Subject: Gay TV Shows 9/9/95 - 9/15/95 (Early)
From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 1995 02:37:58 -0400

Hi, folks!  This is note #1 (of 5) of the list of tv shows
with gay, lesbian, other sexual minority, and gay/straight
AIDS themes, for the tv week of Sat 9/9/95 - Fri 9/15/95.
(This list is early because I'm on vacation. YAY!)
  Be sure to read all 5 notes.  Local shows are listed
with local times; national shows are Eastern time zone.

*********    THIS IS THE 6TH ANNIVERSARY     *********
*********  OF MY WEEKLY GAY TV SHOW LISTS!   *********

The following shows air at multiple/various times:

- 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:
> Sat. 9/9/95, 1:45 pm, HBO
> Mon. 9/11/95, 6:20 am & also 4:15 pm, HBO

- LIVE SHOT (CC).  Many UPN stations will rebroadcast the
episode of this new show in which "Lou (Tom Byrd) refuses
to allow an old teammate to come out of the closet during
an interview."-TV Guide.  Check your local UPN listings
for this weekend.  Airings include:
> Sat. 9/9/95, 4:00 pm, on Phila. PA WGBS ch. 57
> Sat. 9/9/95, 5:00 pm, on Washington DC/Maryland ch. 20

- MRS. DOUBTFIRE (CC).  Harvey Fierstein and CA gay comic
Scott Capurro appear as the gay couple and makeup artists
who transform Robin Williams into an elderly woman. Airs:
> Sat. 9/9/95, 4:30 pm, HBO
> Wed. 913/95, 11:00 am and 8:00 pm, HBO

- THE PELICAN BRIEF (CC).  It's incidental to the plot,
but one of the US Supreme Court Justices who gets killed
in this movie turns out to have been a closeted gay man.
Airings include:
> Sun. 9/10/95, 5:30 pm, Cinemax
> Thurs. 9/14/95, noon, Cinemax

- DONAHUE: HOMOSEXUALITY AND LESBIANISM (CC).  Airs in
some (not all) areas on Tues. 9/12/95.  Check local
listings.  Airings include:
> Tues. 9/12/95, 9:00 am, on Washington DC area WUSA ch.
9, and also on DC ch. 16 & 25  (call letters unknown)
> Tues.-Wed., 9/12-13/95, 1:35 am, on Phila. PA KYW ch. 3 

- GORDON ELLIOTT: BISEXUALITY.  Airs Wed. 9/13/95 in many
areas.  Check local listings.  Airings include:
> Wed. 9/13/95, 9:00 am, on New York City WNYW ch. 5 &
Baltimore MD WMAR ch. 2
> Wed. 9/13/95, 10:00 am, on Washington DC WTTG ch. 5
> Probable: Wed. 9/13/95, 1:00 pm, Phila. PA WTXF ch. 29

- CHARLES PEREZ: WOMEN WHO DISCOVER THAT THEIR FORMER
MATES ARE HOMOSEXUAL.  Airs Wed. 9/13/95 in most areas.
Check local listings.  Airings include:
> Wed. 9/13/95, 10:00 am, on national cable WPIX ch. 11 
> Wed. 9/13/95, 2:00 pm, on Wash. DC area ch. 45
> Wed. 9/13/95, 4:00 pm, on Wash. DC area ch. 50
> Wed. 9/13/95, 5:00 pm, on Phila. PA WPHL ch. 17

************** TO BE CONTINUED ON NOTE #2 **************
Be sure to read all 5 notes!

Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ
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Hi, folks!  This is note #2 (of 5) of the list of tv shows
with gay, lesbian, other sexual minority, and gay/straight
AIDS themes, for the tv week of Sat 9/9/95 - Fri 9/15/95.
Be sure to read all 5 notes!  Most times Eastern.

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

- INSIDE THE REPUBLICAN REVOLUTION (CC).  A behind the
scenes look at the Republican Party strategies.  Includes
interviews with Newt Gingrich and others.  May or may not
address their views on gay political issues.  No promises
about gay content.  Airings include:
> Wed. 9/13/95, 9:00 pm (local time in each area): San
Francisco KQED ch. 9; Wash. DC ch. 26; Maryland Public
Television network channels; Tampa FL WEDU ch. 3
> Wed. 9/13/95, 10:00 pm, on Phila. PA WHYY ch. 12
> Fri.-Sat., 9/15-16/95, 1:00 am, on San Francisco KQED
ch. 9

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

- SIEGFRIED & ROY (CC).  Airs Sat. 9/9/95, 8:00 pm, ABC. I
don't know if they're anything more than business
partners, but TV Guide says that this show includes "a
visit to Siegfried & Roy's Vegas estate."

- ARMISTEAD MAUPIN'S TALES OF THE CITY (Parts 1-3 of 6).
Airs in Los Angeles on Sat. 9/9/95, from 9:00 pm to
midnight, on KCET ch. 28.  (Followed immediately by
GREETINGS FROM OUT HERE.)

- ED WOOD:  A LOOK BACK IN ANGORA.  Airs Sat. 9/9/95,
10:00 pm, on Phila. PA WYBE ch. 35.  Documentary about the
straight cross-dresser who filmed some of Hollywood's
worst (but unintentionally funniest) films ever.  Includes
clips from several Ed Wood films, incl. Glen or Glenda.

- GREETINGS FROM OUT HERE.  Airs in Los Angeles on Sat.-
Sun. 9/9-10/95, midnight, on KCET ch. 28.  Gay
documentary.

- DAME EDNA EXPERIENCE.  Airs in San Francisco on
Sat.-Sun., 9/10-11/95, 1:00 am, on KQED ch. 9.  Hosted by
Australian cross-dresser Barry Humphries.

- THREE OF HEARTS (CC).  Airs Sat.-Sun., 9/9-10/95, 1:25
am, The Movie Channel.  Very weird movie in which a
lesbian (Kelly Lynch) hires a male gigolo (William
Baldwin) to seduce, and then drop, her bisexual ex
(Sherilyn Fenn), in the hopes that the ex would give up on
men and return to women.

- THREESOME (CC).  Airs Sat.-Sun., 9/9-10/95, 2:30 am,
Showtime cable.  (NOTE:  Showtime is supposed to be
offering a free preview this weekend, so this show will be
unscrambled for most folks who have cable.)  Three college
students wind up in a dorm suite.  The Woman is in love
with man #1.  Man #1 is in love with Man #2.  Man #2 is in
love with the woman.  Got the picture?

- IN CONCERT: SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK.  Airs in San
Francisco Sun. 9/10/95, 11:00 am, on KQED ch. 9.  A friend
writes "Filmed at S.F.'s Glide Memorial Church, the award-
winning a cappella group Sweet Honey in the Rock performs
songs celebrating self-esteem and empowerment in a concert
titled 'Songs for the Children.'"

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Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ
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Hi, folks!  This is note #3 (of 5) of the list of tv shows
with gay, lesbian, other sexual minority, and gay/straight
AIDS themes, for the tv week of Sat 9/9/95 - Fri 9/15/95.
Be sure to read all 5 notes!  Most times Eastern.

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

- ROOTS, ROCK & ROLL OF MELISSA ETHERIDGE.  Airs Sun.
9/10/95, 4:00 pm, VH-1.

- AMERICAN SPORTSWOMEN.  Airs Sun. 9/10/95, 5:00 pm, on
New York City WABC ch. 7.  According to TV Guide, the
topics include "a discussion of sexuality in women's
sports".

- THE EMMY AWARDS (CC).  Airs Sun. 9/10/95, 8:00 pm, on
Fox.  According to my e-mail, pg. 22 of the 9/9/95 TV
Guide, and pg. 24 of the 9/8/95 ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY,
there are several nominations of particular interest this
year, including:
> TV Movie:  "Serving in Silence: The Margarethe
Cammermeyer Story" (NBC)
> Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special:  Glenn Close,
"Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story"
> Comedy script:  gay writer Joe Keenan, for his episode
of "Frasier" in which Frasier inadvertently asked a man
for a date
> Comedy direction:  gay director David Lee, for the same
"Frasier" episode
> Informational or Cultural Program:  "After Goodbye: An
AIDS Story" about the impact of the disease on The Turtle
Creek Chorale, Dallas' 200 member male chorus

- ORLANDO (CC).  Airs Sun. 9/10/95, 8:00 pm, The Movie
Channel. Despite an intriguing premise, this is a very
boring and disappointing movie about a person (Tilda
Swinton) who lives 400 years and changes genders without
the benefit of surgery. Based on Virginia Woolf's story.

- mdTV: ADVENTURES WITH DEBI AND MARK.  Monthly gay cable
show airs in San Francisco on Sun. 9/10/95, 8:00 pm, on
Viacom ch. 53.  This month's topic:  "Dates from Hell".
Filmed in the Castro. (Airs second Sunday of each month.)

- MELROSE PLACE (CC).  Airs Mon. 9/11/95, 8:00 pm, Fox.
It looks like gay character Matt (Doug Savant) will be
featured in this 4th season opener.  At the end of last
season, Matt was "wrongfully imprisoned for murder".
Tonight, "Anne-Marie Johnson signs on as Matt's lawyer and
James Handy, who's recently played tough guys on NYPD Blue
and Beverly Hills, 90210, changes pace to return as the
accused killer's father." (quotes from TV Guide)

- PARTNERS (CC).  Airs Mon. 9/11/95, 9:00 pm, Fox.  New
series premiere.  A new show about a woman (Alicia) who
marries a man (Owen) and finds herself also attached at
the hip to his best friend Bob.  On pg. 62 of the 9/8/95
Entertainment Weekly, EW says: "Partners...takes pains to
tell us that Bob is straight, but the way his relationship
with Owen plays out, he's deployed as a gay character.
One of the pilot's big jokes is that everyone in the
architectural firm where Bob and Owen work stops and
stares when the two men embrace".

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Be sure to read all 5 notes.
Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ
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Hi, folks!  This is note #4 (of 5) of the list of tv shows
with gay, lesbian, other sexual minority, and gay/straight
AIDS themes, for the tv week of Sat 9/9/95 - Fri 9/15/95.
Be sure to read all 5 notes!  Most times Eastern.

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

- FAMILY STORIES.  Airs Wed. 9/13/95, 8:00 pm, on Phila.
PA WHYY ch. 12.  May or may not air on other PBS stations,
so check your listings.  TV Guide says:  "A look at the
ways the changing definition of family affects the
children of interracial, divorced, gay and lesbian, and
traditional parents."

- COURTHOUSE (CC).  Airs Wed. 9/13/95, 10:00 pm, CBS.
Series debut.  Reports indicate that this show will have a
major leading character who's a lesbian.  Pg. 44 of the
9/8/95 Entertainment Weekly also says that "Courthouse's
executive producer Deborah Joy LeVine vows that by
season's end, the show's lesbian judge (Jenifer Lewis) and
her lover (Sweet Justice's Cree Summer) will kiss."

- LAW & ORDER (CC).  Airs Wed. 9/13/95, 10:00 pm, NBC.
Rerun of the show in which "The investigation of a gay
councilman's murder involves his roommate (Mitchell
Lichtenstein), a married man (Robert Joy) and a homophobic
politician (Daniel Hugh Kelly) who, surprisingly, was a
friend of the victim."-TV Guide

- REAL WORLD (CC).  Airs Wed. 9/13/95, 10:30 pm, MTV.  TV
Guide says "Rachel and Pedro discuss his being HIV-
positive."

- M. BUTTERFLY (CC).  Airs Wed.-Thurs., 9/13-14/95, 3:20
am, Cinemax.  TV Guide says: "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."  What they don't say is that the opera
singer turns out to be a man in drag.

- THE CREW (CC).  Airs Thurs. 9/14/95, 8:30 pm, Fox.
According to the plot line in the 9/9 TV Guide, Paul (who
is the gay flight attendant) gets an unexpected promotion.

- E.R. (CC).  Airs Thurs 9/14/95, 10:00 pm, NBC.  "Benton
treats a dying AIDS patient."-TV Guide

- MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO.  Airs Fri. 9/15/95, 11:00 pm,
Bravo cable.  Gus Van Sant's movie about two male
hustlers, one of whom is gay.

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Some notes this week:

1. All readers should RUN, NOT walk, to the nearest
newsstand and buy the 9/8/95 issue of ENTERTAINMENT
WEEKLY.  The cover story and the main theme for this
week's magazine is "The Gay 90s: Entertainment Comes Out
of the Closet".  It includes about 24 pages of articles on
gay subjects (including movies, television, music, etc.).
This is the most comprehensive reporting on gay media
issues I've ever seen in a mainstream press magazine.

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Please be sure to read all 5 notes.

Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ
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Hi, folks!  This is note #5 (of 5) of the list of tv shows
with gay, lesbian, other sexual minority, and gay/straight
AIDS themes, for the tv week of Sat 9/9/95 - Fri 9/15/95.
Be sure to read all 5 notes!  Most times Eastern.

*************** CONTINUED FROM NOTE #4 ******************

2. Philadelphia area viewers should note that the CBS &
NBC stations are switching network affiliations this week.
Effective Sat.-Sun., 9/9-10/95, 1:00 am, WCAU ch. 10 will
be an NBC affiliate, and KYW ch. 3 will be with CBS.

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

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

NOTE: This address IS case-sensitive! Copy it exactly.

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

- BEIJING '95: A WOMAN'S PLACE (CC).  CNN continues their
coverage of the United Nations Women's Conference.  Airs:
> Sat. 9/9/95, 10:30 pm, CNN
> weekdays 9/11/95 - 9/15/95, at 11:00 am ET on CNN

- THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN (CC).  Airs Mon. 9/11/95, 6;00 pm,
HBO.  Excellent movie about the Army Air Corps' 332nd,
which was first U.S. division of African-American fighter
pilots in WWII, & the incredible racism they encountered.
Highly recommended.

- NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT.  According to TV Guide, the
guest is George Campbell Jr. of the National Action
Committee for Minorities in Engineering.  Airs Mon.
9/11/95 on many public tv stations, including:
> Mon. 9/11/95, 6:30 pm, on Wash. DC area ch. 26
> Mon. 9/11/95, 7:00 pm, on Maryland Public Television
> Mon. 9/11/95, 7:00 pm & also 11:00 pm, on Phila. PA WHYY
ch. 12 and also Allentown PA WLVT ch. 39A

- A BUNNY'S TALE.  Airs Mon.-Tues., 9/11-12/95, 1:05 am,
on NYC NY WABC ch. 7.  Movie based on Gloria Steinem's
expose about the conditions faced by women who work as
Playboy "Bunnies".

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That's it for this week's list.  Be sure to read all 5
notes.

Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ
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