Subject: Gay TV Shows 12/23/95-12/29/95
From: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 01:59:28 -0500

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 12/23/95-Fri 12/29/95.
Be sure to read all 5 notes.  Local shows are listed with
local times; national shows are Eastern time zone.

*******  MERRY CHRISTMAS  &  KWANZAA GREETINGS!!  *******

The following shows air at multiple/various times:

- IN THE LIFE.  According to the IN THE LIFE member
program guide, episode 502 includes:  stories on gays
& religion, holidays and family celebrations, and
leadership issues; a visit to the US Holocaust Memorial
Museum; and an interview with George Stephanopoulous about
the Clinton "Administration's role in forging alliances
between gay and straight communities".  Upcoming airings
include the following.  (Beware of PBS pledge breaks!)
> Cleveland/Akron Alliance, OH: Sat.-Sun. 12/23-24/95,
midnight, WNEO ch. 45 & WEAO ch. 49
> Gainsville, FL:  Next Sat.-Sun. 12/20-21/95, midnight,
WUFT ch. 5
> North Dakota TV:  Tues. 12/26/95, 11:00 pm, on KFME ch.
13, KGFE ch. 2, KBME ch. 3, KSRE ch. 6, KWSE ch. 4, and
KJRE ch. 19
> Sacramento, CA: Next Sat. 12/30/95, 11:00 pm, KVIE ch. 6
> Springfield/Northampton, MA:  Sat. 12/23/95, 11:30 pm,
WGBY ch. 57
> Tacoma, WA:  Thurs. 12/28/95, 11:00 pm, KBTC ch. 28

- ALL MY CHILDREN (CC).  The plot line around Michael's
gayness continues. This past week, Michael came out to his
high school history class, while delivering an excellent
lesson on hate & the holocaust.
> Airs weekdays at 1:00 pm ET on ABC.

- MRS. DOUBTFIRE (CC).  Harvey Fierstein and CA gay comic
Scott Capurro appear as a gay couple who transform Robin
Williams into an elderly woman.  Airs:
> Mon. 12/25/95, 2:15 pm & 10:45 pm, HBO
> Fri. 12/29/95, 9:00 am & 5:00 pm, HBO

- GUIDING LIGHT (CC).  Guiding Light's story line involving
HIV and AIDS continues.
> Airs weekdays at 3:00 pm ET on CBS.

- FRONTLINE:  RUSH LIMBAUGH'S AMERICA (CC).  This show is
in the "know your enemy" cateogry.  Unknown if it will
address Limbaugh's numerous attacks on gays & women.  Airs
on Tues. 12/26/95 on many PBS stations; check your local
listings.  Airings include:
> Tues. 12/26/95, 9:00 pm, on NYC NY WNET ch. 13 and
Allentown, PA WLVT ch. 39A
> Tues. 12/26/95, 10:00 pm, on Phila. PA WHYY ch. 12
> Tues. 12/26/95, time unknown, on Tampa FL WEDU ch. 3

- ORLANDO (CC).  Movie about a person who lives for 400
years and manages to change gender several times without
the benefit of surgery.  Despite the intriguing premise,
this is an INCREDIBLY boring movie!  Airs:
> Wed. 12/27/95, 9:30 am & 5:55 pm, The Movie Channel

- CHARLES PEREZ:  HOW HIV AFFECTS RELATIONSHIPS.  Airs
Wed. 12/27/95 in most areas.  Check local listings.
Airings include:
> Wed. 12/27/95, 10:00 am, on WPIX national cable ch. 11
> Wed. 12/27/95, 5:00 pm, on Phila. PA WPHL ch. 17

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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 12/23/95-Fri 12/29/95.
Be sure to read all 5 notes!  Most times Eastern.

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

- THE PELICAN BRIEF (CC).  It is incidental to the plot,
but one of the 2 US Supreme Court justices who are killed
at the beginning of this movie turns out to have been a
closeted gay man.  Airs:
> Wed. 12/27/95, 12:30 pm and 11:00 pm, Prism

- STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION (CC).  Some areas will
have syndicated reruns of the episode in which Riker
becomes involved with an androgynous being from a planet
that frowns on heterosexual couples.  While this is NOT a
gay episode, it was an interesting allegorical story.
Check your local daily listings.  Airings include:
> Fri. 12/29/95, 7:00 pm, on Phila. PA WPSG ch. 57

- ZORRO THE GAY BLADE.  Very stereotypical but also very
funny movie about the twin sons of the legendary
swordsman, who take over as Zorro when their father dies.
One is straight, and the other is a flaming queen.
(Picture Zorro in a lavender tassled hat!)  Airs:
> Fri. 12/29/95, 7:15 pm, Encore cable
> Fri.-Sat. 12/29-30/95, 2:45 am, Encore cable

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

- ED WOOD (CC).  Airs Sat. 12/23/95, 8:00 pm, Showtime
cable.  Hysterical 1994 movie about Edward D. Wood Jr., a
1950s film director who created such classics as the
transgender exploration "Glen or Glenda?" and the schlock
cult sci-fi film "Plan 9 from Outer Space".  Wood (Johnny
Depp) was a straight man who usually directed films while
dressed in his wife's clothes; his friends included gay &
transgender individuals.  Martin Landau gives a superb (&
Oscar winning) performance as Bela Lugosi, and Bill Murray
plays Bunny Breckinbridge (sp?).  Highly recommended.

- TINSELTOWN'S QUEER.  Airs in the Los Angeles area weekly
on Saturdays at 11:00 pm local time, on Continental
Cablevision (L.A. region) ch. 28 & United Artists Cable
ch. 46.  L.A. readers take note; I won't list this again.

- THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT.  Airs
Sun. 12/24/95, 4:15 pm, The Movie Channel.  TV Guide calls
this a "Delightfully campy account of three transvestites'
offbeat escapades as they traverse the Australian outback
in their ramshackle bus, 'Priscilla'."  According to a
reader, however, the movie is "actually about two
transvestites and a transsexual."  (Thanks JJ.)

- SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION.  Airs Sun. 12/24/95, 11:35
pm, The Movie Channel.  Allegedly fact-based story about a
gay con man (Will Smith).  Donald Sutherland, Stockard
Channing, and Sir Ian McKellen co-star.

- THE COLOR PURPLE (CC).  Airs Mon. 12/25/95, 2:00 pm,
Lifetime cable.  Steven Spielberg directed this movie
based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer winning novel.  The
book's lesbian relationship between Shug & Celie is hardly
hinted at in the movie, but it is still a good film.
Whoopi Goldberg, Margaret Avery, and Oprah Winfrey star.

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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 12/23/95-Fri 12/29/95.
Be sure to read all 5 notes!  Most times Eastern.

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- POSITIVE HEALTH.  Airs in Philadelphia PA on Tues.
12/26/95, 7:30 pm. on WYBE ch. 35.  Local weekly show by
and for people with AIDS and HIV disease.

- FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (CC).  Airs Tues. 12/26/95,
8:00 pm, Showtime cable.  The readers of this column have
loved this movie's great portrayal of a gay male couple.

- LIVE SHOT (CC).  May air on Tues. 12/26/95 on some UPN
channels.  Time unknown; check your local listings.  This
show has officially been cancelled, but last week's
episode had a preview for this week, and this week's
episode was supposed to be the one about a gay athlete who
comes out.  At the end, the sportscaster was revealed to
be gay as well.  I don't know if it will really air or
not.  (It does NOT seem to be on the Phila. PA schedule.)

- VITAL SIGNS:  THE OPPOSITE SEX. Described as "an
excellent series" on sexuality.
> Pt. 4: Airs Tues. 12/26/95, 10:00 pm ET, on CICO TV
Ontario, seen in the Detroit area on cable & UHF ch. 32.

- INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE (CC).  Airs Tues. 12/26/95,
11:00 pm, HBO.  Although it is based on a gay book, this
movie didn't strike me as gay.  However, I'm listing the
film because many readers of this column feel it IS gay.

- CHANTILLY LACE.  Airs Tues.-Wed., 12/26-27/95, 3:15 am,
Showtime cable.  Mostly-improvised movie about a group of
women who get together for a reunion at a remote cabin.
During the weekend, two of the women reveal that they are
a couple.  The film is well-intentioned, but the
improvised performances are uneven.

- LIFESTORIES:  BLOOD BROTHERS - THE JOEY DiPAOLO STORY
(CC).  Airs Wed. 12/27/95, 4:00 pm, HBO.  HBO's online
description (from Prodigy) says:  "Parents are encouraged
to join their children in watching this true story of a
courageous 11-year-old who tells the world he has AIDS."

- GREETINGS FROM OUT HERE.  Airs in Phila. PA on Wed.
12/27/95, 8:00 pm, on WYBE ch. 35.  WYBE's program guide
says:  "With her video camera and her dog Sam, Ellen Spiro
goes on the road to capture the richness and vitality of
'out' gay life in the American South."

- THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY.  Airs in Phila. PA on
Wed. 12/27/95, 11:00 pm, on WHYY ch. 12.  Not a gay film,
but interesting because Linda Hunt won a Best Supporting
Actress Oscar for her performance as a man.  The film is
about political upheaval in Indonesia in 1965.

- THE CREW (CC).  Airs Thurs. 12/28/95, 8:30 pm, Fox.  TV
Guide says:  "The promotion that Jess expected goes
instead to Paul (David Burke), who's the one in charge
when a passenger develops a medical emergency in flight."
Paul is the gay character.

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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 12/23/95-Fri 12/29/95.
Be sure to read all 5 notes!  Most times Eastern.

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- PHILADELPHIA (CC).  Airs Thurs.-Fri. 12/28-29/95, 12:45
am, Showtime cable.  Tom Hanks won an Oscar for his role
as a gay lawyer who is fired when he develops AIDS and his
gayness and illness become known.  Denzel Washington
costars as his homophobic attorney.  The gay a cappella
group The Flirtations also appear & perform in one scene.

- M. BUTTERFLY (CC).  Airs Thurs.-Fri. 12/28-29/95, 1:30
am, Prism.  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.

- OUR WORLD TELEVISION/PRIDE TVx.  Steven W. writes that
gay tv programming airs in San Diego CA every week on
Fridays at 11:00 pm on Cox Cable ch. 24.  The program
titles rotate among several:  PRIDE TVx, OUR WORLD
TELEVISIONx, ARTBEAT!, ONE IN 10 PEOPLEx, and MOMENTUM
TVx, but he says that all are gay shows.  I won't repeat
this each week, so San Diego readers should take note.

- A NIGHT ON MOUNT EDNA.  Airs in San Francisco on Fri.
12/29/95, 11:00 pm, on KQED ch. 9.  A reader says that
this film "gives viewers a glimpse of Dame Edna's secret
Swiss Hideaway."  (Dame Edna is Australian cross-dresser
Barry Humphries.)

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Attention Cincinnati OH readers:  Check out L/G/B/T radio
programming on WAIF 88.3 FM each Sat. from 1:00 - 5:00 pm.

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

- LIGHTING THE WAY:  YOUNG PEOPLE CELEBRATE.  TV Guide
says:  "Documentary.  The ceremonies and traditions of
four holidays, Kwanzaa, La Posada, Hanukkah, and
Christmas, are explored through the eyes of four children
aged 11 to 16 and their families."  Airs this week on most
PBS stations.  Check local listings.  Airings include:
> Sat. 12/23/95, 1:00 pm, on NYC NY WNET ch. 13
> Sat.-Sun. 12/23-24/95, 3:20 am, NYC WNET ch. 13
> Sun. 12/24/95, 8:00 am, NYC WNET ch. 13
> Sun. 12/24/95, noon, Phila. PA WHYY ch. 12
> Mon. 12/25/95, 11:00 am, on New Jersey Network public tv
stations (incl. Camden WNJS ch. 23 & Trenton WNJT ch. 52)

- NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT:  WOMEN AND MONEY.  TV Guide
says:  "Considers gender differences in finances and
offers tips for female investors."  Airs Mon. 12/25/95 on
most PBS stations.  Airings include:
> Mon. 12/25/95, 6:30 pm, on NYC NY WNET ch. 13
> Mon. 12/25/95, 7:00 pm, on Phila. PA WHYY ch. 12 and
Allentown PA WLVT ch. 39A
> Mon. 12/25/95, 11:30 pm, on New Jersey Network public tv
stations (incl. Camden WNJS ch. 23 & Trenton WNJT ch. 52)

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Please be sure to read all 5 notes!
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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 12/23/95-Fri 12/29/95.
Be sure to read all 5 notes!  Most times Eastern.

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

Continuation of non-gay ALL ISMs ARE RELATED DEPT. tv show
listings:
- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (CC). Airs Mon-Tues, 12/25-26/95,
2:30 am, on Disney cable.  1962 film about a black man who
is wrongly accused of raping a white woman in 1930s
Alabama.  Gregory Peck won an Oscar for his role as the
man's lawyer.  A powerful indictment of racism.

- GERALDO:  RACISM & CRIME.  Airs Tues. 12/26/95 in most
areas.  Check local listings.  Airings include:
> Tues. 12/26/95, 3:00 pm, on Phila. PA WCAU ch. 10
> Tues. 12/26/95, 4:00 pm, on NYC NY WCBS ch. 2

- ANOTHER VIEW.  Airs in NJ on Tues. 12/26/95, 6:30 pm, on
New Jersey Network public tv stations (incl. Camden WNJS
ch. 23 & Trenton WNJT ch. 52).  TV Guide says:  "An
exploration of issues facing the African-American
community in the 90s."

- DATELINE NBC (CC).  Airs Wed. 12/27/95, 9:00 pm, NBC.
Scheduled segments include: "'Superabled', a John Larson
report on the friendship between wheelchair racers Jim
Knaub and David Bailey.  Bailey, a one-time national
motorcycle racing champion, was inspired by Knaub
following his disabling accident in 1987."-TV Guide

- NEVER FORGET (CC).  Airs Wed.-Thurs. 12/27-28/95, 3:00
am, on TNT cable.  TV Guide says:  "Fact-based account of
a concentration camp survivor (well-played by Leonard
Nimoy) and his legal battle against a revisionist history
group that contended the Holocaust never occurred."  This
is an excellent movie.

- BIGGERS AND SUMMERS.  Airs Thurs. 12/28/95, 11:00 am,
Lifetime cable.  Scheduled guest is Gloria Steinem.

- REALITY CHECK (CC).  Airs in NJ on Thurs. 12/28/95, 4:00
pm, on New Jersey Network public tv stations (incl. Camden
WNJS ch. 23 & Trenton WNJT ch. 52).  May or may not air on
other PBS stations.  TV Guide says:  "Teens from Ireland,
Australia and other countries discuss possible ways to
solve racism."

- DONAHUE: TENSIONS BETWEEN JEWS AND BLACKS (CC).  Airs
Thurs. 12/28/95 in some areas.  Airings include:
> Thurs.-Fri. 12/28-29/95, 4:30 am, Phila. PA KYW ch. 3.

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That's it for this week's listing.  Please be sure to read
all 5 notes.  Happy viewing!

Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ
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