Subject: Gay TV Shows 10/21/95-10/27/95
From: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 02:41:24 -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 10/21/95-Fri 10/27/95.
Be sure to read all 5 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:

- PHILADELPHIA (CC).  Tom Hanks plays a gay lawyer who is
fired when he develops AIDS, and his disease & gayness are
revealed.  Denzel Washington plays his attorney.  The
Flirtations have a brief appearance. Airs:
> Sat. 10/21/95, 3:15 pm, The Movie Channel
> Sun. 10/22/95, 5:05 am (NOT pm!), The Movie Channel

- NETWORK Q.  G/L/B show.  Check your local listings.
Scheduled airings include (but aren't limited to):
> Sat. 10/21/95, 10:00 pm, on Phila. PA WYBE ch. 35
> Wed. 10/25/95, 9:00 pm, on Phila. PA WYBE ch. 35.

- THE QUESTION OF EQUALITY (CC).  4-part series on past &
current efforts in the lesbian & gay rights movement:
 Pt. 1:  OUTRAGE '69 - re: Stonewall & the early movement
 Pt. 2:  CULTURE WARS - re: gaybashing, etc.
 Pt. 3:  HOLLOW LIBERTY - re: does 'liberty & justice'
apply to lesbians & gays?, navy discharges of women, etc.
 Pt. 4:  GENERATION Q - re: the future of gay rights,
especially the concerns/achievements of lesbian/gay youth.
Check your PBS stations, because this one is airing around
the country all month.  Upcoming airings include, but are
probably NOT limited to:
> Sat. 10/21/95, 11:00 pm, on New Jersey Network public tv
stations (including Camden NJ WNJS ch. 23 and Trenton NJ
WNJT ch. 52) - Part 3
> World Wide Web users:  For more info on this series,
see:  http://www.itvs.org/ITVS/programs/QofE

- SNEAK PREVIEWS:  CROSSDRESSING IN THE MOVIES.  According
to a reader, this weekend's Sneak Previews with Jeffrey
Lyons and Michael Medved will focus on this theme.  Check
your local PBS/public access station for air dates/times
in your area.  (Thanks, Jannette!)  Airings include:
> Sun. 10/22/95, 3:00 pm local time, Seattle/Tacoma area
PBS ch. 12
> Sun. 10/22/95, 11:30 pm, Phila. PA WHYY ch. 12

- IN THE LIFE.  Quarterly g/l/b news/journal.  WYBE's
program guide says "In Beijing for the International
Conference of Women, IN THE LIFE visited the 'lesbian
tent' where women from around the world met to discuss
international gay rights.  Also Charles Busch reports on
the new mainstreaming of drag, interviewing Patrick Swayze
and Wesley Snipes about their recent roles as drag
queens."  TV Guide says this episode also has a segment on
the fight to legalize lesbian and gay marriages.  Airs
this month in many PBS and public access stations; check
your local listings.  The IN THE LIFE newsletter lists the
following local air dates/times:
> Sun. 10/22/95, 11:30 pm, on Flint MI WFUM ch. 28
> Wed. 10/25/95, 10:00 pm, Miami FL WLRN ch. 17
> Wed. 10/25/95, 11:00 pm, North Dakota TV: KFME ch. 13,
KGFE ch. 2, KBME ch. 3, KSRE ch. 6, KDSE ch 9, KWSE ch. 4,
KJRE ch. 19
> Thurs.-Fri 10/26-27/95, mid., Milwaukee WI WMVS ch. 10
> next Sun 10/29/95, 11:00 pm, Louisville, KY WKPC ch. 15
> next Sun 10/29/95, midnight, Los Angeles CA KCET ch. 28

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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 10/21/95-Fri 10/27/95.
Be sure to read all 5 notes!  Most times Eastern.

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VICTOR/VICTORIA.  Excellent & VERY gay-positive 1982
musical comedy starring Julie Andrews, James Garner,
Robert Preston, and Alex Karras.  Andrews is a straight
woman opera singer ("Victoria") who winds up broke and
jobless in 1930s Paris.  Enter her new best friend Toddy,
a gay nightclub singer (WONDERFULLY portrayed by Robert
Preston!).  Toddy talks her into pretending to be both his
male lover ("Victor") and a drag queen, and Andrews winds
up the toast of the town in a drag show.  All is fine
until she meets & falls in love with Garner (who thinks
she's a man).  Alex Karras is Garner's gay bodyguard, who
gets involved w/ Toddy.  HIGHLY recommended! This movie is
one of my all-time favorite films.  It airs this week on
most PBS stations nationwide in conjunction with a Julie
Andrews special, so check your local listings.  But beware
of pledge breaks in some areas.  Airings include:
> Sat. 10/21/95, 8:00 pm, San Francisco CA KQED ch. 9
> Sat.-Sun., 10/21-22/95, midnight, Phila. PA WHYY ch. 12
> Wed. 10/25/95, 9:00 pm, San Francisco CA KQED ch. 9
> Wed. 10/25/95, 9:30 pm, Phila. PA WHYY ch. 12
> Wed. 10/25/95, 10:00 pm, New York City NY WNET ch. 13
> next Sat. 10/28/95, 9:00 pm, on Los Angeles KCET ch. 28

- THE WEDDING BANQUET.  TV Guide says "Engaging farce
involving an interracial gay couple who stage a phony
marriage ceremony to please one partner's tradition-minded
parents."  Airings include:
> Sun. 10/22/95, 9:00 pm, Prism
> Mon. 10/23/95, 12:30 pm, Prism

- JERRY SPRINGER:  DISLIKING A GAY FRIEND'S FLAMBOYANT
BEHAVIOR.  Airs Mon 10/23/95 in most areas.  Check local
listings.  Airings include:
> Mon. 10/23/95, 11:00 am, on NYC NY WNBC ch. 4
> possible:  Mon 10/23/95, 11:00 am, Phila. PA WGBS ch. 57
> Mon., 10/23/95, 11:00 PM, Phila. PA WGBS ch. 57

- RICKI LAKE:  HOMOSEXUALITY.  Airs Tues. 10/24/95 in most
areas.  Check local listings.  Airings include:
> Tues. 10/24/95, noon, on national cable WWOR ch. 9

- MARK WALBERG:  WOMEN IN LOVE WITH GAY MEN.  Airs Tues
10/24/95 in most areas.  Check local listings.  Airings
include:
> Tues. 10/24/95, 1:00 pm, on New York City NY WNYW ch. 5

- GABRIELLE:  DEALING WITH A PARENT'S HOMOSEXUALITY (CC).
Airs Thurs 10/26/95 in most areas.  Check local listings.
Airings include:
> Thurs 10/26/95, 11:00 am, on Phila. PA WTXF ch. 29 and
New York City NY WNYW ch. 5

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

- OUT THERE IN HOLLYWOOD.  Airs Sat.-Sun., 10/21-22/95,
2:00 am, Comedy Central.  3rd edition of Comedy Central's
"Out There" lesbian & gay comedy hours.  Gay actor Scott
Thompson hosts this one.  Lea DeLaria and Margaret Cho are
among the guests.  Three cheers for Comedy Central!

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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 10/21/95-Fri 10/27/95.
Be sure to read all 5 notes!  Most times Eastern.

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

- MEDUSA: DARE TO BE TRUTHFUL.  Airs Sun. 10/22/95, 4:00
pm, Comedy Central.  This parody of the Madonna: Truth or
Dare documentary also reportedly parodies the gay content
in that movie.

- AILEEN WUORNOS: THE SELLING OF A SERIAL KILLER.  Airs
Mon 10/23/95, 5:00 am (NOT pm!), Cinemax.  Documentary
about the serial killer.  Unknown if this show discusses
her reported relationship with another woman.

- THE NANNY (CC).  Airs Mon. 10/23/95, 8:00 pm, CBS.  This
one is iffy, folks.  TV Guide says:  "Maxwell (Charles
Shaughnessy) is attracted to his new publicist (Catherine
Oxenberg), but he's decidedly not her preference."  No
promises on gay content, but "preference" is frequently
used as a TV description euphemism for sexual orientation.

- THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE.  Airs Mon.-Tues., 10/23-
24/95, 12:45 am, Encore cable.  TV Guide says "Robert
Aldrich directed this strong, well-acted version of Frank
Marcus's stage play about a destructive lesbian
relationship."

- THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT.  Airs
Tues.-Wed., 10/24-25/95, midnight, Showtime cable.
"Delightfully campy account of three transvestites'
offbeat escapades as they traverse the Australian outback
in their ramshackle bus, 'Priscilla'."-TV Guide

- ARTHUR ASHE (CC).  Airs Wed. 10/25/95, 7:00 am, HBO.
Documentary about the tennis star.  Probably includes his
death from AIDS & his education efforts about the disease.

- ROSEANNE (CC).  Airs in NYC on Wed. 10/25/95, 6:30 pm,
on WNYW ch. 5.  This is the great episode in which
Roseanne learns that Rodbell's dept. store is asking its
employees to take a lie detector test.  She thinks they're
trying to find out if Leon (Martin Mull) is gay.  (He is,
but they aren't.)

- GREAT PERFORMANCES: "JULIE ANDREWS - BACK ON BROADWAY".
Airs on most PBS stations on Wed. 10/25/95, 8:00 pm.  In
preparation for Julie Andrews' opening with the new
Broadway show version of the great gay-positive movie
Victor/Victoria, PBS stations around the country are
airing this Julie Andrews special, in conjunction with the
movie version of Victor/Victoria.  Check your local
listings for these shows.  Pledge breaks will interrupt in
some areas.

- DREAM ON (CC).  Airs Wed. 10/25/95, 10:00 pm, HBO.  TV
Guide says:  "Judith's attractive friend from college
visits."  No promises, but if this is the episode I think
it is, the friend turns out to be gay.

- DAME EDNA EXPERIENCE.  Airs Wed. 10/25/95, 11:15 pm, on
KQED ch. 9.  Starring Australian cross-dresser Barrie
Humphries.

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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 10/21/95-Fri 10/27/95.
Be sure to read all 5 notes!  Most times Eastern.

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- CITIZEN COHN (CC).  Airs Wed.-Thurs., 10/25-26/95, 1:20
am, HBO.  Made-for-HBO movie about laywer Roy Cohn.  Cohn
was a Jewish, homosexual man who was also anti-Semitic and
homophobic.  He worked with Sen. Joseph McCarthy and the
House UnAmerican Activities Committee in the 1950s.  He
later died of AIDS.

- FRIENDS (CC).  Airs Thurs. 10/26/95, 8:00 pm, NBC.
According to TV Guide, this is a repeat of an episode in
which Ross's ex-wife (Anita Barone) "has a startling
revelation for him."  It probably involves her current
lover, Susan (Jessica Hecht).

- FREUD LEAVING HOME.  Airs in San Francisco on Thurs.
10/26/95, 10:00 pm, on KQED ch. 9.  According to a reader,
"Freud is the sexy, spirited, 25-year old daughter of
Holocaust survivors Ruben and Rosha Cohen.  Rosha is
celebrating her 60th birthday with a lavish party, so
Freud's wayward Orthodox sister, Deborah, comes home from
Israel, and her dreamy gay brother, David, returns from
the U.S.  By the end of this Swedish reunion, everyone in
this vibrant family experiences love, loss, and finally
reconciliation." (Thanks for the info, Laura!)

- JAY LENO (CC).  Airs Thurs. 10/26/95, 11:35 pm, NBC.
Scheduled guests include k.d. lang.

- THREESOME (CC).  Airs Thurs.-Fri., 10/26-27/95, 12:20
am, Showtime cable.  Three college roommates:  Man #1 is
in love with Man #2.  Man #2 is in love with the Woman.
And the Woman is in love with Man #1.....

- SAN FRANCISCO CA MAYORAL DEBATE.  Airs in SF, CA on Fri.
10/27/95, 5:00 pm, on SF's NBC-affiliate ch. 4.  Lesbian
politician Roberta Achtenberg is one of the candidates.

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

- TONY BROWN'S JOURNAL.  "Archival photographs are used to
show the role of black women in the U.S. armed forces
during World War II."-TV Guide.  This episode is still
airing in some areas.  Check local listings.  Airings
include:
> Sat. 10/21/95, 4:00 pm, on Allentown PA WLVT ch. 39A

- MAKING MONEY WITH THE BEARDSTOWN LADIES (CC).  Airs in
Phila. PA on Sun. 10/22/95, 6:15 pm, on WHYY PBS ch. 12.
TV Guide calls this "A report on a group of Illinois
friends who formed an investment group for women.  The
program addresses the creation of the club, the general
agenda of monthly meetings."

- PASSION TO PLAY.  Airs Tues. 10/24/95, 10:00 pm, ESPN-2.
TV Guide calls this "A look at the experiences and
achievements of top black female athletes.  Among those
profiled are tennis great Althea Gibson and track and
field's Jackie Joyner-Kersee."

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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 10/21/95-Fri 10/27/95.
Be sure to read all 5 notes!  Most times Eastern.

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

NON-GAY ALL ISMS ARE RELATED DEPT, continued:

- CAGNEY & LACEY:  THE VIEW THROUGH THE GLASS CEILING
(CC).  Airs Wed. 10/25/95, 9:00 pm, CBS.  This new C&L
movie sounds (from the title) like it will deal with
sexual harassment and/or sexism in the workplace.

- IN REAL LIFE: SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN SCHOOLS.  Airs in NYC
NY on Wed.-Thurs., 10/25-26/95, 3:00 am, on WNET ch. 13.

- SEXUAL HARASSMENT: YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE IT.  Airs in
NYC NY on Wed.-Thurs., 10/25-26/95, 3:25 am, on WNET ch.
13.

- PHIL DONAHUE: BELIEVING THAT RACISM DOESN'T EXIST IN
AMERICA (CC).  (Where on earth do they dig up these idiot
guests, anyway????!!!)  Airs Thurs. 10/26 in some areas.
Airings include Thurs.-Fri., 10/26-27/95, 1:35 am, on
Phila. PA KYW ch. 3.

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

One last note:  folks who have web access should
periodically check out my web site IN ADDITION TO THESE
LISTS.  The web site has room for much more info than can
fit into these tv show lists, including detailed
information from readers about shows across the US and
Canada, upcoming plot lines, etc.

Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ
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