Subject: Gay TV Shows 1/27/96 - 2/2/96
From: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 03:35:21 -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 1/27/96 - Fri 2/2/96.
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:

- POSITIVE:  LIFE WITH HIV.  This new series was produced
by AIDS Films for the Independent Television Service
(ITVS).  A press release says: "POSITIVE: LIFE WITH HIV is
a limited series of four one-hour programs that provides a
forum for sharing the achievements, frustrations,
aspirations, and successes of those who are affected
and/or infected by AIDS."  WHYY's APPLAUSE guide says:

#1. Community: "...looks at the ways that societal issues
affect people living with HIV and AIDS.  How does race,
class and gender influence diagnosis, care and treatment?"

#2. Identity:  "...explores the issues of identity and
lifestyle, including a candid look at sex and sexuality
among those affected and infected by HIV."

#3. Care.  "This segment takes a look at the American
health-care system and how it is dealing with the
overwhelming demands of this epidemic."

#4. Fighting for Our Lives.  "This final episode examines
the many forms of AIDS activism as fears and concerns
about death, grief and commemoration are explored."

> Check your PBS listings for airings in your area.
Upcoming airings include but are NOT limited to:
> Sat. 1/27/96, 11:00 pm, on New Jersey Network public tv
stations (incl. Camden WNJS ch. 23, Trenton WNJT ch. 52,
and WNJM Channel 50 in northern NJ).  (#4)
> Sun. 1/28/96, 10:30 pm, NYC NY WNET ch. 13 (#4)
> Sun. 1/28/96, 11:00 pm, Allentown PA WLVT ch. 39A (#3)

- WHAT SEX AM I?  TV Guide calls this "A study of
transvestism and transsexualism."  Airs:
> Sun. 1/28/96, 9:00 pm, Discovery cable
> Sun.-Mon. 1/28-29/96, 1:00 am, Discovery cable

- THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS (CC).  This show has an AIDS/
HIV storyline involving the character of Keesha.
> Y&R's air time depends on location, so check listings.
> On the east coast, Y&R airs weekdays at 12:30 pm on CBS

- ALL MY CHILDREN (CC).  The story about suspended gay
high school history teacher Michael Delaney (Chris Bruno)
continues to be a major plot.  There are also reports of
an HIV/AIDS storyline.
> Airs weekdays at 1:00 pm ET on ABC.

- GUIDING LIGHT (CC).  The HIV/AIDS storyline continues.
> Airs weekdays at 3:00 pm ET on CBS.

- SOUTH BANK SHOW #1.  According to TV Guide, Monday's
segment is a profile of lesbian singer k.d. lang.  Airs:
> definite:  Mon. 1/29/96, 10:00 pm, Bravo cable
> possible:  Mon-Tues. 1/29-30/96, 4:00 am, Bravo
> possible:  Tues. 1/30/96, 5:00 am (NOT pm!), Bravo

- SOUTH BANK SHOW #2.  According to TV Guide, Tuesday's
segment is a profile of openly gay British actor Sir Ian
McKellen.  Airs:
> definite:  Tues. 1/30/96, 10:00 pm, Bravo cable
> possible:  Tues-Wed. 1/30-31/96, 4:00 am, Bravo

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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 1/27/96 - Fri 2/2/96.
Be sure to read all 5 notes!  Most times Eastern.

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

- A CHORUS LINE(CC).  This film based on the Broadway show
has a gay character.  Airs:
> Wed. 1/31/96, 6:30 am (NOT pm!) &  5:30 pm, Prism

- ROSEANNE (CC).  "Roseanne is the life of the party at a
gay bar until Nancy's girlfriend (Mariel Hemingway) plants
a kiss on her."-TV Guide   As a result, Roseanne freaks
out a bit.  Airs:
> Wed. 1/31/96, 7:00 pm, on Philadelphia PA WPSG ch. 57
> Check local listings.  This show will Wed. 1/31/96 in
some areas.

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

- THE PELICAN BRIEF (CC).  Airs Sat. 1/27/96, 5:30 pm,
Cinemax.  It is incidental to the plot, but a Supreme
Court Justice who gets killed in the beginning of the film
turns out to have been a closeted gay man. 

- NAKED IN NEW YORK.  Airs Sat. 1/27/96, 10:30 pm, STARZ
(East).  Satellite Choice Direct Broadcast Satellite
magazine says: "A playwright deals with the unexpected
advances of a longtime male friend and a veteran stage
actress."

- MRS. DOUBTFIRE (CC).  Airs Sun. 1/28/96, 8:30 am,
Cinemax.  Harvey Fierstein and California gay comic Scott
Capurro appear as the gay male couple who transform Robin
Williams into an elderly woman.

- ZORRO THE GAY BLADE.  Airs Sun. 1/28/96, 8:35 am, The
Movie Channel.  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!)

- ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS MARATHON.  6-hour marathon begins
Sun. 1/28/96, 4:00 pm, Comedy Central cable.  This series
had several gay characters.  (Note:  Episodes normally air
weekly on Comedy Central, on Saturdays at 4:00 pm and also
on Sundays at 8:00 pm.  I don't list this show each week,
so mark your calendars if you're interested.)

- THE TIMES OF HARVEY MILK.  Airs Sun. 1/28/96, 11:15 pm,
Independent Film Channel (IFC).  Documentary about the gay
San Francisco politician who was assassinated.

- THE WEDDING BANQUET.  Airs Mon. 1/29/96, 7:00 pm,
Cinemax-2.  Movie about an interracial gay male couple.
One of the men decides to marry a woman to keep his
traditional Chinese parents from learning of his gayness.

- JUST ONE OF THE GUYS (CC).  Airs Mon. 1/29/96, 10:30 pm,
HBO.  Fun movie about a teen woman who poses as a male &
enrolls in another high school, to research a newspaper
article on sexism.  When she falls for a male friend at
that school, the other students think she's a gay man.

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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 1/27/96 - Fri 2/2/96.
Be sure to read all 5 notes!  Most times Eastern.

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

- POSITIVE HEALTH.  Airs in Philadelphia PA on Tues.
1/30/96, 7:30 pm on WYBE ch. 35.  Local weekly show by and
for people with AIDS and HIV disease.

- FICTION AND OTHER TRUTHS:  A FILM ABOUT JANE RULE.  Airs
in Philadelphia PA on Tues. 1/30/96, 9:00 pm, on WYBE ch.
35.  May or may not air on other PBS stations, so check
local listings.  WYBE's program guide says:  "A compelling
film about a compelling person:  lesbian writer, teacher,
thinking and 'hot-eyed moderate' Jane Rule."

- THE CELLULOID CLOSET (CC).  Airs Tues. 1/30/96, 10:00
pm, HBO.  Documentary based on the late Vito Russo's book
of the same name.  The 1/26/96 issue of Entertainment
Weekly (pg. 47) says:  "An enlightening history of
homosexuality in movies, THE CELLULOID CLOSET ... will be
released to theaters in March after a one-time cable
airing.  Lily Tomlin narrates this documentary tracing the
evolution of gay characters from silent-film sissies to
multidimensional human beings in recent movies such as The
Crying Game and Philadelphia.  Interviewees range from Tom
Hanks to Antonio 'Huggy Bear' Fargas (also seen as a drag
queen in 1976's Car Wash telling a homophobe 'I am more
man than you'll ever be, and more woman than you'll ever
get!').  One caveat:  Closet's script, by Armistead Maupin
(Tales of the City), has an overly happy ending that
implies all current movie depictions of gay people - even
Basic Instinct's - are positive."

- DREAM ON.  Airs Thurs. 2/1/96, 10:00 pm, Comedy Central.
"Martin and Nina discuss testing for AIDS."-TV Guide

- LATE DATE WITH SARI.  Airs Thurs.-Fri. 2/1-2/96, 12:30
am, Lifetime cable.  "Scheduled topic:  women whose
fantasies involve other women."-TV Guide

- SOAPDISH (CC).  Airs Fri. 2/2/96, 8:05 pm, WTBS national
cable Superstation.  Parody of tv soap operas.  One of the
many villians is transgendered.  Transphobia alert.

- SALMONBERRIES.  Airs in Toronto Canada on Fri.-Sat.
2/2-3/96, 12:30 am local time, on CBLT Channel 5.  Most of
the women I know who've seen this have panned it, but
others love it because it features k.d. lang.

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That's it for this week's gay tv shows.

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

- IN THE MIX (CC).  TV Guide says "A report on ways young
people combat racism considers programs in Washington, New
York and Korea.  Included:  a Seattle youth group lobbying
for a multicultural school curriculum."  Airs:
> Sat. 1/27/96, 6:00 pm, on New Jersey Network public tv
stations (incl. Camden WNJS ch. 23, Trenton WNJT ch. 52,
and WNJM Channel 50 in northern NJ)
> Probably airs in NYC sometime this week on WNET ch. 13.
> May or may not air on other PBS stations.  Check your
local listings.

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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 1/27/96 - Fri 2/2/96.
Be sure to read all 5 notes!  Most times Eastern.

*************** CONTINUED FROM NOTE #3 ******************

Continuation of non-gay, ALL ISMs ARE RELATED DEPARTMENT
list:

- DEALING WITH DIVERSITY.  Segments air Sat.-Sun., 1/27-
28/96, at midnight & 1:00 am, Allentown PA WLVT ch. 39A.

- GLORY.  "Stirring tribute to the Army's first black
regiment, mustered up during the Civil War under the
command of an inexperienced New Englander (Matthew
Broderick).  Denzel Washington won an Oscar for Best
Supporting Actor."-TV Guide  Airs:
> Sat.-Sun. 1/27-28/96, 1:00 am, Encore cable
> Wed. 1/31/96, 4:55 pm, The Movie Channel

- WOMEN AND SOCIAL ACTION.  Airs:
> Sun. 1/28/96, 7:00 AM (NOT pm!), Allentown PA WLVT ch.
39A 
> Fri. 2/2/96, 6:00 AM, Allentown PA WLVT ch. 39A

- ANOTHER VIEW.  TV GUIDE says "Included:  an exploration
of issues facing the African-American community in the
'90s."  Airs:
> Tues. 1/30/96, 6:30 pm, New Jersey Network public tv
stations (incl. Camden WNJS ch. 23, Trenton WNJT ch. 52,
and WNJM Channel 50 in northern NJ)

- GERALDO:  TEENAGERS AND RACISM.  Airs Wed. 1/31/96 in
some (not all) areas.  Check local listings.  Airings
include:
> Wed. 1/31/96, 3:00 pm, on Phila. PA WCAU ch. 10

- WORKING FROM CAN'T TO CAN'T:  AFRICAN-AMERICAN COWBOYS
IN TEXAS.  Airs Wed. 1/31/96, 11:30 pm, on Phila. PA WHYY
ch. 12.  May or may not air on other PBS stations.  WHYY's
program guide APPLAUSE magazine says:  "Those 'can'ts' are
'Can't see when you get up and can't see when you lay
down.'  Six African-American cowhands, now in their
twilight years, discuss a way of life that now exists only
in their memories; including rare footage of ranch work
from the '30s to the '50s."

- A BUNNY'S TALE (CC).  Airs Thurs. 2/1/96, 11:00 am, on
HBO.  Movie based on Gloria Steinem's Ms. Magazine expose
of the treatment received by Playboy "Bunnies".

- ONE SURVIVOR REMEMBERS (CC).  Airs Thurs. 2/1/96, 2:30
pm, HBO.  HBO's on-line Prodigy directory says:  "On the
50th anniversary of WWII's end, HBO and the U.S. Holocaust
Memorial Museum commemorate the occasion with a look back
at one woman's story of the horrors inflicted on her and
her family when the Nazis invaded Poland in 1939."

- MALCOLM X.  Denzel Washington is electrifying as the
title character in this Spike Lee bio.  Airs in 2 parts:
> Thurs. 2/1/96, 8:00 pm, on NYC NY WWOR ch. 9 (pt. 1)
> Thurs.-Fri. 2/1-2/96, 12:35 am, on Phila. PA WPVI ch. 6
(pt. 1)
> Fri. 2/2/96, 8:00 pm, on NYC NY WWOR ch. 9 (pt. 2) 
> Fri.-Sat. 2/2-3/96, 12:05 am, on Phila. PA WPVI ch. 6
(pt. 2)
> Check local listings. This probably airs in most areas.

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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 1/27/96 - Fri 2/2/96.
Be sure to read all 5 notes!  Most times Eastern.

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

Continuation of non-gay, ALL ISMs ARE RELATED DEPARTMENT
list:

- COUNTDOWN TO FREEDOM:  10 DAYS THAT CHANGED SOUTH
AFRICA.  Airs Fri. 2/2/96, 7:30 am (NOT pm!), Cinemax.  TV
Guide says:  "James Earl Jones and Alfre Woodard narrate
this chronicle of the period leading up to the
inauguration of Nelson Mandela as State President of South
Africa."

- A. PHILIP RANDOLPH: FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM (CC).  TV Guide
says: "A profile of the civil and labor-rights pioneer
(1889-1979), whose activism on behalf of equality for
black Americans 'sets the agenda for the modern civil-
rights movement.'  The program traces the roots of his
socialism, from his interest in radical politics while
living in Harlem to his involvement with unions." Airs:
> Fri. 2/2/96, 9:00 pm, on NYC NY WNET ch. 13 and also on
Allentown, PA WLVT ch. 39A
> Fri. 2/2/96, 10:00 pm, on Phila. PA WHYY ch. 12
> check local PBS stations

- AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTISTS (CC).  WHYY's APPLAUSE program
guide says "A spotlight on five African-American artists:
Leroy Almon Sr., Frederick Brown, Sam Gilliam, Lois Mailou
Jones and Keith Morrison."  Follows the A. Philip Randolph
profile on most PBS stations.  Airings include:
> Fri. 2/2/96, 10:30 pm, on NYC NY WNET ch. 13 and also on
Allentown, PA WLVT ch. 39A
> Fri. 2/2/96, 11:30 pm, on Phila. PA WHYY ch. 12
> check local PBS stations

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That's it for this week!  Happy viewing.

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