From: CarolM10@aol.com Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 23:45:14 -0400 Subject: Gay TV Shows 5/20-26/95 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 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. 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 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 = 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 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. ********************************************************* 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 Prodigy ID = npwc08a In IDs: 0 & 1 are numbers. AmericaOnLineID = caroLm10 o & L are letters. Internet ID = caroLm10@aoL.com