Subject: Gay TV Shows 8/26/95 - 9/1/95
From: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 01:04:11 -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 8/26/95 - Fri 9/1/95.
Be sure to read all 4 notes.  Local shows are listed with
local times; national shows are Eastern time zone.

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The following shows air at multiple/various times:

- IMAGES/IMAGENES. "Teens talk about AIDS."-TV Guide.Airs:
> Sat. 8/26/95, 2:00 pm, on the New Jersey public tv
network stations (including Camden NJ WNJS ch. 23 and
Trenton NJ WNJT ch. 52, and possibly others).

- NETWORK Q.  Weekly gay tv program.
1) Definite airings include:
> Sat. 8/26/95, 10:00 pm, on Phila. PA WYBE ch.35 (#8)
> Mon-Tues. 8/28-29/95, midnight, on NYC NY WNET ch. 13
> Wed. 8/30/95, 9:00 pm, on Phila. PA WYBE ch. 35 (#9)
2) Other likely/reported air times include:
> 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

- ORLANDO (CC).  This film is 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.  Airs:
> Mon. 8/28/95, 5:50 pm, The Movie Channel
> Sat. 8/29/95, 5:25 am (NOT pm!), The Movie Channel

- ED WOOD:  A LOOK BACK IN ANGORA.  Documentary about the
straight cross-dresser who filmed some of Hollywood's
worst (but unintentionally funniest) films ever.  WHYY's
program guide calls this "A salute to director/cross-
dresser Ed Wood, who developed a penchant for making
movies about monsters and a fetish for the soft fabric of
the title."  WYBE's guide says it "includes interviews
with lovers and friends, plus clips from Wood films like
Jail Bait, Orgy of the Dead, and Glen or Glenda."  Airs:
> Mon 8/28/95, 10:00 pm, on Phila. PA WHYY ch. 12
> Will air on other PBS stations.  Check local listings.
> Airs NEXT Wed., 9/6/95, 8:00 pm, on Phila.PA WYBE ch.35
> Airs NEXT Sat., 9/9/95, 10:00 pm, on Phila.PA WYBEch.35

- THREE OF HEARTS (CC).  Strange movie about a lesbian
(Kelly Lynch) who hires a male gigolo (William Baldwin) to
seduce, & then drop, her bisexual ex (Sherilyn Fenn),
hoping that it will cause the ex to return to her. Airs:
> Mon.-Tues., 8/28-29/95, 3:30 am, Showtime cable
> Fri.-Sat., 9/1-2/95, 2:40 am, The Movie Channel cable

- JUST ONE OF THE GUYS.  A decent movie about a female
high school student who cross-dresses & enrolls as a male
student in another school, to research an article on
sexism.  When she falls for a male student at the other
school, the kids think that she is a gay male.  Airs:
> Tues. 8/29/95, 9:30 am & again at 5:30 pm, Encore cable

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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 8/26/95-Fri. 9/1/95.
Be sure to read all 4 notes!  Most times Eastern.

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

- THE TIMES OF HARVEY MILK.  Airs Sat. 8/26/95, 2:30 pm,
Bravo cable.  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.

- LIFEBEAT: THE MUSIC INDUSTRY FIGHTS AIDS.  Airs Sat.
8/26/95, 8:00 pm, VH-1.

- TENNIS (CC).  Airs Sun. 8/27/95, 1:30 pm, CBS.  TV Guide
says:  "Top pros and celebrities compete in exhibition
matches in the Arthur Ashe AIDS Tennis Challenge in
Flushing Meadow, NY.  Scheduled to participate in this
fund-raiser are Martina Navratilova, Borris Becker, Bill
Cosby, Alan King, and Chris Mullen.  Reporters include Tim
Ryan and Mary Carillo. (Live)"

- OVERKILL: THE AILEEN WUORNOS STORY.  Airs Sun. 8/27/95,
6:00 pm, Lifetime cable.  TV Guide calls this a "Docudrama
about the 1990-1991 police dragnet for a Florida serial
killer (Jean Smart) whose victims were older men who
picked her up along the roads."  Wuornos was involved in a
relationship with a woman at the time, but I don't know if
that is addressed in the movie or not.

- ARMISTEAD MAUPIN.  Airs Sun.-Mon., 8/27-28/95, midnight,
on New York City's WNET ch. 13.  This is probably the
profile "ARMISTEAD MAUPIN IS A MAN I DREAMT UP", but no
guarantees.  My Phila. TV Guide doesn't give details.

- AMERICAN PLAYHOUSE:  "ARMISTEAD MAUPIN'S 'TALES OF THE
CITY'" (CC).  Part 6 (of 6) airs again in New York City on
Sun.-Mon., 8/27-28/95, 1:00 am, on WNET ch. 13.

- BITTER HARVEST.  Sun.-Mon., 8/27-28/95, 3:30 am, Prism.
"A rancher (Stephen Baldwin) and two drifters (Jennifer
Rubin, Patsy Kensit) form a menage a trois."-TV Guide.

- HILL STREET BLUES.  Airs Mon. 8/28/95, 7:00 pm, on
Phila. PA WGTW ch. 48.  May or may not air in other areas
in daily syndication.  This is the episode in which Bates'
new partner (Lindsay Crouse) is accused of sexually
harassing another woman.

- CHICAGO HOPE (CC). Mon. 8/28/95, 10:00pm, CBS. TV Guide:
"an AIDS patient (Obba Babatunde) fights for his life."

- DEATH IN VENICE.  Airs Mon. 8/28/95, 11:00 pm, Bravo.
1971 Italian version of Thomas Mann's story.  In Cinemania
'94, Roger Ebert says:  "I think the thing that
disappoints me most about Luchino Visconti's Death in
Venice is its lack of ambiguity. Visconti has chosen to
abandon the subtleties of the Thomas Mann novel and
present us with a straightforward story of homosexual
love, and although that's his privilege, I think he has
missed the greatness of Mann's work somewhere along the
way."  I've never seen this one, so I can't comment.

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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 8/26/95-Fri. 9/1/95.
Be sure to read all 4 notes!  Most times Eastern.

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- POSITIVE HEALTH.  Airs Tues. 8/29/95, 7:30 pm, on Phila.
PA WYBE ch. 35.  A show by & for people with AIDS and HIV
disease.

- GOLDEN GIRLS (CC).  Airs Tues. 8/29/95, 7:30 pm, on
Wildwood NJ WMGM ch. 40.  This is the show in which
Blanche's gay brother (Monte Markham) brings home his
partner (Michael Ayr) and plans a gay wedding.

- MADONNA: TRUTH OR DARE.  Airs Wed. 8/30/95, 8:00 pm,
Cinemax.  This documentary includes a great deal of
coverage of Madonna's mostly-gay male dancers.

- PERSONAL BEST.  Airs Wed. 8/30/95, 11:00 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).

- SINGING POSITIVE.  Airs Thurs. 8/31/95, 11:00 am,
Cinemax.  In the 8/19/95 TV Guide, critic Tim Holland
said:  "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."

- THE CREW (CC).  Airs Thurs. 8/31/95, 8:30 pm, FOX.  This
is the debut of a new sitcom about the lives of some
airline flight attendants.  A recent magazine article said
that one of the characters would be gay.

- JAY LENO (CC).  Airs Thurs. 8/31/95, 11:35 pm, NBC.
Scheduled guests include openly gay actor Scott Thompson,
who is playing a gay character this season on THE LARRY
SANDERS SHOW.

- NORMAN, IS THAT YOU?  Airs Thurs.-Fri., 8/31/95-9/1/95,
2:30 am, TNT cable.  "(1976) Redd Foxx and Pearl Bailey as
the bewildered parents of a homosexual (played by Michael
Warren)."-TV Guide

- THE KRAYS.  Airs in Phila. PA on Fri.-Sat., 9/1-2/95,
3:10 am, on WPVI ch. 6.  Exceedingly violent, but fact-
based, movie about twin brothers who ran a London crime
syndicate in the early 1960s.  One of them was gay.

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Readers with World Wide Web access may wish to check out
my gay tv web site, which has all the tv shows & more:

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That's it for this week's gay tv shows.  But check out
note #4 for shows in the "ALL ISMS ARE RELATED" category.

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 8/26/95-Fri. 9/1/95.
Be sure to read all 4 notes!  Most times Eastern.

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In the "ALL ISMS ARE RELATED" category, check out these
diversity-related tv shows:

- THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN (CC).  TV Guide says: "Laurence
Fishburne is commanding as the top gun of the first
division of African-American fighter pilots in an
inspiring 1995 made-for-cable saga....  What makes the
film different is the racism encountered by the men of the
Army Air Corps' 332nd."  See the article on pg. 26 of this
week's TV Guide.  Airs:
> Sat. 8/26/95, 8:00 pm, HBO
> Sat.-Sun., 8/26-27/95, 4:15 am, HBO
> Thurs. 8/31/95, 9:00 am, HBO

- SUSAN B. ANTHONY SLEPT HERE (CC).  Airs Sat. 8/29/95,
10:00 pm, ABC.  TV Guide says: "20/20 correspondent Lynn
Sherr turns tour guide in an enlightening special that
visits U.S. locales commemorating women's achievements.
Based on Sherr's book with Jurate Kazickas, 'Susan B.
Anthony Slept Here,' the documentary maps out sites where
'women made history.'  Among them - a museum dedicated to
athlete Babe Didrikson Zaharias; Georgia O'Keefe's house
in New Mexico, where she found inspiration for her
paintings; and the New York mansion of 'self-made success'
Madame C. J. Walker, an African-American entrepreneur.
The hour also features commentaries from Hillary Rodham
Clinton, Blair Brown, Donna deVarona and astronaut Mae
Jemison."  See the article on pg. 6 of the TV Guide.

- FACES OF CULTURE.  "A 26-part telecourse on the study of
world cultures."-TV Guide  Part 1 airs Thurs. 8/31/95,
2:00 pm, on New Jersey Network public tv (including Camden
WNJS ch. 23 and Trenton WNJT ch. 52).

- GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT.  Airs Thurs. 8/31/95, 11:30 pm,
American Movie Classics cable.  Excellent 1947 Gregory
Peck movie about anti-Semitism, based on Laura Z. Hobson's
novel.  Although it is somewhat dated, its message is
still sadly relevant.

- DENNIS PRAGER: RACISM.  Check local listings.  Airs
Thurs. 8/31/95 in most areas, including:
> Th.-Fri. 8/31/95-9/1/95, 1:00 am, on NYC NY WNYW ch. 5
> Th.-Fri. 8/31/95-9/1/95, 3:00 am, Phila PA WGBS ch. 57

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That's it for this week's listing.  Please be sure to read
all 4 notes.

Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ
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