From: CarolM10@aol.com Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 02:43:09 -0400 Subject: Gay TV Shows 8/19/95 - 8/25/95 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 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 Prodigy ID = npwc08a In IDs: 0 & 1 are numbers. AmericaOnLineID = caroLm10 o & L are letters. Internet ID = caroLm10@aoL.com http://pages.prodigy.com/NJ/carol_mortimer/gay_tv_menu.html 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 Prodigy ID = npwc08a In IDs: 0 & 1 are numbers. AmericaOnLineID = caroLm10 o & L are letters. Internet ID = caroLm10@aoL.com http://pages.prodigy.com/NJ/carol_mortimer/gay_tv_menu.html 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 Prodigy ID = npwc08a In IDs: 0 & 1 are numbers. AmericaOnLineID = caroLm10 o & L are letters. Internet ID = caroLm10@aoL.com http://pages.prodigy.com/NJ/carol_mortimer/gay_tv_menu.html 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. ******************************************************** 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." ******************************************************** 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.... ********************************************************* 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 http://pages.prodigy.com/NJ/carol_mortimer/gay_tv_menu.html