From: Date: Thu, 29 Dec 1994 21:05:32 -0500 Subject: Gay TV Shows 12/31/94 - 1/6/95 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 12/31/94- Fri 1/06/95. Be sure to read note #2 also. Times are Eastern. ** NOTE: This week's list does NOT include NYC shows! ** The following shows air at multiple/various times: >> BITTER HARVEST. TV Guide describes this movie as: "A menage a trois between a naive rancher (Stephen Baldwin) and two difters (Jennifer Rubin, Patsy Kensit)." Airs: - Sun-Mon., 1/1-2/95, 2:30 am, HBO-2 - Fri. 1/6/95, 10:35 pm, Prism >> AMERICAN PLAYHOUSE: ARMISTEAD MAUPIN'S TALES OF THE CITY (CC). This wonderful 5-1/2 hour production, based on Maupin's newspaper and book tales of San Francisco, will rerun on some PBS stations on or around New Year's Eve. Check your local PBS listings to see if it will air in your area. Includes positive gay and transgender content. - Airs in Philadelphia PA on Sat-Sun., 12/31/94-1/1/95, beginning at midnight, on WHYY ch. 12. >> ARMISTEAD MAUPIN IS A MAN I MADE UP. Look for this related program as well. This profile of gay author Maupin talks about his syndicated newspaper columns and books, and includes interviews with him and with many others about him, including Kate Bornstein. Bornstein (author of GENDER OUTLAW: ON MEN, WOMEN, AND THE REST OF US) discusses a transgender character who is a central figure in Maupin's TALES series. Check your local PBS station to see if this airs in your area. - Airs in Philadelphia PA on PBS WHYY ch. 12 immediately after Tales of the City (beginning at 5:30 am Sunday morning, 1/1/95, on ch. 12). >> SWEET AS YOU ARE. TV Guide says: "A teacher (Liam Neeson) jeopardizes his marriage - and his life - when he has an affair with a student who's carrying the AIDS virus." Airs: - Sun. 1/1/95, 7:15 am, Prism - Sun-Mon. 1/1-2/95, 3:45 am, Prism >> GORDON ELLIOTT: LESBIANISM AND MOTHERHOOD. This talk show airs in some areas on Thurs. 1/5/95. Check your local listings. It airs in Phila. on Thurs. 1/5/95, 10:00 am, WCAU ch. 10. >> RICKI LAKE: WOMEN ATTRACTED TO GAY MEN. Airs in most areas on Friday 1/6/95. Check local listings. It airs in the Phila. area on Fri. 1/6/95, 10:30 am, on WPVI ch. 6. The following shows air once this week as far as I know: >> WHY AM I GAY? STORIES OF COMING OUT (CC). Airs Sat. 12/31/94, 7:00 am (NOT pm!), on HBO. This documentary includes footage of the Flirtations singer Michael Callen, who died recently of AIDS. Recommended. ************** TO BE CONTINUED ON NOTE #2 ************** Be sure to read notes #2 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 2) of the list of tv shows with gay, lesbian, other sexual minority, and gay/straight AIDS themes, for the tv week of Sat 12/31/94-Fri 1/6/95. Be sure to read note #1 also. All times Eastern. *************** CONTINUED FROM NOTE #1 ****************** >> BALLAD OF LITTLE JO (CC). Airs Sat. 12/31/94, 3:00 pm, Lifetime cable. "Old West tale about an outcast single mother (Suzy Amis) who poses as a man to survive on her own."-TV Guide >> NEW YEAR'S ROCKIN EVE (CC). Airs Sat 12/31/94, 11:30 pm, ABC. Lesbian rocker Melissa Etheridge joins Dick Clark, and performs two songs. >> AND THEN THERE WAS ONE (CC). Airs Sun. 1/1/95, 2:00 pm, Lifetime cable. TV Guide says: "A couple (Amy Madigna, Dennis Boutsikaris) face their own mortality when they - and their infant daughter - are diagnosed with AIDS." >> QUEEN: REAL MAGIC. Airs Mon. 1/2/95, 10:55 pm, on Phila. PA's WHYY ch. 12. May or may not air on other PBS channels. TV Guide says: "The British rock group performs in a 1986 concert taped at Wembley Stadium. Songs include 'Bohemian Rhapsody,' 'We Will Rock You,' 'We Are the Champions.'" (Although I'm not personally familiar w/ the group, I have have it on good authority that the show belongs in this listing.) >> POSITIVE HEALTH. Airs in Philadelphia PA ONLY on Tues. 1/3/95, 8:00 pm, on WYBE ch. 35. A locally-produced weekly show for and by People with AIDS. >> NYPD BLUE (CC). Airs Tues. 1/3/95, 10:00 pm, ABC. TV Guide says: "A suspect is sought in a robbery-homicide at a gay bar." Elsewhere, they say: "A transsexual crime witness, a fraudulent fortuneteller, and a father who desperately wants to save his son are part of the lineup on tonight's NYPD Blue." >> MY SO CALLED LIFE (CC). Airs Thurs. 1/5/95, 8:00 pm, ABC. This show continues the story of bisexual character Rickie, who has been kicked out of his house. TV Guide says "Rickie (Wilson Cruz) makes a New Year's resolution to move out of the Chases' house - but he has nowhere to go." >> BIOGRAPHY: HOWARD HUGHES. Airs Thurs. 1/5/94, 8:00 pm, Arts & Entertainment. An A&E ad in the TV Guide says: "His affairs with men and women were more than just business. Howard Hughes, one of the titans explored this week in A&E Biography." >> MADONNA: TRUTH OR DARE. Airs Fri-Sat., 1/6-7/94, 4:10 am, HBO-2. This documentary of the Blonde Ambition tour includes a lot of coverage of Madonna's mostly gay male dance troupe. ******************************************************** That's it for this week's shows, folks. Be sure to read note #1 also! Remember - this week's list does NOT include New York City listings. Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ Prodigy ID = npwc08a In IDs: 0 & 1 are numbers. AmericaOnLineID = caroLm10 o & L are letters. Internet ID = caroLm10@aoL.com