Subject: Gay TV Shows 2/3/96 - 2/9/96
From: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 1996 01:02:08 -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 2/3/96 - Fri 2/9/96.
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:

- REALITY BITES.  A reader says: "A television intern and
her friends grapple with post-college life in Houston.
The coming-out of one of the friends is a minor subplot."
Airs:
> Sat. 2/3/96, 4:15 pm, STARZ
> Wed.-Thurs. 2/7-8/96, 1:00 am, STARZ
> Thurs. 2/8/96, 6:15 pm, STARZ

- POSITIVE:  LIFE WITH HIV.
> Check your PBS listings for airings in your area.
Upcoming airings include but are NOT limited to:
> Sun. 2/4/96, 11:00 pm, Allentown PA WLVT ch. 39A (#4)
> Sun-Mon 2/4-5/96, 4:00 am on KRMA Denver public tv (#1);
episodes 2 - 4 will air each week in Feb. at this time

- THE WEDDING BANQUET.  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.  Airs:
> Mon. 2/5/96, 10:30 am and again at 8:00 pm, Prism

- 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 gay story continues to be
very active.  The school board has FIRED gay high school
history teacher Michael Delaney (Chris Bruno). Meanwhile,
local residents are erupting in anti-gay violence.
> Airs weekdays at 1:00 pm ET on ABC.

- GENERAL HOSPITAL (CC).  Airs weekdays at 3:00 pm ET on
ABC.  A reader writes that "General Hospital that just
recently had an important character die of AIDS after
infecting his girlfriend with HIV. The girlfriend is a
longterm character and has been on the soap for at least
10-12 years.  She is also quite young (about 18 years
old)....  GH is intending to keep her on as a long term
HIV character. She starts university at Yale or something
in September."

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

- THE DRESSER.  The Satellite Choice Direct Broadcast
Satellite Guide says: "1983. Drama 'PG'.  Albert Finney,
Tom Courtenay.  A gay valet cajoles the senile actor-
manager of a Shakespearean theatre troupe into one last
performance in WW II England."  Airings include:
> Mon. 2/5/96, 9:00 p.m. Encore cable
> Mon.-Tue. 2/5-6/96, 4:15 a.m. Encore cable
> Tue. 2/6/96, 12:15 p.m., Encore cable

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Be sure to read all 5 notes!
Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ
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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 2/3/96 - Fri 2/9/96.
Be sure to read all 5 notes!  Most times Eastern.

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- IN THE LIFE.  Quarterly lesbian & gay newsmagazine.
WYBE's program guide says: "Celebrating Black History
Month, IN THE LIFE investigates current conditions of gays
and lesbians in South Africa and how black men are finding
their own community in Harlem.  Also covered in the show:
gay presence on the Internet and the Mautner Project for
lesbians with cancer."  My IN THE LIFE program guide
hasn't arrived yet, but this show should air this week in
many areas. Check your local PBS & public access stations.
Upcoming airings include but are NOT limited to:
> Mon. 2/5/96, 11:00 pm, on Phila. PA WHYY ch. 12
> Fri. 2/9/96, 9:00 pm, on Phila. PA WYBE ch. 35
> Next Sat.-Sun. 2/10-11/96, 12:30 am, on Tampa WEDU ch. 3 
> Next Wed. 2/14/96, 11:00 pm, on San Francisco KQED ch. 9

- THE PRIVATE FILES OF J. EDGAR HOOVER.  TV Guide
describes this 1977 film starring Broderick Crawford as a
"sensationalistic look at the FBI chief's career."  Given
the production year, however, it probably doesn't get into
his personal life at all....  Airs:
> Mon. 2/5/96, 11:00 pm, Encore cable
> Tues. 2/6/96, 6:15 am and 4:45 pm, Encore cable

- CHEERS (CC).  "Rebecca's high-school sweetheart (Harvey
Fierstein) gets her motor running again, but he's chosen a
different road."-TV Guide  This great episode should air
in most areas in daily syndicated reruns.  Airs: 
> Tues. 2/6/96, 11:00 pm, on Phila. PA WTXF ch. 29

- MAURY POVICH:  FEMALE IMPERSONATORS (CC).  Airs Thurs.
2/8/96 in most areas.  Check local listings.  Airings
include:
> Thurs. 2/8/96, 9:00 am, on Phila. PA KYW ch. 3
> Thurs. 2/8/96, 3:00 pm, on NYC NY WNBC ch. 4
> Thurs. 2/8/96, 4:00 pm, on Wildwood NJ WMGM ch. 40

- ORLANDO (CC).  Movie based on Virginia Woolfe's story of
a person who lives for 400 years and manages to change
genders several times without the benefit of surgery.
Despite the intriguing premise, I thought this was an
INCREDIBLY boring movie.  One reader disagrees with that
assessment, but I stand by it.  You've been warned.  Airs:
> Fri. 2/9/96, 10:30 am & again at 6:15 pm, Showtime cable

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

- PHILADELPHIA (CC).  Airs Sat. 2/3/96, 8:00 pm, Showtime
cable.  Tom Hanks won an Oscar for his portrayal of a gay
lawyer who develops AIDS and is fired when his gayness
becomes known.  Denzel Washington is his homophobic
attorney. The Flirtations also perform briefly.

- A CHORUS LINE(CC).  Airs Sat.-Sun. 2/3-4/96, 4:30 am,
Cinemax-2.  This film based on the Broadway show has two
gay characters, not just the one I mentioned last week.

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Be sure to read all 5 notes!
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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 2/3/96 - Fri 2/9/96.
Be sure to read all 5 notes!  Most times Eastern.

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- THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACE.  Airs Sun. 2/4/96, 12:30
pm, Lifetime cable.  1989 Oprah Winfrey movie based on
Gloria Naylor's book about a ghetto neighborhood in the
60s.  Among the characters are two lesbians.

- THE COLOR PURPLE.  Airs Sun. 2/4/96, 6:30 pm, Lifetime
cable.  Whoopi Goldberg & Oprah Winfrey costar in this
adaptation of Alice Walker's novel.  The book's lesbian
romance between Celie (Goldberg) and Shug (Margaret Avery)
is barely suggested in the film, but it's good anyway.

- MELROSE PLACE (CC).  Airs Mon. 2/5/96, 8:00 pm, Fox.  TV
Guide says "Matt is disturbed by Alan's insistence on a
straight public persona for career reasons."

- CITIZEN X (CC).  Airs Mon. 2/5/96, 8:00 pm, HBO.  TV
Guide says this film is about "the search for Soviet
serial killer Andre Chikatilo (Jeffrey DeMunn)."
According to one reader of this column, it also includes
some fact-based coverage of the treatment of gays in the
Soviet Union.

- READY TO WEAR (PRET-A-PORTER).  Airs Mon. 2/5/96, 11:45
pm, STARZ.  A reader says:  "The sparcity of gay
characters in a film about the fashion industry strains
either stereotypes or credulity.  But there are a few,
including Forrest Whittaker [The Crying Game] as a
clothing designer whose lover is cheating on him - with a
woman.  There's an unexpected transvestite,
played by..."

- THE INDIGO GIRLS IN LONDON.  Airs Mon.-Tues. 2/5-6/96,
2:30 am, Disney cable.

- POSITIVE HEALTH.  Airs in Philadelphia PA on Tues.
2/6/96, 7:30 pm on WYBE ch. 35.  Local weekly show by and
for people with AIDS and HIV disease.

- IF LOOKS COULD KILL:  FROM THE FILES OF 'AMERICA'S MOST
WANTED' (CC).  Airs Tues. 2/6/96, 8:00 pm, Fox.  TV Guide
says "Antonio Sabato Jr. stars as a charming, drug-dealing
schemer who evades a lawman (David Keith) while defrauding
banks, insurance companies and sexual partners (of both
genders).  Based on a case profiled on 'America's Most
Wanted.'  Series host John Walsh plays himself."

- GRACE UNDER FIRE (CC).  Airs Wed. 2/7/96, 9:00 pm, ABC.
TV Guide says "Since the janitor at Libby's school is such
a mean and negative man, Grace is reluctant to speak up
for the guy (Robert Klein) when other parents want him
fired because he's HIV-positive."

- MATT WATERS (CC).  Airs Wed. 2/7/96, 9:00 pm, CBS.
According to a reader, the gay-oriented episode that was
postponed a few weeks ago is going to air tonight.

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Be sure to check out all 5 notes!
Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ
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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 2/3/96 - Fri 2/9/96.
Be sure to read all 5 notes!  Most times Eastern.

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

- PICKET FENCES (CC).  Airs Fri. 2/9/96, 10:00 pm, CBS.
This one is a longshot, so NO promises about gay content.
TV Guide says "Misadventures in cyberspace:  Zack creates
a computerized pornographic picture of his teacher (Dey
Young) that accidentally finds its way onto the World Wide
Web; while Max finally meets the man she's been 'chatting'
with - only to discover he's not what she expected."  This
could mean anything, but it has possibilities....

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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.  Note that most PBS
stations will be having special programming throughout
February for Black History Month.

- MISSISSIPPI BURNING.  Airs Sat. 2/3/96, 5:30 pm,
Lifetime cable.  TV Guide says:  "Fictionalized account of
the FBI's investigation into the 1964 disappearances of
three civil-rights workers."  Gene Hackman & Willem Dafoe
costar.

- SOPHIE & THE MOONHANGER (CC).  "The wife (Patricia
Richardson) of a white supremacist struggles to hide her
husband's secret involvement in the Ku Klux Klan, while
trying to protect her African-American housekeeper (Lynn
Whitfield)"-TV Guide  Airs:
> Sat. 2/3/96, 8:00 pm, Lifetime cable
> Sun. 2/4/96, 4:30 pm, Lifetime cable

- DEALING WITH DIVERSITY.  Segments air Sat.-Sun.,
2/3-4/96, at midnight & 1:00 am, Allentown PA WLVT ch.
39A.

- WOMEN AND SOCIAL ACTION.  Airs:
> Sun. 2/4/96, 7:00 AM (NOT pm!), Allentown PA WLVT ch.
39A
> Fri. 2/9/96, 6:00 AM, Allentown PA WLVT ch. 39A

- MALCOLM X.  Airs Sun. 2/4/96, 2:00 pm, on NYC WWOR ch.
9.  Denzel Washington is electrifying as the title
character in this Spike Lee bio.

- WORKING FROM CAN'T TO CAN'T:  AFRICAN-AMERICAN COWBOYS
IN TEXAS.  Airs Sun. 2/4/96, 10:30 pm, on New Jersey
Network public tv stations (incl. Camden WNJS ch. 23,
Trenton WNJT ch. 52, and WNJM Channel 50 in northern NJ).
WHYY's program guide APPLAUSE magazine said:  "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."

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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 2/3/96 - Fri 2/9/96.
Be sure to read all 5 notes!  Most times Eastern.

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

Continuation of non-gay, ALL ISMs ARE RELATED DEPARTMENT
list:
- A. PHILIP RANDOLPH: FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM (CC).  Airs
Sun. 2/4/96, 11:30 pm, on NYC NY WNET ch. 13.  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."

- IMAGES & REALITIES.  TV Guide says:  "A two-part forum
in which celebrities, politicians and citizens address
problems facing African-American males."  Airs:
> Part 1 (education & employment):  Mon. 2/5/96, 9:00 pm,
on New Jersey Network public tv stations (incl. Camden
WNJS ch. 23, Trenton WNJT ch. 52, and WNJM Channel 50 in
northern NJ).
> Part 2:  Mon. 2/12/96, 9:00 pm, on New Jersey Network
public tv stations.

- GABRIELLE:  SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE CLASSROOM (CC).
Airs Tues. 2/6/96 in many areas.  Check local listings.
Airings include:
> Tues. 2/6/96, 11:00 am, on Phila PA WTXF ch. 29 and NYC
NY WNYW ch. 5

- FRONTLINE:  MURDER ON 'ABORTION ROW' (CC).  "Examines
the case of John Salvi III, charged with the shooting
deaths of Boston women's clinic workers Shannon Lowney and
Leeanne Nichols on Dec. 30, 1994."-TV Guide  Airs Tues.
2/6/96 in most areas.  Check your PBS listings:
> Tues. 2/6/96, 9:00 pm, on NYC NY WNET ch. 13, and
Allentown PA WLVT ch. 39A
> Tues. 2/6/96, 10:00 pm, on Phila. PA WHYY ch. 12
> Tues. 2/6/96, 10:00 pm local time, on San Francisco CA
KQED ch. 9

- IMAGES/IMAGENES.  Airs Wed. 2/7/96, 6:30 pm, on New
Jersey Network public tv stations.  TV Guide says this
week's show is "A discussion of affirmative action."

- MOREHOUSE MEN (CC).  Airs Thurs. 2/8/96, 9:00 pm, on New
Jersey Network public tv stations.  TV Guide says this
show features "A visit to Atlanta's Morehouse College, a
private institution for black men".

- THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN (CC).  Airs Fri. 2/9/96, 3:30 pm,
HBO.  Laurence Fishburne stars in this great movie about
the U.S. military's first African-American fighter pilot
squadron, in WWII.

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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.

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That's it for this week!  Happy viewing.

Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ
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