From: CarolM10@aol.com Date: Fri, 26 May 1995 21:03:00 -0400 Subject: Gay TV Shows 5/27/95 - 6/2/95 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 5/27/95 - Fri 6/02/95. Be sure to read notes #2&3 also. Most times are Eastern. ********************************************************* The following shows air at multiple/various times: >> SOAPDISH (CC). Parody of tv soap operas. Among the many villians is a transgendered person. Transphobia alert. Airs: - Sat. 5/27/95, 11:30 am, Cinemax - Wed. 5/31/95, 8:45 am, Cinemax >> WITHNAIL AND I. This movie reportedly has a gay character. Airs: - Sun. 5/28/95, 9:00 pm, Bravo cable - Sun-Mon., 5/28-29/95, 3:00 am, Bravo >> In the "all ISMs are related" category, check out this week's: FRONTLINE: A CLASS DIVIDED (CC). TV Guide says this show "follows up on an unusual experiment in discrimination. In 1970, teacher Jane Elliott divided her third-graders into two groups and, for two days, had one group discriminate against the other. In 15 minutes, says Elliott, she was able to turn wonderful thoughtful kids into nasty, vicious ones. The lessons learned are discussed by students who participated in the exercise." Check your local PBS listings, but airings include: - Tues. 5/30/95, 10:00 pm, on Phila. PA WHYY ch. 12 - Wed. 5/31/95, 1:00 pm, on Allentown PA's WLVT ch. 39A >> SUSAN POWTER: HATE CRIMES. I don't know if anti-gay hate crimes will be included or not. Airs Wed. 5/31/95 in many areas, including: - Wed. 5/31/95, 12:30 pm, Wildwood, NJ WMGM ch. 40 - Wed-Thurs., 5/31-6/1/95, 4:30 am, Phila. PA WGBS ch. 57 >> THE CHILDREN'S HOUR. Faithful (and therefore pretty depressing) 1962 adaptation of Lillian Hellman's play about two women who run a girls' school in a small town. One of their students lies and says that the women are lovers, and the whole turn turns against them in a vile display of mass homophobia. Warning: This movie has a very upsetting ending. Airs: - Wed-Thurs., 5/31/95-6/1/95, 2:45 am, Encore cable - Thurs. 6/1/95, 10:00 am and 5:00 pm, Encore cable - Fri. 6/2/95, 8:00 am, Showtime cable (This showing is closed captioned; the others are not.) >> MONTEL: AIDS AND CHILDREN. Airs Thurs. 6/1/95, 10:00 am, in some (not all) areas, including: - Thurs. 6/1/95, 10:00 am, NYC NY WNYW ch. 5 >> ORLANDO (CC). "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 Airs: - Thurs. 6/1/95, 10:45 am and also 6:15 pm, Showtime ************** 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 5/27/95 - Fri 6/02/95. Be sure to read notes #1 & 3 also. Most times Eastern. *************** CONTINUED FROM NOTE #1 ****************** >> MRS. DOUBTFIRE (CC). Harvey Fierstein and California gay comic Scott Capurro appear as the gay couple who transform Robin Williams into an elderly woman. Airs: - Fri. 6/2/95, 10:00 am and also 6:00 pm, HBO >> MAURY POVICH: FEMALE IMPERSONATORS (CC). Check local listings. Airs Fri. 6/2/95 in most areas, including: - Fri. 6/2/95, 2:00 pm, NYC NY WNBC ch. 4 - Fri. 6/2/95, 3:00 pm, Phila. PA KYW ch. 3 - Fri. 6/2/95, 4:00 pm, Allentown PA WLVT ch. 39A The following shows air once this week as far as I know: >> NAME YOUR ADVENTURE (CC). Airs Sat. 5/27/95, 11:30 am, NYC NY WNBC ch. 4. TV Guide says: "A 16-year-old Olympic diving hopeful meets his idol Greg Louganis." >> CAMILLE PAGLIA SPEECH. Airs Sat. 5/27/95, 8:00 pm, on C-SPAN. TV Guide says: "The author speaks at Yale Political Union." (Personally, I can't abide this woman, but to each her own.) >> JUSTICE FILES. Airs Sat. 5/27/95, 10:00 pm, Discovery channel. TV Guide says: "Examined: urban issues, including AIDS, teen violence and personal safety." >> THE HANDMAID'S TALE. Airs Sat. 5/27/95, 10:30 am, Bravo cable. Adaptation of Margaret Atwood's futuristic horror story about a world in which fertile women are sexual slaves and gays and lesbians are considered "sexual criminals." This movie includes one lesbian character. Warning: This is another terribly depressing film. >> JOHNSONS: AN AIDS STORY OF LOVE (CC). Airs Sun. 5/26/95, 4:00 pm, Phila. PA WHYY ch. 12. May or may not air on other PBS stations. TV Guide says: "A look at a Midwestern couple who are HIV-positive, focusing on the couple's speaking appearances before groups of young adults." >> GREAT PERFORMANCES: LEGENDARY MAESTROS - THE ART OF CONDUCTING (CC). Airs Sun. 5/28/95, 4:00 PM, Phila. PA WYY ch. 12. Again, this may or may not air on other PBS stations. Includes interviews and footage of several conductors, including Leonard Bernstein, who came out as a gay man in his later years. >> TRAVEL GUIDE. Airs Sun. 5/28/95, 4:30 pm, CNN. "Included: travel options for gay and lesbian tourists." -TV Guide. *********** 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 5/27/95 - Fri 6/02/95. Be sure to read notes #1 & 2 also. Most times Eastern. *************** CONTINUED FROM NOTE #2 ****************** >> 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 NOTE: I won't list this again, so take note of it if it interests you. >> TODAY SHOW (CC). Airs Mon. 5/29/95, 7:00 am, NBC. The segments include one on children of gay parents. >> MELROSE PLACE (CC). Airs Mon. 5/29/95, 8:00 pm, Fox. Among the stories in this rerun: "Matt is reunited with a lost love (Jason Beghe)."-TV Guide >> FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (CC). Airs Mon. 5/29/95, 9:00 pm, The Movie Channel. Includes a gay couple, who are reportedly portrayed positively. >> POSITIVE HEALTH. Airs in Phila. PA every Tuesday (including 5/30/95) at 7:30 pm, on WYBE ch. 35. Locally produced show by and for PWAs and people who are HIV+. >> THREESOME (CC). Airs Wed. 5/31/95, 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. >> IN A NEW LIGHT: SEX UNPLUGGED (CC). Airs Thurs. 6/1/95, 8:00 pm, ABC. TV Guide says: "Rosie Perez and Stephen Baldwin co-host the fourth annual special dedicated to educating young people about AIDS. Perez teams with MTV's Ed Lover for a group discussion with New York teens about safe sex, while Baldwin offers statistics on the toll STDs have taken on the Nation's young. The hour also features documentary segments, which look at couples dealing with the threat of HIV, a woman being tested for AIDS and workshops where parents and children learn to talk about sex. Celebrities offering advice include Barbara Walters, TLC, Greg Louganis, Melissa Etheridge, Jon Stewart, and former US Surgeon General C. Everett Koop." >> VIEW FROM THE VALLEY. Airs Fri. 6/2/95, 7:30 pm, Allentown, PA WLVT ch. 39A. The topic is hate crimes. Unknown if it will address anti-gay hate crimes or not. ********************************************************* Please be sure to read notes #1 & 2 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