuristic drama based on Margaret Atwood's novel of the same name. This movie portrays a horrific and perverted post-nuclear-war future. The few remaining fertile women are enslaved by the men in power, raped, and forced to bear their children. The children are then taken away from the mothers and raised by the rapists & the rapists' wives. In the world portrayed in this movie, lesbians and gay men are also imprisoned as "sexual criminals". Warning: This movie is terribly depressing. Airings include: - Mon. 12/5/94, 8:00 pm, Bravo cable - Mon-Tues., 12/5-6/94, 2:30 am, Bravo ************** 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 12/03/94-Fri 12/09/94. Be sure to read notes #1 & #3. All times Eastern. *************** CONTINUED FROM NOTE #1 ****************** >> SHIRLEY: HOMOSEXUALITY. Airs in many aras on Mon. 12/5/94. Check local listings. Airings include: - Mon.-Tues. 12/5-6/94, 12:30 am, Phila. PA WGBS ch. 57 >> MAURY POVICH: LOVE TRIANGLES (CC). No promises on this show. It is probably the "He left me for another woman" variety of triangles. Airs in most areas on Tues. 12/6/94, including: - Tues. 12/4/94, 2:00 pm, NYC NY WNBC ch. 4 - Tues. 12/4/94, 3:00 pm, Phila. PA KYW ch. 3 - Tues. 12/4/94, 4:00 pm, Wildwood NJ WMGM ch. 40 >> THE SIMPSONS (CC). On Thurs. 12/8/94, many Fox affiliates will rerun the episode in which gay author/ actor Harvey Fierstein provides the voice of a male secretary. Check local listings, but airings include: - Thurs. 12/8/94, 7:00 pm, Phila. PA WTXF ch 29 - Thurs. 12/8/94, 7:30 pm, NYC NY WNYW ch. 5 >> COACH (CC). That same night, many stations will air a syndicated rerun of the Coach episode in which Hayden freaks out when he learns that one of his athletes is gay. This show has a very funny scene in which the Coach slowly comes to realize that he has gone into a gay bar. Check local listings, but airings include: - Thurs. 12/8/94, 7:30 pm, on Phila. PA WTXF ch. 29 - Thurs. 12/8/94, 11:30 pm, national cable ch. 11 (WPIX) >> WHY AM I GAY? STORIES OF COMING OUT (CC). Documentary film. Airs: - Fri. 12/9/94, 6:30 am (NOT pm) and again at 3:30 pm, HBO >> DONAHUE: TEENAGE HOMOSEXUALITY AND CROSS-DRESSING (CC). Airs in most areas on Fri. 12/9/94, including: - Fri. 12/9/94, 9:00 am, on Phila. PA KYW ch. 3 - Fri. 12/9/94, 4:00 pm, on NYC NY WNBC ch. 4 The following shows air once this week as far as I know: >> PERSONAL BEST. Airs Sat. 12/3/94, 1:10 pm, Bravo cable. 1982 movie about two female Olympic athletes (Mariel Hemingway & Patrice Donnelly) who are involved in a lesbian relationship. Scott Glenn plays their incredibly obnoxious, misogynistic male coach. Although some women liked this movie, most of the lesbians I know hated it because of its very male-oriented depiction. >> MAKING LOVE. Airs Sat-Sun., 12/3-4/94, 4:45 am, Cinemax. Kate Jackson, Harry Hamlin, and Michael Ontkean star in this film, which was the OTHER 1982 theatrical release to contain a gay theme. In this one, a married man leaves his wife for another man. ************* 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 12/03/94-Fri 12/09/94. Be sure to read notes #1 & 2 also. All times Eastern. *************** CONTINUED FROM NOTE #2 ****************** >> EASTENDERS. Airs Sun. 12/4/94, 11:00 pm, on Phila. PA PBS WHYY ch. 12. May or may not air on other PBS stations. Check local listings (& remember to beware of PBS pledge breaks this week). My TV Guide says: "Mark (Todd Carty) tells Shelley that he's HIV-positive, and he and Clem decide to stay in Amsterdam." >> BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS (CC). Airs Wed. 12/7/94, 8:00 pm, Fox. Lesbian rocker Melissa Etheridge is scheduled to be one of the performers during this awards show. >> THE KRAYS. Airs Wed.-Thurs., 12/7-8/94, 12:10 am, Showtime cable. Exceedingly violent (but fact-based) story of twin brothers who ran a London crime syndicate in the 1960s. One of them was gay. >> AND THE BAND PLAYED ON (CC). Airs Thurs. 12/8/94, 4:30 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. >> CHICAGO HOPE (CC). Airs Thurs. 12/8/94, 9:00 pm, CBS. "Dr. Thurmond (E.G. Marshall) goes ape after a trauma doctor (Thomas Gibson) delays treating a bleeding woman - who has AIDS."-TV Guide >> NEW YORK UNDERCOVER (CC). Also airs Thurs. 12/8/94, 9:00 pm, but this one is on Fox. "A series of drag-queen killings prompts Williams and Torres to don dresses so that they can blend in at a club owned by the mercurial Dean/Dinah (Joe Morton)."-TV Guide >> TONY BENNETT UNPLUGGED. Airs Fri. 12/8/94, 10:45 pm, on Phila. PA PBS WHYY ch. 12. May or may not air on other PBS stations. This show includes at least one duet between Tony Bennett & lesbian singer k.d. lang. >> BITTER HARVEST. Airs Fri-Sat., 12/9-10/94, 1:00 am, Showtime cable. 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. Remember to beware of PBS pledge breaks! Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ Prodigy ID = npwc08a In IDs: 0 & 1 are numbers. AmericaOnLineID = caroLm10 o & L are letters. Internet ID = caroLm10@aoL.com