From: Date: Sat, 14 Jan 1995 02:24:06 -0500 Subject: Gay TV Shows 1/14/95-1/20/95 Hi, folks! This is note #1 (of 4) of the list of tv shows with gay, lesbian, other sexual minority, and gay/straight AIDS themes, for the tv week of Sat 1/14/95- Fri 1/20/95. Be sure to read notes #2-4 also. Times are Eastern. ********************************************************** The following shows air at multiple/various times: >> 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: - Sat. 1/14/95, 3:30 pm, Prism - Sun. 1/15/95, 5:00 am, Prism >> MUSCLE BEACH (CC). The 1/16/95 issue of People magazine (pg. 13) reported on this new Warner Brothers (WB) Network series, saying: "All manner of characters frequent the chic sweatshop. There's a lesbian news anchor (Amy Pietz), an Italian gigolo (Nestor Carbonell), a recently paroled Wall Street shark (Jerry Levine), a gossipy psychiatrist (Alan Ruck), a publicity-obsessed lawyer (Michael Boatman) and many other outlandish eccentrics, all ruthlessly trying to exploit one another." Check your local listings to see what station in your area is joining the new WB network. -Debut show #1 airs on staggered times, including: > Sat. 1/14/95, 5:00 pm, Phila. PA WPHL ch. 17 > Mon. 1/16/95, 11:00 pm, NYC national cable WPIX ch. 11 - Show #2 is scheduled to air as follows: > Wed. 1/18/95, 9:30 pm, on the entire Warner Brothers network (incl. Phila. ch. 17 and WPIX ch. 11) >> CABLE ACE AWARDS (CC). The nominees include some of interest, such as 10 nominations for the HBO production of Randy Shilts' AND THE BAND PLAYED ON. Airs: - Sun. 1/15/95, 9:00 pm AND again at 11:00 pm, TNT cable >> TAXICAB CONFESSIONS (CC). HBO placed cameras in a bunch of NYC cabs, and followed them around for 4 weeks. According to pg. 29 of the 1/13/95 issue of Entertainment Weekly, among the moments they captured on film and plan to include in this documentary is one in which "A beautiful lesbian tries to entice her female cabbie to come home with her." Airings include: - Mon. 1/16/95, 11:45 pm, HBO - Thurs-Fri., 1/19-20/95, midnight, HBO >> THE PELICAN BRIEF (CC). This 1993 drama stars Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington as a law student and reporter who team up to solve the assassinations of 2 US Supreme Court Justices. It is incidental to the movie, but one of them turns out to have been a closeted gay man. Based on the John Grisham novel of the same name. Airs: - Tues. 1/17/95, 10:00 am and 8:00 pm, Prism - Wed. 1/18/95, 6:00 AM (NOT pm!), Prism ************** TO BE CONTINUED ON NOTE #2 ************** Be sure to read notes #2-4 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 4) of the list of tv shows with gay, lesbian, other sexual minority, and gay/straight AIDS themes, for the tv week of Sat 1/14/95 - Fri 1/20/95. Be sure to read notes #1, 3, & 4 also. All times Eastern. *************** CONTINUED FROM NOTE #1 ****************** >> THE CHILDREN'S HOUR. This is the 1962 movie adaptation of Lillian Hellman's play of the same name. Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine play school teachers who run a private school for girls in a small town. When one of their young students gets angry at them, she lies and tells her parents that they are lesbian lovers. Almost overnight, the town goes into revolt and outrage. The students are yanked from the school and the women's lives are ruined. And if that isn't bad enough, one of the women turns out to be a closeted lesbian who has never told anyone her big secret. She can't cope, and at the end of the movie she hangs herself. This is a very well written and filmed movie, but terribly depressing. Airs: - Wed. 1/18/95, 9:00 pm, Encore cable - Wed.-Thurs., 1/18-19/95, 3:00 am, Encore - Thurs. 1/19/95, 11:00 am, Encore - Fri. 1/20/95, 8:50 am, Encore >> SHIRLEY: HOMOSEXUALITY AND ADOPTION. Airs in most areas on Wed. 1/18/95. Check local listings, but airings include: - Wed.-Thurs. 1/18-19/95, 12:30 am, Phila. PA WGBS ch. 57 >> MONTEL WILLIAMS: CHILDREN AND AIDS. Airs in most areas on Thurs. 1/19/95, including: - Thurs. 1/19/95, 10:00 am (& possibly also at 5:00 pm), on NYC, NY WNW ch. 5 - Thurs. 1/19/95, 4:00 pm, Phila. PA KYW ch. 3 >> THE HANDMAID'S TALE. 1990 movie based on Margaret Atwood's futuristic horror story. After a nuclear war, the majority of the population is infertile. Fertile women are therefore enslaved, raped, and forced to bear the children of the misogynistic male rulers. Lesbians and gay men are imprisoned for "sexual crimes". This movie has a significant lesbian character, but be warned: this is a terribly depressing movie. Airs: - Fri. 1/20/95, 1:30 pm and 10:00 pm, Bravo cable The following shows air once this week as far as I know: >> CHEERS (CC). Airs Sat. 1/14/95, 11:00 pm, WPIX NYC- based national cable ch. 11. This is the episode in which some of the bar regulars think that Cheers is turning into a gay hangout. This one has a great ending. >> ALL IN THE FAMILY. Airs Sat. 1/14/95, 11:30 pm, Phila. PA WGBS ch. 57. May or may not air in other areas in daily syndication. TV Guide says "Archie revives a beautiful entertainer with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation." The rest of the story is that the beautiful entertainer turns out to be a female impersonator. ************** TO BE CONTINUED ON NOTE #3 ************** Be sure to read notes 1, 3, & 4 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 4) of the list of tv shows with gay, lesbian, other sexual minority, and gay/straight AIDS themes, for the tv week of Sat 1/14/95 - Fri 1/20/95. Be sure to read notes #1, 2, and 4. All times Eastern. *************** CONTINUED FROM NOTE #2 ****************** >> ALL MY CHILDREN 25TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL (CC). Airs Sun. 1/15/95, 8:00 pm, ABC. TV Guide says that this special, hosted by Carol Burnett, will include coverage of All My Children's "handling of social issues". Unknown if it will include coverage of the fact that AMC was one of the first soaps to have a recurring lesbian character about a decade ago. It's possible, but no promises. >> PHILADELPHIA (CC). Scheduled to air WITHOUT SCRAMBLING on Sun. 1/15/95, 8:00 pm, on Showtime cable, as a part of their free preview. Highly recommended. Tom Hanks won an Oscar for his role as a closeted gay lawyer who develops AIDS, is fired from his job, & sues his law firm for discrimination while simultaneously dealing with his rapidly advancing illness. Denzel Washington co-stars as a homophobic attorney who reluctantly represents Hanks, and who winds up re-evaluating his fears and opinions about gays in the process. Antonio Banderas heads up a superb supporting cast, playing Hanks' life partner. The movie also features a brief performance by the terrific gay male a cappella group, The Flirtations, including Michael Callen, who died of AIDS after the movie was filmed. (But believe it or not, the Flirts' song was NOT included in the movie's released soundtrack!) >> MRS. DOUBTFIRE (CC). Airs Mon. 1/16/95, 6:00 pm, HBO. Robin Williams plays a divorced man who pretends to be an English nanny so his ex-wife will hire him to stay with his kids. Harvey Fierstein appears as Williams' gay brother, a makeup artist who creates the transformation. >> MELROSE PLACE (CC). Airs Mon. 1/16/95, 9:00 pm, Fox. Gay character Matt appears in this episode. ("Matt confirms Amanda's suspicion that Michael lied about Peter's research being above board."-TV Guide) >> CYBILL (CC). Airs Mon. 1/16/95, 9:30 pm, CBS. No promise on gay content, but a correspondent who saw them contacted me to let me know that both of the first two episodes contained gay-positive dialogue and characters. >> BETRAYAL. Airs Mon-Tues., 1/16-17/95, 4:00 am, Arts & Entertainment cable. TV Guide says: "Harold Pinter's ironic study of a long-term triangular relationship (Jeremy Irons, Ben Kingsley, Patricia Hodge)." >> WOMEN OF THE HOUSE(CC). Airs Wed. 1/18/95, 8:00 pm, CBS. A friend said that this week's episode is supposed to have 4 women wind up sharing a bed, and that this "could lead to some suggestive comments." No promises. ************ TO BE CONTINUED ON NOTE #4 ************** Be sure to read notes #1, #2, and #4 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 #4 (of 4) of the list of tv shows with gay, lesbian, other sexual minority, and gay/straight AIDS themes, for the tv week of Sat 1/14/95 - Fri 1/20/95. Be sure to read notes #1 - #3 also. All times Eastern. *************** CONTINUED FROM NOTE #3 ****************** >> NORTHERN EXPOSURE (CC). Airs Wed. 1/18/95, 10:00 pm, CBS. Not gay content, but it sounds like there might be some interesting gender discussion. TV Guide says: "Northern Exposure's 100th episode finds Cicely experiencing a highly unusual epidemic: 'men are acting like women, and women are acting like men'." >> MY SO-CALLED LIFE (CC). Airs Thurs. 1/18/95, 8:00 pm, ABC. In this past episode, bisexual character Ricky (who has been kicked out of his house) discussed his attraction for a male classmate. I missed part of the show, but I don't think they discussed the fact that he is currently staying with a gay male teacher and the teacher's lover. There may or may not be more on this in the coming week, but it seems likely. >> BIOGRAPHY: MICHELANGELO. Airs Thurs. 1/19/95, 8:00 pm, Arts & Entertainment cable. Unknown if the artist's sexual orientation will be discussed, but I've read reports that he was gay. >> SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION. Airs Thurs. 1/19/95, 8:00 pm, Showtime cable. A couple can't get rid of a gay con artist (Will Smith). >> ER (CC). Airs Thurs. 1/19/95, 10:00 pm, NBC. TV Guide says the caseload includes "a teen prostitute with AIDS." >> THE KRAYS. Airs Thurs. 1/19/95, 10:35 pm, The Movie Channel. Exceedingly violent, but fact-based, movie about twin brothers who ran a crime syndicate in London in the 1960s. One of them was gay. ---------> FUTURE SHOW ALERTS! <--------- Also, be on the lookout for these future shows... >> IN THE LIFE. Lesbian, gay, & bi entertainment show. The next installment of this now-quarterly series is scheduled to be broadcast to satellite dish owners on Tues. 1/31/95, 9:00 pm, on Telstar 401 Ku transponder 6, 11,855 MHz (horizontal polarity). >> SERVING IN SILENCE: THE GRETHE CAMMERMEYER STORY. Will air on NBC on Monday 2/6/95. Glenn Close will play Cammermeyer, a medal-winning Army nurse who also has the distinction of being the highest-ranking officer ever kicked out of the US military for being a lesbian. Barbra Streisand is executive-producing this long-awaited show, which will reportedly include a lesbian kiss. >> Also, look for a new Whoopi Goldberg movie that is scheduled to hit theaters on 2/3/95, "BOYS ON THE SIDE". Despite the obnoxious title, Whoopi's character is supposed to be a lesbian. ******************************************************** That's it for this week's listing, folks. Be sure to read notes #1 - #3 also. Happy viewing. Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ Prodigy ID = npwc08a In IDs: 0 & 1 are numbers. AmericaOnLineID = caroLm10 o & L are letters. Internet ID = caroLm10@aoL.com