Subject: Gay TV Shows 4/22-28/95
From: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 1995 01:08:13 -0400

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 4/22/95- Fri 4/28/95.
Be sure to read notes #2&3 also.  Most times are Eastern.

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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:
- BOSTON, MA:  Sun. 4/23/95, midnight, WGBH ch. 2
- FLINT, MI:  Sun. 4/23/95, midnight, WFUM ch. 28
- SAN MATEO, CA:  Wed. 4/26/95, 11:00 pm, and Thurs.
4/27/95, 2:00 pm on KCSM ch. 60
- TACOMA, WA:  Fri. 4/28/95, 11:00 pm, KBTC ch. 28
- WISCONSIN PUBLIC TV:  Fri. 4/28/95, 11:00 pm, on:
Madison WHA ch. 21, Menomonie/Eau Claire WHWC ch. 28,
Green Bay WPNE ch. 38, LaCrosse WHLA ch. 31, Wassau WHRM
ch. 20, and Park Falls WLEF ch. 36

>> MY SO-CALLED LIFE (CC).  I've already noted that
episodes are airing weeknights at 7:00 pm ET on MTV.  I
didn't realize that they were airing on the weekends as
well, so I'll repeat the info here.  Episodes also air:
- Sat. 4/22/95, noon & 6:00 pm, MTV
- Sun. 4/23/95, 11:00 am, noon, & 7:00 pm, MTV

>> THE PELICAN BRIEF (CC).  It is incidental to the plot,
but one of the US Supreme Court justices killed in this
movie turns out to have been a closeted gay man.  Airs:
- Sun. 4/23/95, 9:00 am & 8:00 pm, HBO

>> FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL.  I've never seen this
movie, but a couple of folks have written to indicate that
there are some gay characters.  (Note:  An extra behind
the scenes feature about the film airs after the movie
each time it airs.)  Airs:
- Sun. 4/23/95, 8:00 pm, Showtime  (NOTE:  Showtime is
giving free unscrambled previews in some areas on 4/23.)
- Thurs. 4/27/95, 9:35 pm, Showtime

 >> MARILU:  LESBIANISM.  Airs Thurs. 4/27/95 in most
areas, including:
- Thurs. 4/27/95, 10:00 am, NYC NY WCBS ch. 2
- Thurs. 4/27/95, noon, Phila. PA KYW ch. 3

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

>> TOOTSIE.  Airs Sat. 4/22/95, 7:30 pm, on Phila. PA WPHL
ch. 17.  Dustin Hoffman plays an out of work actor who
poses as an actress to get a job in a soap opera.  When he
falls in love with an actress on the show, she thinks he's
a lesbian.

************** 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 4/22/95 - Fri 4/28/95.
Be sure to read note #1 & 3 also.  Times are Eastern.

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

>> GEORGE MICHAEL'S CONCERT OF HOPE.  Airs Sun. 4/23/95,
9:00 pm, Disney Channel.  TV Guide says:  "David Bowie
hosts an AIDS benefit at London's Wembley Stadium
featuring performances by George Michael, k.d. lang and
Mick Hucknall of the group Simply Red."

>> PHILADELPHIA (CC).  Airs Sun. 4/23/95, 11:30 pm,
Showtime.  (This may or may not be unscrambled for free
preview.)  Tom Hanks appears as a closeted gay man who is
fired from his law firm when they learn that he has AIDS.

>> TRAUMA CENTER.  Airs Sun. 4/23/95, 11:30 pm, New York
City NY WNYW ch. 5.  TV Guide says:  "Doctors at Truman
Medical Center in Kansas City, MO learn that the 33-year-
old assault victim they are treating is HIV-positive."

>> YENTL.  Airs Mon. 4/24/95, 8:00 pm, TNT.  One of my
all-time favorite films.  Barbra Streisand plays a young
Jewish woman in turn of the century eastern Europe who
pretends to be a man so that she can study the Talmud.
The plot gets even more interesting when she winds up
marrying a woman played by Amy Irving.  Fantastic score.

>> MIRROR IMAGE.  Airs Mon-Tues., 4/24-25/95, 4:30 am,
Prism.  I've never seen or heard of this movie, but TV
Guide says:  "(1991) R: Violence, sexual situations,
strong language.  Psychosaga about a woman (Margaux
Hemingway) whose unrequited obsession for her college
roommate (Maryam D'Abo) drives her to acts of violence."

>> THE CHILDREN'S HOUR (CC).  Airs Tues. 4/25/95, 1:40 pm,
The Movie Channel.  1962 adaptation of the Lillian Hellman
play.  A student falsely claims that two women school
teachers are a lesbian couple.  As a result, the town
turns against them and their lives are ruined.  Warning:
This movie has an extremely upsetting & homophobic ending.

>> A DIFFERENT STORY. Airs Wed. 4/26/95, 6:30 am (NOT pm),
Cinemax.  Very strange movie about a relationship between
a gay man and a lesbian woman.

>> ROSEANNE (CC).  Airs Wed. 4/26/95, 7:00 pm, Phila. PA
WGBS ch. 57.  May or may not air in other areas during the
daily syndicated rerun.  This is the episode - from a
couple of seasons back - in which Nancy tells Roseanne
that she and Marla (Morgan Fairchild) are involved.

>> OUT: STORIES OF LESBIAN AND GAY YOUTH (CC).  Airs Wed.
4/26/95, 8:00 pm, Cinemax.  A 1993 Canadian documentary
that "offers a sympathetic portrait of young adults coming
to terms with their identities."-TV Guide

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

Please be sure to read note #1 & 3 for more shows.

Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ
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  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 4/22/95- Fri 4/28/95.
Be sure to read notes #1 & 2 also.  All times Eastern.

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

>> LIBERACE.  Airs Thurs-Fri., 4/27-28/95, 12:05 am, NYC
NY WABC ch. 7.  Made-for-tv bio with Andrew Robinson as
the pianist.

>> JUST ONE OF THE GUYS (CC).  Airs Fri. 4/28/95, 2:15 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.

>> IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (CC).  Airs Fri. 4/28/95,
11:30 pm, on Phila. PA WPHL ch. 17.  May or may not air in
other areas.  TV Guide says:  "A realtor with AIDS is
murdered after he infects Bubba's friend (Lisa Rieffel),
who becomes the prime suspect."

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Be sure to read notes #1 & 2 for more shows.  Happy
viewing.

Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ
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