Subject: Gay TV Shows 8/19/95 - 8/25/95
From: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 02:43:09 -0400

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 8/19/95-Fri. 8/25/95.
Be sure to read all 4 notes.  Local shows are listed with
local times; national shows are Eastern time zone.

****** Beware of PBS pledge breaks in some areas! ******

The following shows air at multiple/various times:

- JUST ONE OF THE GUYS.  A pretty decent movie about a
female high school student who decides to cross-dress and
enroll as a male student in another school, to research a
newspaper article on sexism.  When she falls for a male
student at the other school, the other kids think that she
is a gay male.  Airs:
> Sat. 8/19/95, 5:30 am & also 1:15 pm, Encore cable

- NETWORK Q.  Weekly gay tv program.
1) Definite airings include:
  > Sat. 8/19/95, 10:00 pm, on Phila. PA WYBE ch.35 (#6)
  > Mon-Tues. 8/21-22/95, midnight, on NYC NY WNET ch. 13
2) Other likely/reported air times include:
  > Wed. 8/23/95, 9:00 pm, on Phila. PA WYBE ch. 35 (#7)
    (WYBE may substitute a non-gay awards show this Wed.)
  > Miami:  weekly on Sundays, 1:00 pm, WLRN
  > San Francisco:  weekly on Tuesdays 9:00 pm, KMTP
  > Tacoma, WA:  weekly on Wednesdays, 11:00 pm, KBTC
  > Denver, CO: weekly on Fridays, 10:00 pm, KBDI

- FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (CC).  Although most of the
characters in this romantic comedy are straight, the movie
features a gay male couple, who are portrayed positively.
Airs:
> Sun. 8/20/95, 6:00 pm, The Movie Channel
> Fri. 8/25/95, 1:45 pm, The Movie Channel

- THREESOME (CC).  Cute movie about three college students
who wind up rooming together because of an administrative
mixup.  The Woman falls for Man #1.  Man #1 falls for Man
#2.  Man #2 falls for the Woman.  You can guess the rest.
Airs:
> Sun. 8/20/95, 8:00 pm, The Movie Channel
> Fri.-Sat., 8/25-26/95, 1:40 am, The Movie Channel

- LIFEBEAT: THE MUSIC INDUSTRY FIGHTS AIDS.  Airs:
> Tues. 8/22/95, 8:00 pm & again at 11:00 pm, VH-1

- THE TIMES OF HARVEY MILK.  The true story of the San
Francisco City Supervisor who was California's first
openly gay elected politician, and who was assassinated by
a homophobic colleague.  This film won an Oscar for best
1984 documentary.  Highly recommended.  Airs:
> Sun. 8/20/95, 11:30 pm, Bravo cable
> Mon. 8/21/95, 2:00 pm, Bravo
> Fri. 8/25/95, 11:00 pm, Bravo

- AMERICAN PLAYHOUSE:  "ARMISTEAD MAUPIN'S 'TALES OF THE
CITY'" (CC).  The 6 part show wraps up in New York City.
Beware of possible pledge breaks.  Airings include:
> Part 5/6: Sun.-Mon., 8/20-21/95, 1:00 am, WNET ch. 13
Note:  Immediately after the Sun. show (only), WNET is
airing a 1 hr. bio of gay author Armistead Maupin.
> Part 6/6: Thurs. 8/24/95, 10:00 pm, WNET ch. 13.

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

Be sure to read all 4 notes!

Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ
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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 8/19/95-Fri. 8/25/95.
Be sure to read all 4 notes!  Most times Eastern.

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

- IMAGES/IMAGENES.  TV Guide says that this week's topic
is "Teens talk about AIDS."  Airs:
> Mon. 8/21/95, 10:30 pm, on the New Jersey public tv
network (including Camden NJ WNJS ch. 23 and Trenton NJ
WNJT ch. 52)

- CHARLES PEREZ:  TRANSSEXUALISM.  Airs Mon. 8/21/95 in
some (not all) areas.  If this didn't air in your area
last week, check your local listings this week.  Airings
include:
> Mon. 8/21/95, 11:30 pm, on Phila. PA WPHL ch. 17

- SUSAN POWTER:  LESBIANISM.  Airs Mon. 8/21/95 in some
(not all) areas.  Check local listings.  Airings include:
> Mon.-Tue., 8/21-22/95, 3:00 am, on WPIX national cable
ch. 11
> Mon.-Tue., 8/21-22/95, 4:30 am, Phila. PA WGBS ch. 57

- SALLY JESSY RAPHAEL:  TRANSSEXUALISM.  Airs Wed. 8/23/95
in most areas.  Check local listings.  Airings include: 
> Wed. 8/23/95, 10:00 am, Phila. PA KYW ch. 3
> Wed. 8/23/95, 3:00 pm, New York City NY WNBC ch. 4

- TODAY (CC).  This week, the show has a 2-part segment on
Elton John.  Airs:
> Part 1:  Thurs. 8/24/95, 7:00 am, NBC
> Part 2:  Fri. 8/25/95, 7:00 am, NBC

- THE PELICAN BRIEF (CC). 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.   Airs:
> Thurs. 8/24/95, 11:00 am & also 10:30 pm, Prism

- MAURY POVICH:  FEMALE IMPERSONATORS (CC).  Airs Thurs.
8/24/95 in most areas.  Check local listings.  Airings
include:
> Thurs. 8/24/95, 2:00 pm, NYC NY WNBC ch. 4
> Thurs. 8/24/95, 3:00 pm, Phila. PA KYW ch. 3
> Thurs. 8/24/95, 4:00 pm, Wildwood, NJ WMGM ch. 40

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

- ARMISTEAD MAUPIN.  Airs Sun.-Mon., 8/20-21/95, 2:00 am,
on New York City's WNET ch. 13.  This is probably the
profile whose full title is "ARMISTEAD MAUPIN IS A MAN I
DREAMT UP", but no guarantees.  My Phila. edition of the
TV Guide doesn't give any description.

- PERSONAL BEST.  Airs Mon. 8/21/95, 9:00 pm, Encore
cable.  1982 movie about two Olympic runners (Mariel
Hemingway and Patrice Donnelly) who are lesbian lovers.
Most of the women I know who've seen this show have
strongly disliked it because of the VERY offensive male
coach (played by Scott Glenn).

************* TO BE CONTINUED ON NOTE #3 **************

Be sure to read all 4 notes.

Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ
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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 8/19/95-Fri. 8/25/95.
Be sure to read all 4 notes!  Most times Eastern.

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

- SOAPDISH (CC).  Airs Tues. 8/22/95, 6:15 am, HBO-2 (not
regular HBO).  Parody of tv soap operas.  One of the many
villians is transgendered.  Transphobia alert.

- THIS MORNING (CC).  Airs Tues. 8/22/95, 7:00 am, CBS.
According to the TV Guide, the scheduled guests include
Harvey Fierstein.

- POSITIVE HEALTH.  Airs in Philadelphia PA on Tues.
8/22/95, 7:30 pm, on WYBE ch. 35.  Local weekly show by
and for people with HIV and/or AIDS.

- OUT TALK.  Debuts in San Francisco, CA, on Tues.
8/22/95, 8:30 pm, on Viacom channel 35.  GLAAD/San
Francisco describes this show as "a new lesbian/gay-
oriented TV magazine focusing on 'the arts, culture,
fashion, style, and events that are at the heart of the
San Francisco Bay area and abroad.'"

- NYPD BLUE (CC).  Airs Tues. 8/22/95, 10:00 pm, ABC.
Among the stories is one in which "John Irvin (Bill
Brochtrup) informs Simone that Irvin and his closeted
police-officer lover were victims of gay-bashing - incited
from within the force."-TV Guide

- SINGING POSITIVE.  Airs Wed. 8/23/95, 8:00 pm, Cinemax.
In this week's TV Guide, critic Tim Holland says:
"According to this poignant documentary, more than 150
members of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus have died of
AIDS over the past 17 years.  Three of them (along with
another who lost a loved one) are profiled during the
course of one season in which they rehearse and perform
with aplomb, and deal with their pain and loss with
courage.  It's a heartfelt effort that puts a face to what
is for many a deadly but faceless disease. My score: 8."

- PRIMETIME LIVE (CC).  Airs Wed. 8/23/95, 10:00 pm, ABC.
According to TV Guide, this show will include a rerun of
"a January segment on crimes against gay men in Texas."

- REAL WORLD.  Airs Wed. 8/23/95, 10:30 pm, MTV.  "Sean
and Pedro exchange rings."-TV Guide

- ORLANDO (CC).  Airs Thurs. 8/24/95, 9:25 AM (NOT pm!),
The Movie Channel.  I finally saw this over my recent
vacation, & I was really disappointed. It's about a person
who lives for over 400 years & manages to change gender in
the middle, without any surgery.  Despite this intriguing
premise, the movie manages to be *incredibly* boring.  It
offers a few interesting observations about governmental
sexism through the ages, but the good scenes are so far
apart and with so little holding them together that it
sometimes seems like the film will go 400 years....

- MRS. DOUBTFIRE (CC).  Airs Thurs. 8/24/95, 6:00 pm,
Cinemax.  Harvey Fierstein and CA gay comic Scott Capurro
play the gay couple & make-up artists who transform Robin
Williams into an elderly woman.

************* TO BE CONTINUED ON NOTE #4 **************

Be sure to read all 4 notes.

Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ
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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 8/19/95-Fri. 8/25/95.
Be sure to read all 4 notes!  Most times Eastern.

*************** CONTINUED FROM NOTE #3 ******************

- GAY USA.  A reader said that this show is produced by
Gay Cable Network and airs in New York City every Thursday
night at 11 pm, on channel 35.  NYC residents should make
a note of it if they're interested.  This show isn't
listed in my TV Guide, so I will not list it every week.

- AMERICA UNDERCOVER: TAXICAB CONFESSIONS (CC).  Airs Fri.
8/25/95, 9:30 pm, HBO.  This made-for-HBO film follows
some real-life NYC cabbies at work.  As I recall, one of
the cabbies is a lesbian; and some of the passengers were
gay, bi, or transgendered.

- FREESTYLES: A SHOW ABOUT FREEDOM...WITH STYLE.  Airs
Fri.-Sat., 8/25-26/95, 3:30 am, on VH-1 (as paid
programming).  This gay oriented show is hosted by openly
lesbian actress Amanda Bearse.

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That's it for this week's gay tv list.  But some readers
may want to look for the following:

- AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: ONE WOMAN, ONE VOTE (CC).  Airs
Fri. 8/25/95, on some PBS stations, including 9:00 pm on
Phila. PA's WHYY ch. 12.  TV Guide says that this show
"examines the suffrage movement's 72 year struggle to
legalize the vote for women.  The film focuses on the
extraordinary partnership between Elizabeth Cady Stanton
and Susan B. Anthony, who together founded the National
Woman Suffrage Association in 1869."

- WOMEN OF COURAGE (CC).  Airs Fri. 8/25/95 on some PBS
stations, including 10:00 pm on New Jersey's public
broadcasting stations (WNJS ch. 23 and WNJT ch. 52).  TV
Guide says that this show is about "the unsung service of
WWII's Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASPs).  Included:
the training of male pilots, the testing of aircraft and
the ferrying of combat planes."

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                        ALERT!!!!
Also, readers with World Wide Web access may wish to check
out my new gay tv home page:

  http://pages.prodigy.com/NJ/carol_mortimer/gay_tv_menu.html

(Depending on the width of your display, the address may
appear to be longer than one line, but it isn't.)

You'll find this week's list plus some other info, such as
links to some of my favorite web sites.

This is still an experiment on my part, but the initial
response has been positive, so I'll probably maintain the
web site.  Look for additional goodies to be added in the
coming weeks....

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Please be sure to read all 4 notes.

Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ
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