From: CarolM10@aol.com Date: Sat, 4 Nov 1995 03:24:12 -0500 Subject: Gay TV Shows 11/4/95 - 11/10/95 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. ******************************************************** 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 ************** TO BE CONTINUED ON NOTE #2 ************** Be sure to read all 4 notes! Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ Prodigy ID = npyr87e <--- NOTE *NEW* PRODIGY ADDRESS! AmericaOnLineID = caroLm10 In IDs: 0 & 1 are numbers. Internet ID = caroLm10@aoL.com o & L are letters. WORLD WIDE WEB GAY TV HOME PAGE (case-sensitive): http://pages.prodigy.com/NJ/carol_mortimer/gay_tv_menu.html 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. *************** CONTINUED FROM NOTE #1 ***************** - 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. ************* TO BE CONTINUED ON NOTE #3 ************** Be sure to read all 4 notes! Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ Prodigy ID = npyr87e <--- NOTE *NEW* PRODIGY ADDRESS! AmericaOnLineID = caroLm10 In IDs: 0 & 1 are numbers. Internet ID = caroLm10@aoL.com o & L are letters. WORLD WIDE WEB GAY TV HOME PAGE (case-sensitive): http://pages.prodigy.com/NJ/carol_mortimer/gay_tv_menu.html 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. ********************************************************* 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. ********************************************************* 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 *************** TO BE CONTINUED ON NOTE #4 ************ Be sure to check out all 4 notes! Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ Prodigy ID = npyr87e <--- NOTE *NEW* PRODIGY ADDRESS! AmericaOnLineID = caroLm10 In IDs: 0 & 1 are numbers. Internet ID = caroLm10@aoL.com o & L are letters. WORLD WIDE WEB GAY TV HOME PAGE (case-sensitive): http://pages.prodigy.com/NJ/carol_mortimer/gay_tv_menu.html 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 ********************************************************** That's it for this week! Please be sure to read all 4 notes. Happy viewing! Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ Prodigy ID = npyr87e <--- NOTE *NEW* PRODIGY ADDRESS! AmericaOnLineID = caroLm10 In IDs: 0 & 1 are numbers. Internet ID = caroLm10@aoL.com o & L are letters. WORLD WIDE WEB GAY TV HOME PAGE (case-sensitive): http://pages.prodigy.com/NJ/carol_mortimer/gay_tv_menu.html