Subject: Gay TV Shows 4/29/95-5/5/95
From: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 1995 00:56:53 -0400

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 4/29/95- Fri 5/5/95.
Be sure to read note #2 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:
- Penn State/Univ. Park, PA: Mon 5/1/95, 11:00 pm, WPSX
ch. 3
- Buffalo, NY:  Tues. 5/2/95, 9:00 pm, WNEQ ch. 23
- Phila. PA:  Fri. 5/5/95, 7:00 pm; and also Sat. 5/6/95,
8:00 pm; on WYBE ch. 35
- Los Angeles, CA, Fri 5/5/95-Sat. 5/6/95, 12:20 am, on KCET
ch.28.

>> FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL.  NUMEROUS people have
written to applaud the handling of the gay couple in this
movie.  Airs:
- Sat. 4/29/95, 7:00 pm, The Movie Channel (NOT CC)
- Sat-Sun., 4/29-30/95, 3:45 am, TMC (NOT CC)
- Thurs. 5/4/95, 7:00 pm, TMC (CC)
PS:  I get the message, folks.  This must be a really
great movie.  NO MORE MAIL ABOUT IT, PLEASE!!!  My in-box
is flooded.....

 >> MARILU:  WOMEN AND AIDS.  Airs Wed. 5/3/95 in most
areas, including:
- Wed. 5/3/95, 10:00 am, NYC NY WCBS ch. 2
- Wed. 5/3/95, noon, Phila. PA KYW ch. 3

>> THE PELICAN BRIEF.  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:
- Thurs. 5/4/95, 11:30 am and 8:00 pm, Prism

>> ROLONDA:  TRANSVESTISM.  Airs Fri. 5/5/95 in most
areas, including:
- Fri. 5/5/95, 10:00 am, NYC NY WABC ch. 7
- Fri. 5/5/95, 11:00 am, Phila. PA KYW ch. 3

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

>> DOING TIME ON MAPLE DRIVE.  Airs Sat. 4/29/95, 6:00 pm,
Lifetime cable.  A family deals with gayness, among other
issues.

>> GEORGE MICHAEL'S CONCERT OF HOPE.  Airs Sat. 4/29/95,
11:00 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."

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

Be sure to read notes #2  for more shows!

Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ
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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 4/29/95 - Fri 5/5/95.
Be sure to read note #1 also.  Times are Eastern.

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

>> MRS. DOUBTFIRE (CC).  Airs Sun. 4/30/95, 6:00 pm,
Cinemax.  Harvey Fierstein and gay CA comic Scott Capurro
appear as the gay couple (& makeup artists) who transform
Robin Williams into an elderly woman for this movie.

>> PERSONAL BEST.  Airs Sun. 4/30/95, 9:00 pm, Encore
cable.  1982 movie starring Mariel Hemingway and Patrice
Donnelly as Olympic track stars and lovers in this movie.
Most of the women I know hated this movie because of the
incredibly sexist and offensive male coach in the movie.

>> MELROSE PLACE (CC).  Airs Mon. 5/1/95, 8:00 pm, Fox.
Among the plot lines is one in which "Matt (Doug Savant)
goes out with a new doctor." (TV Guide)

>> POSITIVE HEALTH.  Airs in Phila. PA every Tuesday at
7:30 pm on WYBE ch. 35, including Tues. 5/2/95.  A show by
and for people with AIDS and people who are HIV-positive.

>> MURPHY BROWN (CC).  Airs Tues. 5/2/95, 11:35 pm, Phila
PA WTXF ch. 29.  May or may not air in other areas during
daily syndicated reruns.  This is the great episode in
which Jim Dial learns that the British pub he's bought is
a gay bar.

>> CHEERS (CC).  Airs Wed. 5/3/95, 11:00 pm, national
cable WPIX ch. 11.  Harvey Fierstein guest stars as
Rebecca's high school ex.  She's still attracted to him,
and doesn't realize he's gay.

>> BITTER HARVEST.  Airs Wed-Thurs., 5/3-4/95, 12:30 am,
Prism.  TV Guide says:  "A menage a trois between a naive
rancher (Stephen Baldwin) and two drifters (Jannifer
Rubin, Patsy Kensit)."

>> SOAPDISH (CC).  Airs Fri. 5/5/95, 6:15 pm, Cinemax.
Sally Field and Kevin Kline star in this 1991 parody of tv
soap operas.  One of the many villians is transgendered.

>> CHANTILLY LACE.  Airs Fri. 5/5/95, 9:00 pm, The Movie
Channel.  1993 made-for-cable movie in which a cast of 7
female stars improvised a reunion of old friends.  Two of
the women are portrayed as lovers.  The handling of these
characters and the reactions to them is well-intentioned,
but uneven. At times it gets pretty unrealistic &/or bad.

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One last note:  A reader contacted me to say that the CBS
show Cybill (Monday nights 9:30 pm ET) features a gay
waiter who appears as a semi-regular character.

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

Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ
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