Subject: Gay TV Shows 11/4/95 - 11/10/95
From: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 1995 03:24:12 -0500

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 11/4/95-Fri 11/10/95.
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:

- FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (CC).  This movie has
received much praise from readers for its positive
portrayal of a gay male couple.  Airs:
> Sat. 11/4/95, 5:20 pm, The Movie Channel
> Sat.-Sun., 11/4-5/95, 3:30 am, TMC
> Thurs.-Fri., 11/9-10/95, 3:00 am, TMC

- JUST ONE OF THE GUYS.  Joyce Hyser stars as a high
school student who pretends to be male and enrolls in
another school, to research a newspaper article on sexism.
When she falls in love with a male friend at the other
school, her classmates think that Joyce is a gay male.  A
well done 1985 movie.  Airs:
> Sat. 11/4/95, 6:15 pm, Cinemax (CC)
> Tues. 11/7/95, 9:00 pm, Encore cable (NOT CC)
> Wed. 11/8/95, 10:30 am & 5:45 pm, Encore (NOT CC)
> Thurs. 11/9/95, 4:30 pm, Cinemax (CC)

- STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE.  TV Guide says:  "Star Trek
once created controversy by pairing Kirk and Uhura for an
interracial kiss.  Star Trek: Deep Space Nine serves up
another thought-provoking smooch, this one being two
female actresses playing symbionts."  A UPN ST:DS9 ad
elsewhere in the TV Guide says:  "In a previous life they
were husband and wife....will Dax risk everything for her
one true love?"  Syndicated.  Check local listings.  This
show will rebroadcast this weekend in many areas.  Airings
include:
> Sat. 11/4/95, 7:00 pm, on Phila. PA WGBS ch. 57 and WPIX
national cable ch. 11

- VH1 TO ONE WITH K.D. LANG.  Airs:
> Sat. 11/4/95, 8:30 pm, VH-1
> Mon. 11/6/95, 8:00 pm and 11:00 pm, VH-1

- THE QUESTION OF EQUALITY (CC).  4-part series on past &
current efforts in the lesbian & gay rights movement:
 Pt. 1:  OUT RAGE '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
NOT limited to:
> Sat. 11/4/95, 11:30 pm, Seattle WA KCTS ch. 9 (pt. 1)
> Sun. 11/5/95, 10:00 pm, on NYC NY WNET ch. 13 (pt. 1)
> World Wide Web users:  For more info on this series,
see:  http://www.itvs.org/ITVS/programs/QofE

- JENNY JONES:  MAKEOVERS FOR CROSS-DRESSERS.  Airs Tues.
11/7/95 in most areas.  Check local listings.  Airings
include:
> Tues. 11/7/95, 9:00 am, on Phila. PA WPVI ch. 6
> Tues. 11/7/95, 1:00 pm, on WWOR national cable ch. 9

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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 11/4/95-Fri 11/10/95.
Be sure to read all 4 notes!  Most times Eastern.

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- ROSEANNE (CC).  This week, many areas will rerun the
great Halloween episode in which "Leon (Martin Mull) hosts
a Halloween soiree with a bevy of his gay friends, many of
whom seem to know Fred intimately." - TV Guide.  Check
your local listings.  Airings include:
> Wed. 11/8/95, 6:30 pm, on NYC NY WNYW ch. 5
> Thurs. 11/9/95, 6:30 pm, on Phila. PA WGBS ch. 57

- MONTEL WILLIAMS:  DATING VIRGINS BECAUSE OF ONE'S FEAR
OF CONTRACTING AIDS.  Airs Thurs. 11/9/95 in areas that
delay or rebroadcast Montel by one week.  Check local
listings.  Airings include:
> Thurs. 11/9/95, 10:00 pm, on NYC NY WNYW ch. 5

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

- TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL (CC).  Airs Sat. 11/4/95, 9:00 pm,
CBS.  TV Guide says:  "Natalie Cole plays an HIV-positive
woman who accepts the marriage proposal of a man that
she's known since childhood, prompting his mother (Maya
Angelou) to express concerns about the union."

- PLANET HOLLYWOOD COMES HOME (CC).  Airs Sat. 11/4/95,
10:00 pm, ABC.  According to TV Guide, this show will
include a performance by Elton John.  They say:  "Coverage
of the Sept. 17 opening of the restaurant's Beverly Hills
location.  Included are appearances by Arnold
Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, Demi
Moore and Roseanne; performances by Elton John, Chuck
Berry and Sinbad; and interviews conducted by comedienne
Paula Poundstone."

- THE CHRISTINE JORGENSEN STORY.  Airs in Phila. PA on
Sat.-Sun., 11/4-5/95, 3:00 am, on WCAU ch. 10.  "(1970)
How the celebrated transsexual (John Hansen) got that way.
Thora: Joan Tompkins.  Jorgensen Sr.: John Himes.  Tom:
Quinn Redeker."-TV Guide

- SMART SEX.  Airs Sun. 11/5/95, 5:00 pm, MTV.  TV Guide
just describes this as a "documentary".  It seems likely
to address AIDS issues, but no promises.

- SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION.  Airs Sun.-Mon. 11/5-6/95,
3:05 am, Showtime cable.  Entertaining and reportedly
fact-based story of a gay con man.  Will Smith plays the
con artist.  Sir Ian McKellen, Stockard Channing, and
Donald Sutherland also co-star.

- MELROSE PLACE (CC).  Airs Mon. 11/6/95, 8:00 mp, Fox.
TV Guide says "Matt celebrates getting into med school."

- POSITIVE HEALTH.  Airs in Phila. PA on Tues. 11/7/95,
7:30 pm, on WYBE ch. 35.  A local weekly show by and for
people with AIDS and HIV disease.

- INNER JOURNEYS, PUBLIC STANDS.  Airs in Denver CO on
Wed. 11/8/95, 8:00 pm, on Denver KBDI ch. 12.  May or may
not air on other PBS stations.  A documentary about 18
heterosexual allies of gay rights (including a friend of
mine - go, Kat!), and what motivated them to take public
stands on this issue.

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Be sure to read all 4 notes!

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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 11/4/95-Fri 11/10/95.
Be sure to read all 4 notes!  Most times Eastern.

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

- COURTHOUSE (CC).  Airs Wed. 11/8/95, 10:00 pm, CBS.
"Danny (Cree Summer) resents being shuffled off to a hotel
while Rosetta's parents visit."-TV Guide  (Danny and
Rosetta are a Black lesbian couple.)

- GREAT PERFORMANCES (CC):  "IN THE WINGS: ANGELS IN
AMERICA ON BROADWAY".  Airs Wed. 11/8/95 on some PBS
stations, including 11:00 pm on Phila. PA WHYY ch. 12.  TV
Guide says that this show "blends cast interviews with
comments from directory George C. Wolfe and playwright
Tony Kushner to study Kushner's controversial, Pulitzer-
winning Broadway play, 'Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia
on National Themes.'  Included:  rehearsal sessions."

- PERSONAL BEST.  Airs Thurs.-Fri., 11/9-10/95, 4:00 am,
Encore cable.  Just about every lesbian I know hated this
1982 show about two lesbian Olympic athletes, in part
because their male coach is such an offensive creep.

- ARMISTEAD MAUPIN'S TALES OF THE CITY.  Parts 1 and 2 (of
6) air in San Francisco on Fri. 11/10/95, at 9:00 pm, on
KQED ch. 9.

- MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO.  Airs Fri. 11/10/95, 11:00 pm,
Bravo cable.  Movie about two male hustlers, one of whom
is gay.

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Also, a reader reports that General Hospital's ongoing
storyline about AIDS "has been handled very well."  It is
about a straight man whose AIDS has made him the target of
homophobia and AIDSphobia.  GH airs weekdays, 3:00 pm ET,
on ABC.

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

- VISIONS.  Airs in Phila. PA on Sat. 11/4/95, 7:30 pm, on
WPVI ch. 6.  "Topics:  documenting the incidence of
domestic violence; living with a disability.  Host: Vernon
Odom."-TV Guide

- TALK RADIO'S MINORITY VOICES.  Airs Sat. 11/4/95, 9:30
pm, on C-SPAN.

- WARRIOR: THE LIFE OF LEONARD PELTIER (CC).  TV Guide
says "A 1991 documentary examining the case of Leonard
Peltier, a Native American convicted of fatally shooting
two FBI agents in 1975 at a South Dakota reservation."
Many people believe that the Native American rights
activist's conviction on virtually no evidence is a
classic case of racism at work.  Airs:
> Sat. 11/4/95, 11:00 pm, on New Jersey Network stations
(including Camden NJ WNJS ch. 23, Trenton NJ WNJT ch. 52).

- CNN PRESENTS (CC).  TV Guide says:  "Exploring racial
polarization."  Airs:
> Sun. 11/5/95, 9:00 pm, CNN
> Sun.-Mon. 11/5-6/95, midnight, CNN

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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 11/4/95-Fri 11/10/95.
Be sure to read all 4 notes!  Most times Eastern.

*************** CONTINUED FROM NOTE #3 ******************
Continuation of non-gay ALL ISMS ARE RELATED DEPT. shows:

- POV: 'LEONA'S SISTER GERRI' (CC).  Airs in NYC NY on
Sun. 11/5/95, 11:00 pm, on WNET ch. 13.  WHYY's guide
says:  "Filmmaker Jane Gillooly recreates the life of
Gerri Santoro, a woman whose anonymous portrait, published
in Ms. Magazine in 1973, shocked & mobilized the nation.
Santoro had been discovered lying on a motel-room floor,
dead because of an illegal abortion.  Viewer discretion
advised." Followed by a discussion show.

- INSIDE THE LAW.  "Conclusion of a two-part discussion of
the death penalty.  Examined:  its deterrent effect,
alleged racial bias, the lengthy appeals process." Airs:
> Tues. 11/7/95, 7:00 pm, on New Jersey Network stations
(including Camden NJ WNJS ch. 23, Trenton NJ WNJT ch. 52).

- JERRY SPRINGER:  RACISM AND THE KU KLUX KLAN.  Airs Wed.
11/8/95 in many areas.  Check local listings.  Airings
include:
> Wed. 11/8/95, 11:00 am, on NYC NY WNBC ch. 4
> Wed. 11/8/95, 11:00 pm, on Phila. PA WGBS ch. 57

- ROLONDA:  RACISM IN AMERICA.  Airs Wed. or Thurs in many
areas.  Check local listings.  Airings include:
> Wed.-Thurs. 11/8-9/95, 2:05 pm, on NYC NY WCBS ch. 2
> Thurs. 11/9/95, 10:00 am, on Phila. PA WTXF ch. 29

- MONTEL WILLIAMS:  DEALING WITH A LOVED ONE'S RACISM.
Airs Thurs. 11/9/95 in most areas.  Check listings.
> Thurs. 11/9/95, 4:00 pm, on Phila. PA WCAU ch. 10
> Thurs. 11/9/95, 5:00 pm, on NYC NY WNYW ch. 5

- GABRIELLE:  RACISM IN THE RELATIONSHIPS OF COUPLES (CC).
Airs Fri. 11/10/95 in most areas.  Check listings:
> Fri. 11/10/95, 11:00 am, on Phila. PA WTXF ch. 29 and
NYC NY WNYW ch. 5

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

Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ
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