Subject: Gay TV Shows 2/11/95-2/17/95
From: <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 1995 18:45:51 -0500

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 2/11/95- Fri 2/17/95.
Be sure to read notes 2 & 3 also.  Most times are Eastern.

*******  SORRY THIS WEEK'S LIST IS LATE!  ************

The following shows air at multiple/various times:

>> IN THE LIFE.  Lesbian, gay, & bi entertainment show (60
min).  Show #402 includes 3 segments in celebration of
Black History Month.  Part 1, on "Civil Rights/Gay Rights"
includes guests such as the great Dr. Marjorie Hill, who
was liaison to the gay and lesbian community under former
NYC Mayor David Dinkins; Malcolm X's widow Dr. Betty
Shabazz; and Congressman Barney Frank.  Part 2 features
the work of Isaac Julien, whose film THE DARKER SIDE OF
BLACK is described as being "a penetrating look at
homophobia in the Black community."  Part 3 is an
interview with author Barbara Smith, the co-founder and
publisher of Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press.  Ms.
Smith is currently writing the first book on the history
of African American lesbians and gays.
  Other segments include a review on the media blitz about
SERVING IN SILENCE, about Margarethe Cammermeyer; coverage
of a lesbian/gay conference in Cuba; and others.  Upcoming
airings include (in local times):
- Phila. PA (all on WYBE ch. 35):  Sat. 2/11/95, 6:00 pm;
Fri. 2/24/95, 6:30 OR 7:00 pm; and Sat. 2/25/95, 6:00 pm
- Oregon Public Broadcasting (Episode #401):  Sat.-Sun.
2/11-12/95, midnight, Bend KOAB ch. 3, Corvalis KOAC ch.
7; Eugene KEPB ch. 28; LaGrande KTVR ch. 13; Portland KOPB
ch. 10
- North Dakota TV, Sun. 2/12/95, 10:00 pm:  Fargo KFME ch.
13, Grand Forks KGFE ch. 2, Bismark KBME ch. 3, Minot KSRE
ch. 6, Dickinson KDSE ch. 9, Williston KWSE ch. 4, and
Ellendale KJRE ch. 19
- L.A., CA:  Sun.-Mon. 2/12-13/95, mid., KCET ch. 28
- Maryland Public TV, Thurs.-Fri 2/16-17/95, midnight:
Annapolis WMPT ch. 22, Baltimore WMPB ch. 67, Frederick
WFPT ch. 62, Hagerstown WWPB ch. 31, Oakland WCPT ch. 36,
Salisbury WCPB ch. 28
- Tacoma, WA: Tues. 2/14/95, 11:00 pm and again on Fri.
2/24/95, 11:00 pm, on KBTC ch. 28
- Wisconsin Public TV:  Wed. 2/15/95, 11:00 pm:  Madison
WHA ch. 21, Menomonie/Eau Claire WHWC ch. 28, Green Bay
WPNE ch. 38, LaCrosee WHLA ch. 31, Wassau WHRM c. 20, Park
Falls WLEF ch. 36
- Milwaukee, WI:  Thurs.-Fri 2/16-17/95, midnight, WMVS
ch. 10
- Miami, FL, Sun. 2/19/95, noon, WLRN ch. 17
- San Fran., CA:  Mon. 2/20/95, 11:00 pm, KQED ch. 9

>> SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION.  A couple can't get rid of a
gay con artist (Will Smith).  Airs:
- Sun. 2/12/95, 11:00 am and 9:00 pm, The Movie Channel

************** TO BE CONTINUED ON NOTE #2 **************

Be sure to read notes #2 & 3 for more shows!

Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ
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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 2/11/95 - Fri 2/17/95.
Be sure to read notes #1 & 3 also.  All times Eastern.

*************** CONTINUED FROM NOTE #1 ******************

>> PHILADELPHIA (CC).  A closeted gay lawyer develops
AIDS, is fired from his job, & sues his law firm for
discrimination while simultaneously dealing with his
rapidly advancing illness.  Highly recommended.  Airs:
- Sun. 2/12/95, 2:45 pm, Showtime
- Sun-Mon., 2/12-13/95, 4:45 am, Showtime
- Mon. 2/13/95, 12:20 pm and 9:00 pm, The Movie Channel

>> PROTOCOL (some CC, some not).  Goldie Hawn stars as
waitress turned diplomat.  Her housemates and best friends
are a gay male couple who are portrayed positively.  Airs:
- Mon. 2/13/95, 6:15 pm, Cinemax (Closed Captioned)
- Thurs. 2/16/95, 11:00 pm, Encore cable (NOT CC)

>> MAURY POVICH:  SAME-SEX CRUSHES (CC).  Airs Wed.
2/15/95 in most areas, including:
- Wed. 2/15/95, 2:00 pm, NYC NY WNBC ch. 4
- Wed. 2/15/95, 3:00 pm, Phila. PA KYW ch. 3
- Wed. 2/15/95, 4:00 pm, Wildwood, NJ WMGM ch. 40

>> JUST ONE OF THE GUYS.  A female high school student
poses as a male teen at another school, to research a
newspaper story on sexism.  When she winds up falling for
a male student at the school, everyone assumes that she is
a gay man.  This is a pretty well done story.  Airs:
- Wed. 2/15/95, 8:00 pm, Comedy Central
- Wed.-Thurs., 2/15-16/95, 2:00 am, Comedy Central 

>> SHIRLEY:  HIV MISDIAGNOSES.  Airs Thurs. 2/16/95 in
some areas, including Thurs-Fri., 2/16-17/95, 12:30 am, on
Phila. PA WGBS ch. 57.

The following shows air once this week, as far as I know:

>> ALL IN THE FAMILY.  Airs Sat. 2/11/95, 11:00 pm, on
Phila. PA WGBS ch. 57.  May or may not air in other areas
during the daily syndicated runs.  This is the excellent
show about the lesbian cousin of Edith's who dies and
leaves behind a silver tea set.  Archie wants the tea set,
but Edith decides to leave it to the woman's partner.
This was one of the first tv shows that ever dealt with
lesbian characters, and is still one of the all-time best.

>> THE PELICAN BRIEF (CC).  Airs Sun. 2/12/95, 11:00 am,
HBO.  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.

************** 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 = [email-masked]

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 2/11/95 - Fri 2/17/95.
Be sure to read notes #1 & 2 also.  All times Eastern.

*************** CONTINUED FROM NOTE #2 ******************

>> SILKWOOD.  Airs Sun. 2/12/95, 1:00 pm, Lifetime cable.
Cher gives a good performance as nuclear activist Karen
Silkwood's real-life lesbian housemate.

>> ARTHUR ASHE: CITIZEN OF THE WORLD (CC).  Airs Mon.
2/13/95, 7:00 pm, HBO.  A profile of the tennis star, who
died of AIDS.  Unknown how much of the show deals with his
illness or his public education efforts about the disease.

>> MELROSE PLACE (CC).  Airs Mon. 2/13/95, 8:00 pm, Fox.
TV Guide says:  "Jo (Daphne Zuniga) takes an incriminating
picture of Matt's friend Det. Rawlings (Tom Schanley) when
she rides in his squad car on a photo assignment."  I'm
not sure what that means, or if Matt's gayness will be a
factor in this storyline or "friendship."  No promises.

>> MRS. DOUBTFIRE (CC).  Airs Mon. 2/13/95, 8:00 pm,
Cinemax.  Harvey Fierstein appears as Robin Williams' gay
brother, who along with his lover transform Williams'
straight male character into that of an elderly woman.
(My apologies, but I can't recall the name of the gay
California comic who appears as Fierstein's lover.)

>> SOAPDISH (CC).  Airs Tues. 2/14/95, 4:45 pm, HBO.
Parody of tv soap operas.  Among the numerous villains is
a transgendered person.

>> DIALOGUE WITH BLACK FILMMAKERS.  Airs Wed. 2/15/95,
7:30 pm, Showtime cable.  TV Guide says:  "Quincy Jones
discusses 1985's 'The Color Purple' with Alex Haley in a
1991 interview."  Unknown if they will discuss the fact
that the lesbian aspects of Alice Walker's novel were
omitted from the film adaptation.

>> NORTHERN EXPOSURE (CC).  Airs Wed. 2/15/95, 10:00 pm,
CBS.  TV Guide says that this episode will focus on
Founders' Day in Cicely.  Cicely was founded by a lesbian
couple, Cicely & Roslyn, who were featured in an earlier
time-shifted episode, so flashbacks about them and other
gay-oriented content seems likely.  Among the stories, TV
Guide says that "Chris and Maggie find a common bond while
restoring Cicely and Roslyn's antique auto."

>> THE CHILDREN'S HOUR (CC).  Airs Thurs. 2/16/95, 3:30
pm, Showtime cable.  This is the faithful 1960s adaptation
of Lillian Hellman's play about two teachers whose lives
are ruined when a student lies & tells the town that
they're lovers.  The ending is terribly depressing &
homophobic.

>> ER (CC).  Airs Thurs. 2/16/95, 10:00 pm, NBC.  TV Guide
says "Hathaway and Tagliari consider adopting a Russian
girl (Milana Vayntrub) with AIDS."

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Be sure to read notes #1 & 2 for more shows.  Also, note the attached press
release (below), which I'm passing on with permission.

Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ
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  Internet ID = [email-masked] 

Also, here's a press release I received, which may interest folks.  Please
send any replies to the author, not me.

From:	[email-masked]

Tune into _Outlook Video_, a gay/lesbian news and entertainment video
magazine shown on community access cable television and financially supported
by its viewers and local businesses.

Founded in 1987, _Outlook Video_ is a collective of gays, lesbians, and
bisexuals interested in all aspects of video production, with experience
levels ranging from professional to amateur. This unit joined the Jon Sims
Center for the Performing Arts in 1990 and is a sister unit to:the San
Francisco Lesbian and Gay Freedom Band/SF Winds of Freedom, City Swing,
AIRspace (Artists In Residence), and Bay Area Raw Rahs.

Produced and taped monthly by an all-volunteer staff in the studios of KMVT
in Mountain View, California,  _Outlook_ cablecasts throughout the San
Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, Nashville, Dallas, Tampa, New Orleans,
Honolulu, and Winnepeg Canada. _Outlook_ has twice been named finalist of the
Home Town Video Award and twice nominated in the Bay Area Cable Excellence
Awards.

Committed to increasing the number of creative voices in the gay, lesbian,
and bisexual community, members work on scripting, anchoring, creating field
pieces, studio production, direction, editing, camera work, and producing.

The scope of events covered by _Outlook_ reflects the diversity of our
community. Projects have included the Bay Area Regional Gay Rodeo, the SF
Freedom Parade, 1993 March on Washington, Gay Games IV, and Stonewall 25. Two
segments of _Outlook_ are gay/lesbian film reviews and studio interviews
highlighting gays and lesbians in the performing, literary, and visual arts.

_Outlook Video_ seeks people who want to be on-camera interview guests or
self-motivated, new talent behind the camera in producing, directing,
editing, writing, publicity/public relations, fund raising/grant writing,
lighting, camera work, broadcast graphic design, tape operations,
TeleprompTer, or sound. Contact us at:

24-hour voice mail line at (408) 920-1786
email at [email-masked]
or U.S. mail at PO Box 390996, Mountain View, CA 94039-0996

Cablecast Schedule of _Outlook Video_ (subject to change, check with your
local cable operator)

San Francisco CA, third Fri. of each month 5:30 PM, CityVisions cable 53

Mountain View/Los Altos CA, every Thur. 8:30 PM, KMVT cable 6

San Jose CA, every other Thur. 10:00 PM, TCI cable 15A

Oakland/Piedmont/Everyville CA, third Wed. of each month 6:30 PM, PCTV cable
18

Berkeley/Richmond/El Cerrito CA, third Wed. of each month 6:30 PM, PCTV cable
29

Alameda CA, third Wed. of each month 6:30 PM, PCTV cable 15

Cupertino/ Los Altos Hills CA, every Tue. 5:00 PM, Foothill College cable 16

Palo Alto/Atherton/Menlo Park CA, first and third Sat. of each month 8:30 PM,
Mid Peninsula cable 6

Newark CA, every Mon. 10:00 AM, South Bay cable 6

Concord CA, every Fri. 11:00 PM, Concord cable 25

Walnut Creek CA, fourth Wed. of each month 8:00 PM, United Artists cable 6

Sacramento CA, every Thur. 10:00 PM, every Fri. 4:00 PM, every Sat. 10:00 AM,
cable 17

Nashville TN, every Tue. 9:00 PM, Viacom cable 19

Dallas TX, every Sat. 9:00 PM, every Sun. 9:30 PM, TCI Dallas cable 22B

Winnepeg Canada, every Fri. 9:00 PM, Videon cable 11

New Orleans Louisiana, cable 49

Tampa Florida, cable 23 and 24

Honolulu Hawaii, cable 22, 24, and 26

(please notify us of any errors above. Thanks)