From: CarolM10@aol.com Date: Fri, 7 Apr 1995 23:54:46 -0400 Subject: Gay TV Shows 4/8-14/95 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 4/08/95- Fri 4/14/95. Be sure to read notes #2&3 also. Most times are Eastern. ********************************************************* The following shows air at multiple/various times: >> IN THE LIFE. According to the IN THE LIFE program guide, episode 403 "looks at the experience of gay and lesbian veterans - veterans of the military, veterans of the battle against AIDS, and veterans in the Stonewall movement for lesbian and gay equal rights." It also includes a preview of "A Language of Their Own" (which is a new play about a gay male Asian couple) and reports on the 5th annual OutWrite conference for gay & lesbian writers. Upcoming airings (local times) include: - MIAMI, FL: Airs Sun. 4/9/95, noon, WLRN ch. 17 - NORTH DAKOTA TV: Airs Sun. 4/9/95, 10:00 pm, on 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, Ellendale KJRE ch. 19 - SAN FRAN., CA: Airs Mon. 4/10/95, 11:00 pm, KQED ch. 9 - CHICAGO, IL: Airs Tues. 4/11/95, 11:00 pm, WTTW ch. 11 - TACOMA, WA: Airs Fri. 4/14/95, 11:00 pm and again on Fri. 4/28/95, 11:00 pm, KBTC ch. 28 - SPRINGFIELD/NORTHAMPTON, MA: Airs Sat. 4/15/95, 11:30 pm, WGBY ch. 57 - SACRAMENTO, CA: Airs Sat-Sun., 4/15-16/95, midnight, KVIE ch. 6 - MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL, MN: Airs Mon. 4/17/95, 10:00 pm, KTCI ch. 17 - NEW YORK CITY, NY: Airs Tues. 4/18/95, 10:00 pm, WNET ch. 13 >> MY SO-CALLED LIFE (CC). This show will begin airing weeknights at 7:00 pm on MTV, starting Monday 4/10/95. If you haven't seen it before, check it out. One of the characters, Rickie, is a teen character who is either gay or bi. NOTE: This show is NOT listed in my TV Guide, but it is being promoted with on-air tv commercials. I don't know if it will be just reruns of this past season's short-lived ABC series episodes, or if MTV will also be commissioning brand new episodes. >> INDEPENDENT IMAGES short films on Philadelphia PA's WHYY ch. 12. According to WHYY's SEVEN ARTS program guide for April, the following interesting shows will air on WHYY this week, as part of the Independent Images series: - "Inside: Picking Thorns" which "views the complexities of a gay relationship." Approximate air time: Mon-Tues, 4/10-11/95, midnight. - "About John and Andre" which "focuses on the lives of two, elderly gay artists living in a small town in France." Approximate air time: Wed. 4/12/95, 11:55 pm. ************** 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 4/8/95 - Fri 4/14/95. Be sure to read notes #1 & 3 also. Times are Eastern. *************** CONTINUED FROM NOTE #1 ****************** >> ROSEANNE (CC). This is the great episode in which Roseanne thinks that Rodbell's is giving lie detector tests to employees to try to find out if Leon is gay. (He is, but they aren't.) Airs Tuesday 4/11 in some areas in daily syndication. Check local listings, but airings include Tues. 4/11/95, 7:00 pm, on Phila. PA WGBS ch. 57. >> RICKI LAKE: "HOMOSEXUALS WHO WANT TO RAISE CHILDREN." Airs Wed. 4/12/95 in most areas. Airings include: - Wed. 4/12/95, 10:30 am, on Phila. PA WPVI ch. 6 - Wed. 4/12/95, noon, NYC-based national cable WWOR ch. 9 (likely, but not definite airing) >> CHEERS (CC). Harvey Fierstein appears as Rebecca's high school sweetheart. She thinks he has come back into her life to pick up where they left off, but he turns out to be gay. Airs in some areas in daily syndication on Wed. 4/12/95. Check local listings. Airings include Wed. 4/12/95 at 11:00 pm on Phila. PA WTXF ch. 29. The following shows air once this week as far as I know: >> PELICAN BRIEF (CC). Airs Sat. 4/8/95, 1:30 pm, HBO. It's incidental to the plot, but a US Supreme Court Justice who is assassinated in this movie turns out to be a closeted gay man. >> FIRST EDITION. Airs Sat. 4/8/95, 4:00 pm, on NYC WNET ch. 13. TV Guide says: "Debut. Shari Belafonte and Chralie Rose host a weekly series in which authors discuss their books. First up: a 1984 interview with Randy Shilts ('AND THE BAND PLAYED ON')." >> SISTERS (CC). Airs Sat. 4/8/95, 10:00 pm, NBC. This episode features Norma (Nora Dunn), who "asks Alex and family for support when she's hired to produce a public-TV station's pledge drive." I don't watch this show and I'm not 100% sure, but I *THINK* that Norma is the lesbian character. No promises (& no gay plotline is indicated). >> JUST ONE OF THE GUYS (CC). Airs Mon. 4/10/95, 1:15 pm, HBO. This film depicts a female high school student who decides to dress as a male and enroll in another school, to investigate sexism for a newspaper article. When she falls for a male she meets at the other school, the students there believe that she's a gay male. >> OCEAN PLANET. Airs Mon. 4/10/95, 10:00 pm, Discovery channel. "Marine life that may yield drugs to fight diseases like AIDS and Alzheimer's."-TV Guide *********** TO BE CONTINUED ON NOTE #3 ***************** Please 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 4/8/95- Fri 4/14/95. Be sure to read notes #1 & 2 also. All times Eastern. *************** CONTINUED FROM NOTE #2 ****************** >> THE FOX (CC). Airs Tues. 4/11/95, 9:00 am, Cinemax. TV Guide says "Sexual situations. Intriguing adaptation of the D.H. Lawrence novella about a lesbian relationship disrupted by a male intruder." >> MRS. DOUBTFIRE (CC). Airs Tues. 4/11/95, 1:00 pm, Cinemax. Robin Williams appears as a divorced man who pretends to be an elderly woman so he can be around his children. Harvey Fierstein and gay CA comic Scott Capurro appear as the gay male couple and makeup experts who assist with the transformation. >> POSITIVE HEALTH. Airs in Phila. PA every Tuesday at 7:30 pm, including Tues. 4/11/95, 7:30 pm, on Phila. PA WYBE ch. 35. A local show by and for people who are HIV+. >> RED HOT AND COUNTRY. Airs Wed. 4/12/95, 8:00 pm, The Nashville Network. TV Guide says: "Country artists in a concert to promote AIDS awareness. Performers include Kathy Mattea, Suzy Boguss, Billy Ray Cyrus, Earl Scruggs, Carl Perkins, Duane Eddy and the Mavericks, Levon Helm, John Hiatt, and Clint Black." >> OVERKILL: THE AILEEN WUORNOS STORY. Airs Wed. 4/12/95, 9:00 pm, Lifetime. Jean Smart plays a real-life serial killer "whose victims were older men who pickekd her up along the roads." I'm not sure if it is mentioned in this movie, but Wuornos made headlines in part because she also had a female lover. >> ER (CC). Airs Thurs. 4/13/95, 10:00 pm, NBC. Among the stories: "Carter does some soul-searching regarding his treatment of a transvestite (Vondi Curtis-Hall)."-TV Guide >> ED WOOD: LOOK BACK IN ANGORA. Airs Thurs-Fri., 4/13-14/95, 4:15 am, Cinemax. Documentary about the film director who is widely regarded as the worst director in Hollywood history, and who is also remembered as a straight cross-dresser who liked to make his movies while wearing dresses and his wife's angora sweaters. >> BITTER HARVEST. Airs Fri. 4/14/95, 11:00 pm, 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! Be sure to read notes #1 & 2 for more shows. 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