From: CarolM10@aol.com Date: Sat, 29 Jul 1995 02:58:49 -0400 Subject: Gay TV Shows 7/29/95-8/4/95 Hi, folks! This is note #1 (of 4) of the list of tv shows with gay, lesbian, other sexual minority, and gay/straight AIDS themes, for the tv week of Sat 7/29/95-Fri. 8/4/95. Be sure to read all 4 notes. Local shows are listed with local times; national shows are Eastern time zone. ********************************************************** The following shows air at multiple/various times: >> EAGLE SCOUT: THE STORY OF HENRY NICOLS (CC). "Henry Nicols is an avid mountain climber and water-skier, disciplined karate student and Eagle Scout. He is also a hemophiliac who was diagnosed with HIV when he was 12 years old. Henry, now 21 and battling AIDS, simply and powerfully tells his story (with comments from his devoted family) without a trace of bitterness."- TV Guide Airs: - Sat. 7/29/95, 6:15 am (NOT pm), HBO - Mon. 7/31/95, 7:30 am (NOT pm), HBO >> SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION. Will Smith as a gay con man. Airs: - Sat. 7/29/95, 1:05 pm and 9:00 pm, Prism >> CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. Based on the Tennessee Williams play. Deals with the homosexuality of the character played by Paul Newman. Also stars Elizabeth Taylor and Burl Ives. Airs on some PBS stations this week, so check your local listings. Airings include: - Sat. 7/29/95, 8:00 pm, on Phila. PA WHYY ch. 12 - Sat. 7/29/95, 9:00 pm, Tampa FL WEDU ch. 3 >> NETWORK Q. New weekly gay tv program. Airs: - Sat. 7/29/95, 10:00 pm, on Phila. PA WYBE ch.35 (show#3) - Mon.-Tues., 8/1-2/95, midnight, NYC NY WNET ch. 13 - Wed. 8/2/95, 9:00 pm, on Phila. PA WYBE ch. 35 (#4). According to WYBE's program guide, the 8/2 episode covers "the National Lesbian/Gay Journalists Association convention, where network news anchors Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw and Judy Woodruff join in the discussion." >> M. BUTTERFLY (CC). "Adaptation of David Henry Hwang's Tony-winning play about the deceptive love affair between a French diplomat (Jeremy Irons) and a Chinese opera singer."-TV Guide. The opera singer turns out to be a man in drag. Supposed to be based on a true story. Airs: - Sun.-Mon., 7/30-31/95, 4:15 am, HBO - Mon. 7/31/95, 10:00 am and 10:15 pm, Prism >> MARILU: LESBIANISM. Check local listings. Airs in most areas on Wed. 8/2/95, including: - Wed. 8/2/95, 10:00 am, on NYC NY WCBS ch. 2 - Wed. 8/2/95, noon, on Phila. PA KYW ch. 3 >> FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (CC). This movie has been highly praised by readers for the positive portrayal of a gay couple. Airs: - Thurs. 8/3/95, 11:35 am & 10:55 pm, The Movie Channel ************** TO BE CONTINUED ON NOTE #2 ************** Be sure to read all 4 notes! 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 4) of the list of tv shows with gay, lesbian, other sexual minority, and gay/straight AIDS themes, for the tv week of Sat 7/29/95-Fri. 8/4/95. Be sure to read all 4 notes! Most times Eastern. *************** CONTINUED FROM NOTE #1 ****************** The following shows air once this week as far as I know: >> SPORTS SHOW (CC). Airs Sat. 7/29/95, 2:00 pm, CBS. Attention Martina Navratilova fans: This is a live exhibition match between Monica Seles and Martina. >> STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION (CC). Airs Sat. 7/29/95, 7:00 pm, on national cable WPIX ch. 11. (May be pre-empted in some areas due to local cable access rules.) This is the episode in which Will Riker gets involved with a being from an androgynous planet that prohibits M/F heterosexual relationships. No gay content whatever, but some interesting parallels about societal prejudice. >> CHANTILLY LACE. Airs Sun. 7/30/95, 9:45 pm, The Movie Channel. Mostly improvised movie about a group of women who have a reunion in a cabin retreat. Two of them are a lesbian couple, & they wind up coming out to the group during the weekend. Although well intentioned, the acting & improvisations are uneven. >> ARMISTEAD MAUPIN IS A MAN I MADE UP. Airs in Los Angeles on Sun.-Mon., 7/30-31/95, midnight, on KCET PBS ch. 28. This profile of the gay TALES OF THE CITY author is worth a look. >> SALMONBERRIES. Airs Sun.-Mon., 7/30-31/95, 1:00 am, Prism. TV Guide calls this an "atmospheric, meandering account of the friendship that develops between an Eskimo drifter (k.d. lang) and an East German librarian in a small Alaskan town." Most of the women I know who've seen this movie have absolutely hated it. >> THE PELICAN BRIEF (CC). Airs Mon. 7/31/95, 2:00 pm, Cinemax. It's incidental to the plot, but one of the Supreme Court Justices who gets killed turns out to have been a closeted gay man. >> SOAPDISH (CC). Airs Mon. 7/31/95, 2:45 pm, HBO. Parody of tv soap operas. One of the many villians is transgendered. Transphobia alert. >> DREAM ON (CC). Airs Mon. 7/31/95, 10:00 pm, HBO. Rebroadcast of last week's episode. TV Guide reviewer Paul Droesch wrote: "Bumbling book editor Martin Tupper (Brian Benben) is back (he returned last week). This week, guest star Annette O'Toole wants to 'lesbianize' with his Junior Leaguey ex-wife, Wendie Malick. It's as smirky, infantile and borderline smutty as ever, but still fun and clever enough to give it that 'I-buy-it-for-the- articles' sort of acceptibility." TV Guide also said "Judith's best friend (Annette O'Toole) from college, who (sic) Martin considers 'the one that got away' visits - and brings surprising news." *********** CONTINUED ON NOTE #3 ******************* Please be sure to read all 4 notes. 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 4) of the list of tv shows with gay, lesbian, other sexual minority, and gay/straight AIDS themes, for the tv week of Sat 7/29/95-Fri. 8/4/95. Be sure to read all 4 notes! Most times Eastern. *************** CONTINUED FROM NOTE #2 ****************** >> LARRY SANDERS SHOW (CC). Airs Mon. 7/31/95, 10:30 pm, HBO. TV Guide says: "When Darlene quits while on vacation, Hank hires the temp (Scott Thompson) who was filling in for her." Scott Thompson is the openly gay cast member from KIDS IN THE HALL, who will appear regularly as a gay man in this season's Larry Sanders show. >> TOLERANCE IN AMERICA. Airs Tues. 8/1/95, 7:00 am (NOT pm), Arts & Entertainment. TV Guide doesn't list any description for this show, but the title sounds like it will be about prejudice &/or hate crimes. >> GOLDEN GIRLS #1 (CC). Airs in NYC on Tues. 8/1/95, 6:30 pm, on WNYW ch. 5. May or may not air in other areas. Monte Markham appears as Blanche's visiting gay brother, who plans to come out to her. >> GOLDEN GIRLS #2 (CC). Airs in Wildwood NJ on Tues. 8/1/95, 7:30 pm, on WMGM ch. 40. Again, this may or may not air elsewhere, so check your listings. In this episode, Rose (Betty White) awaits the results of an HIV test. >> POSITIVE HEALTH. Airs in Phila. PA every Tuesday (including 8/1/95) at 7:30 pm, on WYBE ch. 35. Locally produced show by and for PWAs and people who are HIV+. >> MOMMY, WHO'LL TAKE CARE OF ME? Airs in Phila. PA on Tues. 8/1/95, 8:00 pm, on WYBE ch. 35. WYBE's program guide says: "Today's media stories about people with AIDS rarely tell the point of view of the families affected. Several families are profiled in this documentary about those who love and lose someone to AIDS." >> BIOGRAPHY: MADONNA. Airs Tues. 8/1/95, 8:00 pm, Arts & Entertainment cable. This bio probably WILL discuss her relationships with women as well as with men. >> ELEANOR, FIRST LADY OF THE WORLD. Airs Tues.-Wed., 8/1-2/95, 2:40 am, Disney cable. THIS movie, on the other hand, definitely does NOT discuss Eleanor Roosevelt's reported relationship with journalist Lorena Hickok. For info on that aspect of her life, you must read the private journals that were published posthumously. >> A MOTHER'S PRAYER (CC). Airs Wed. 8/2/95, 9:00 pm, USA cable. TV Guide writes: "Linda Hamilton's gritty performance keys this 1995 made-for-cable drama about a woman with AIDS who's determined to find a home for her son before she dies. .... RuPaul stands out in a small role as an AIDS counselor." Also see the articles on pgs. 5 & 49 of this week's TV Guide, and pg. 48 of the 8/4/95 ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY. This is Ru Paul's first non-drag acting role. *********** TO BE CONTINUED ON NOTE #4 ************** Please be sure to read all 4 notes. 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 #4 (of 4) of the list of tv shows with gay, lesbian, other sexual minority, and gay/straight AIDS themes, for the tv week of Sat 7/29/95-Fri. 8/4/95. Be sure to read all 4 notes! Most times Eastern. *************** CONTINUED FROM NOTE #3 ****************** >> THE REAL WORLD. Airs Wed. 8/2/95, 10:00 pm, MTV. This episode is scheduled to include a very strange event that has been played up in the press. The male (but allegedly straight) rock star gets his tongue bitten & seriously hurt by a male concertgoer.... >> AMERICAN PLAYHOUSE: "ARMISTEAD MAUPIN'S 'TALES OF THE CITY'" (CC). Part 3 (of 6) probably airs in NYC on Thurs. 8/3/95, 10:00 pm, WNET ch. 13. May or may not air on other PBS stations, so check your local listings. >> KATHY & MO: THE DARK SIDE (CC). Airs Fri. 8/4/95, 9:30 pm, HBO. This second special featuring skits by Kathy Najimy & Mo Gaffney includes several that deal with gay issues and/or AIDS. Not as funny as their first special, but worth viewing. >> PERSONAL BEST. Airs Fri.-Sat., 8/4-5/95, 1:00 am, Encore cable. This 1982 movie, on the other hand, is NOT worth viewing, IMHO. Patrice Donnelly and Mariel Hemingway play Olympic track stars who are also lovers. This movie was the pits. ********************************************************** That's it for this week's gay tv shows, but check out the following additional articles: - Pg. 10 of the 8/4/95 issue of ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY includes a short blurb about Patrick (Star Trek:TNG) Stewart's appearance as a gay decorator in the upcoming movie JEFFREY. (I've seen previews, and this looks like a good film.) - Pg. 34 of this week's TV Guide has an article about THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS star Elizabeth Sung, who is directing an autobiographical film about her family and the impact of her brother's death from AIDS. (Philip Sung was a New York fashion designer who died of the disease in 1986.) Also, a friend writes: "As a miscellaneous note, the video for Jill Sobule's 'I Kissed a Girl' is being shown quite frequently on VH-1 these days. The video is real cute, a sub theme has Jill daydreaming of herself as a princess and her 'knight-in-shining-armor' jumps quickly between Fabio and her girlfriend. In at least one of the choruses as she sings 'I kissed a girl !', Jill intones 'And I'll do it again !' " Specific air times not known. ********************************************************** Please be sure to read all 4 notes. Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ Prodigy ID = npwc08a In IDs: 0 & 1 are numbers. AmericaOnLineID = caroLm10 o & L are letters. Internet ID = caroLm10@aoL.com