Subject: Gay TV Shows 9/23/95-9/29/95
From: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 01:56:19 -0400

Hi, folks!  This is note #1 (of 3) of the list of tv shows
with gay, lesbian, other sexual minority, and gay/straight
AIDS themes, for the tv week of Sat 9/23/95 - Fri 9/29/95.
Be sure to read all 3 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:

- NETWORK Q.  G/L/B show.  Check local listings.
Scheduled airings include (but aren't limited to):
> Sat. 9/23/95, 10:00 pm, on Phila. PA WYBE ch. 35
> Mon.-Tues., 9/25-26/95, midnight, on NYC NY WNET ch. 13
> Tues.-Wed., 9/26-27/95, midnight, NYC WNET ch. 13
(unknown if the NYC airings are different episodes)
> Wed. 9/27/95, 9:00 pm, on Phila. PA WYBE ch. 35
(different episode from 9/23 show)

- MRS. DOUBTFIRE (CC).  Harvey Fierstein and CA gay comic
Scott Capurro appear as the gay couple/makeup artists who
transform Robin Williams into an elderly woman.  Airs:
> Sun. 9/23/95, 2:30 pm, HBO
> Thurs. 9/28/95, 6:00 am and again at 5:30 pm, HBO

- PHILADELPHIA (CC).  Tom Hanks won an Oscar for his role
as a gay lawyer who is fired from his job when he develops
AIDS and his gayness is discovered.  Denzel Washington
costars, & the gay a cappella group The Flirtations appear
briefly.  Airs:
> Sun. 9/24/95, 5:50 pm, The Movie Channel
> Sun.-Mon., 9/24-25/95, 3:45 am, TMC

- LAUREN HUTTON AND....  Ms. Hutton has several talk shows
of interest this week.  Check your local listings for air
times/channels in your area.
> Monday 9/25/95:  Guest is RuPaul.  Airings include Mon.-
Tues., 9/25-26/95, at 1:30 am on Phila. PA WGBS ch. 57,
and at 1:35 am on NYC NY WCBS ch. 2.
> Tuesday 9/26/95:  Guest is Camille Paglia ("Vamps and
Tramps").  Airings include Tues.-Wed.., 9/26-27/95, at
1:30 am on Phila. PA WGBS ch. 57, and at 1:35 am on NYC NY
WCBS ch. 2.
> Friday 9/29/95:  Guest is Sandra Bernhard.  Airings
include Fri.-Sat., 9/29-30/95, at 1:30 am on Phila. PA
WGBS ch. 57, and at 1:35 am on NYC NY WCBS ch. 2.

- JERRY SPRINGER:  LESBIANISM.  Airs Tues. 9/26/95 in most
areas.  Check local listings.  Airings include:
> Tues. 9/26/95, 11:00 am, on Phila. PA WGBS ch. 57

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

- ORLANDO (CC).  Airs Sat. 9/23/95, 10:20 am, The Movie
Channel.  Surprisingly boring movie about a person who
lives for 400 years and manages to change genders in the
middle without the benefit of surgery.  Based on Virginia
Woolf's story.  This movie is an exercise in tedium.

- THREE OF HEARTS (CC).  Airs Sun. 9/24/95, 11:15 pm, 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 will give up on men and return to women.

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

Be sure to read all 3 notes!

Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ
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Hi, folks!  This is note #2 (of 3) of the list of tv shows
with gay, lesbian, other sexual minority, and gay/straight
AIDS themes, for the tv week of Sat 9/23/95 - Fri 9/29/95.
Be sure to read all 3 notes!  Most times Eastern.

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

- MELROSE PLACE (CC).  Airs Mon. 9/25/95, 8:00 pm, Fox.
TV Guide says "Michael urges Matt (Doug Savant) to sue Dr.
Hobbs (Francis X. McCarthy)".

- CAN'T HURRY LOVE (CC).  Airs Mon. 9/25/95, 8:30 pm, CBS.
TV Guide says "Roger gets a massage - from a man."  I have
no idea what this means, so no promises on gay content.

- MAKING LOVE.  Airs Mon.-Tues., 9/25-26/95, 4:40 am,
Cinemax.  1982 movie about a married man who gets involved
with another man.  Michael Ontkean, Harry Hamlin, and Kate
Jackson star.

- THE PELICAN BRIEF (CC).  Airs Tues. 9/25/95, 5:30 pm,
Cinemax.  It is 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.

- JUST ONE OF THE GUYS (CC).  Airs Tues. 9/25/95, 6:15 pm,
HBO.  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.

- POSITIVE HEALTH.  Airs in Phila. PA on Tues. 9/26/95,
7:30 pm, on WYBE ch. 35.  A local weekly show by and for
people with AIDS and HIV disease.

- CONAN O'BRIEN.  Airs Tues.-Wed., 9/26-27/95, 12:35 am,
NBC.  Tuesday's scheduled guests include out gay actor &
comedian Scott Thompson, who is playing a gay man on this
season's "The Larry Sanders Show".

- FRIENDS (CC).  Airs Thurs. 9/28/95, 8:00 pm, NBC.  Ross'
lesbian ex-wife and her partner will probably be in this
week's episode.  TV Guide says that "Ross (David
Schwimmer) isn't exactly gaga over breast milk".

- MAURICE.  Airs Thurs.-Fri., 9/28-29/95, 3:15 am, Bravo
cable.  Beautiful film about a gay man coming to terms
with his sexuality in Edwardian England.

- ROSEANNE (CC).  Airs Fri. 9/29/95, 6:30 pm, on Phila. PA
WGBS ch. 57.  May or may not air in other daily
syndication rerun areas.  This is the episode in which
Leon fights with his male partner over "straightening up"
the house for a family visit.

- FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (CC).  Airs Fri. 9/29/95,
8:00 pm, Showtime cable.  This romantic comedy has gotten
much praise from my readers for its well-portrayed gay
male couple.

- GREETINGS FROM OUT HERE.  Airs in NYC on Fri.-Sat.,
9/29-30/95, midnight on WNET ch. 13.  I've never seen this
film about gays in the south, but many have praised it.

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

That's it for this week's gay tv shows, but check out note
#3 for the non-gay ALL ISMS ARE RELATED shows, and the special addendum from
GLAAD at the end of the email.

Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ
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Hi, folks!  This is note #3 (of 3) of the list of tv shows
with gay, lesbian, other sexual minority, and gay/straight
AIDS themes, for the tv week of Sat 9/23/95 - Fri 9/29/95.
Be sure to read all 3 notes!  Most times Eastern.

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

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

- GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT.  While this excellent 1947 movie
about anti-Semitism may seem dated in places, it
unfortunately still has a lot of relevance.  Based on
Laura Z. Hobson's novel.  Airs:
> Sun. 9/24/95, 5:00 am (NOT pm!), American Movie Classics
> Thurs. 9/28/95, 11:30 pm, AMC
> Thurs.-Fri. 9/28-29/95, 3:30 am, AMC

- MARK WALBERG:  CULTURAL ISSUES INVOLVING BIRACIAL
PEOPLE.  Airs Mon. 9/25/95 in most areas, including 10:00
am on NYC NY WNYW ch. 5.

- SEXUAL HARASSMENT QUIZ.  Airs:
> Tues. 9/26/95, noon, on New Jersey Network channels
(including Camden WNJS ch. 23 and Trenton WNJT ch. 52)
> Wed. 9/27/95, 10:00 pm, on New Jersey Network channels
(including Camden WNJS ch. 23 and Trenton WNJT ch. 52)

- BIOGRAPHY:  SUSAN B. ANTHONY (1820-1906).  Airs Thurs.
9/28/95, 8:00 pm, on Arts & Entertainment cable.  Tune in
to learn about this fascinating woman who was instrumental
in women getting the vote - and who died before her
tireless decades-long efforts were successful.

- TURNING POINT (CC).  Airs Thurs. 9/28/95, 10:00 pm, ABC.
TV Guide says that Meredith Vieira will have a report on
"the now-defunct extremist right-wing gropu known as The
Order.  The hour explores how the organization's radical
and often violent activities in the early 1980s follows an
anti-Semitic agenda".

- LAUREN HUTTON AND...  GERTRUDE MONGELLA, SECRETARY
GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON WOMEN.  Airs
Thurs. 9/28/95.  Check local listings, but airings
include:
> Thurs.-Fri., 9/28-29/95, 1:30 am, Phila. PA WGBS ch.57
> Thurs.-Fri., 9/28-29/95, 1:35 am, NYC NY WCBS ch. 2

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That's it for this week!  Happy viewing.

Be sure to read all 3 notes.  Also check out the addendum from GLAAD, after
this message.

Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ
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ADDENDUM:

The following info comes from [email-masked]

From HRTF FL on the GLAAD Board on America On-Line:

From Stonewall and Anita Bryant to Oregon Measure 9 and "don't ask, don't
tell," the gay liberation movement has fought for equali rights in a
climate of hatred, violence, intolerance and discrimination.  The pursuit
of individual liberty    the freedom to think and act freely    comes with
the individual responsibility to not harm the freedom of others.  This
concept is fundamentally American.  But when it comes to freedom and equal
rights for gays and lesbians, equal rights become draped in fear-filled
rhetoric filled with stereotypes about family values, religion and
politics.

THE QUESTION OF EQUALITY is a four-part series for the gay and lesbian
community coming to public television nationwide in October, and it
addresses many of these issues head on.

Here you'll find a broadcast schedule and information about the four
programs, entitled Out Rage '69, Culture Wars, Hollow Liberty and
Generation Q, as well as other information about programs from the
Independent Television Service.

Also, you'll find a space to publicly discuss the issues pertinent to your
community and a survey to test your Queer Quotient.  Your feedback is
highly valued.  

For more information about THE QUESTION OF EQUALITY, point your browser to
http://www.itvs.org/ITVS/programs/QofE
or email the Independent Television Service (ITVS) at
[email-masked].