Subject: Gay TV Shows 5/20-26/95
From: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 23:45:14 -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 5/20/95 - Fri 5/26/95.
Be sure to read notes #2&3 also.  Most times are Eastern.

****NOTE: THIS WEEK'S LIST DOES NOT INCLUDE NYC SHOWS!****

The following shows air at multiple/various times:

>> ELTON JOHN CONCERT SHOWS.  VH-1 is airing a series of
several Elton John concert shows on Saturday 5/20/95:
- Elton John in Barcelona.  Starts at 8:00 pm.
- Elton John:  Made in England.  Starts at 10:00 pm.
- Elton John Videos.  Starts at 10:30 pm.

>> CITIZEN COHN (CC).  Made-for-HBO movie about Roy Cohn,
a homosexual, Jewish man who worked with Senator McCarthy
and the House UnAmerican Activities Committee against both
gays and Jews in the 1950s. Airs:
- Sat. 5/20/95, 11:00 am, HBO-2
- Wed. 5/24/95, 8:30 am, HBO-2

>> REAL WORLD MARATHONS.  This weekend, MTV is airing
numerous Real World episodes.  Many (possibly all?) will
be from the latest season.  Airings include:
- Sat. 5/20/95, starting at 12:30 pm, MTV (15 episodes)
- Sun. 5/21/95, 11:30 am, MTV (17 episodes)
NOTE:  Sun. 5/21/95, 7:00 pm, is supposed to be the
episode featuring the gay wedding and several gay kisses.

>> LIZ:  THE ELIZABETH TAYLOR STORY (CC).  Two-part movie.
- Part 1:  Airs Sun. 5/21/95, 9:00 pm, NBC.  TV Guide says
this "covers the actress's early years and follows her
through her first four marriages."
- Part 2:  Airs Mon. 5/22/95, 9:00 pm, NBC.  TV Guide says
this part "chronicles Liz's highly publiced love affair
with costart Richard Burton during the filming of
'Cleopatra,' and traces her battles with addiction and her
championing of AIDS research."

>> CANADIAN GAY PROGRAMMING.  According to an email
correspondent, gay-related programming airs every Sunday
night at 11:00 pm ET on the following Canadian PBS super-
channels.  Content varies from week to week:
- WTVS ch. 56, available in Canada on cable provideers
with CanCom
- WTVS on the Anik E1 satellite, Transponder 14

>> GENERAL HOSPITAL (CC).  Airs Weekdays 3:00 pm on ABC.
Pg. 43 of this week's TV Guide says that there is an AIDS
storyline brewing on this show:  "This week on General
Hospital, 19-year-old Stone Cates (played by heartthrob
Michael Sutton) will be diagnosed with a full-blown case
of AIDS."  See the article for more details.

>> CHARLES PEREZ:  AIDS.  Airs Tues. 5/23/95 in most
areas.  Check local listings, but airings include:
- Tues. 5/23/95, 11:00 am, national cable WPIX ch. 11
- Tues. 5/23/95, 4:30 pm local time, Los Angeles KTLA ch. 5
- Tues. 5/23/95, 5:00 pm, Phila. PA WPHL ch. 17

>> FRONTLINE:  THE CONFESSIONS OF ROSALEE (CC).  TV Guide
says:  "explores the themes of Washington Post reporter
Leon Dash's Pulitzer Prize-winning series on the life of
RosaLee Cunningham, an AIDS-infected mother of eight who
has been arrested for a variety of crimes, including drug
dealing, prositution, and theft."  Airs Tues. 5/23/95 on
most PBS stations, including:
- Tues 5/23/95, 10:00 pm, Phila. PA PBS WHYY ch. 12

************** 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.
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  Internet ID = [email-masked]

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 5/20/95 - Fri 5/26/95.
Be sure to read notes #1 & 3 also.  Times are Eastern.

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

>> MONTEL WILLIAMS:  AIDS AND CHILDREN.  Check local
listings. Airs Thurs. 5/25/95 in most areas, including:
- Thurs. 5/25/95, 4:00 pm, Phila. PA KYW ch. 3
- Thurs. 5/25/95, 4:00 pm local time, Los Angeles KCOP ch. 13

>> THE PELICAN BRIEF (CC).  It is incidental to the plot,
but one of two Supreme Court justices who get killed turns
out to have been a closeted gay man.  Airs:
- Fri. 5/26/95, 3:30 pm and also 10:30 pm, Prism.
- Fri.-Sat., 5/26-27/95, 4:30 am, Prism

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

>> ERASE THE HATE (CC).  Airs Sat. 5/20/95, 7:00 pm, USA
cable.  TV Guide says:  "An examination of hatred includes
profiles of groups working to combat prejudice, racism,
and homophobia among young people."
Note:  Prodigy users should jump to the USA Network's
board on Prodigy, for discussion materials related to this
show.  The info would be especially useful to teachers.

>> ORLANDO (CC).  Airs Sat. 5/20/95, 9:45 pm, Showtime.
"Visually striking adaptation of Virginia Woolf's
historical fantasy about an individual (Tilda Swinton) who
lives variously as a man or a woman over the course of
four centuries."-TV Guide

>> THREESOME (CC).  Airs Sun. 5/21/95, 8:00 pm, Showtime
cable.  Somewhat amusing story about two men and a woman
who become college roommates.  The woman is in love with
man #1.  Man #1 is in love with man #2.  Man #2 is in love
with the woman.

>> BARBRA: THE CONCERT (CC).  Airs Sun. 5/21/95, 8:30 pm,
CBS.  According to TV Guide, this is an expanded format
from the 1994 Barbra Streisand HBO concert tour specials,
including footage that wasn't shown on HBO.  I don't know
if this also means that some of the original footage will
be dropped, but Streisand made several comments in support
of gay rights during the original HBO version.

>> JUST ONE OF THE GUYS (CC).  Airs Mon. 5/22/95, 11:00
am, HBO-2.  Movie about a high school teen (Joyce Hyser)
who poses as a male student at a different school to
research a newspaper article on sexism.  When she falls
for a male student at the school, her classmates assume
that she is a gay male.

>> MELROSE PLACE (CC).  Airs Mon. 5/22/95, 8:00 pm, FOX.
Among other plot lines:  "Matt gets a big surprise from
Paul."-TV Guide

>> SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION.  Airs Mon-Tues., 5/22-23/95,
2:45 am, Showtime.  Will Smith appears as a gay con man.

************ 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 = [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 5/20/95 - Fri 5/26/95.
Be sure to read notes #1 & 2 also.  All times Eastern.

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

>> POSITIVE HEALTH.  Airs in Phila. PA every Tuesday
(including 5/23/95) at 7:30 pm, on WYBE ch. 35.  Locally
produced show by and for PWAs and people who are HIV+.

>> TODAY (CC).  Airs Wed. 5/24/95, 7:00 am, NBC.  Guests
include drag queen/"supermodel" RuPaul.

>> LAW AND ORDER (CC).  Airs Wed. 5/24/95, 10:00 pm, NBC.
TV Guide says:  "The investigation of a gay councilman's
murder involves his roommate (Robert Joy) and a homophobic
politician (Daniel Hugh Kelly) who was nonetheless a
friend of the victim."

>> ROSIE O'DONNELL (CC).  Airs Wed-Thurs., 5/24-25/95,
1:20 am, HBO.  April 1995 stand-up performance, taped in
Boston.  Among other topics, the comic offers her on-
target opinion of the murder of a gay Jenny Jones guest by
another guest, and the societal homophobia that was
involved.

>> A MOTHER'S PRAYER (CC).  Airs Thurs-Fri., 5/25-26/95,
midnight, USA cable.  "A widowed mother (Linda Hamilton)
who is dying of AIDS tries to find a suitable family to
adopt her soon-to-be-orphaned 8-year-old son."-TV Guide

>> THREE OF HEARTS (CC).  Airs Thurs-Fri., 5/25-26/95,
2:40 am, Showtime.  Very weird story about a lesbian
(Kelly Lynch) who hires a male gigolo (William Baldwin) to
seduce, and then dump, her bisexual ex (Sherilyn Fenn), in
the hope that the ex will give up on men and return to
her.

>> MARILYN KAGAN:  BISEXUAL MATES.  Airs in Los
Angeles, CA, on Fri. 5/26/95, 2:00 pm local time, KCAL
ch. 9.

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Please be sure to read notes #1 & 2 for more shows.

Note:  This week's list is early due to an impending trip.

Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ
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