From: Michael Biocco <not2@delphi.com>
Subject: =-= Gay TV: 5/25-5/31 =-=
Date: Sat, 25 May 96 07:08:21 -0500

 
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Hello friends!  This is a list of Television shows for Saturday, 5/25/96
throught Friday, 5/31/96.  All shows are Eastern Time unless otherwise
noted.  Based on TV listings for the Phila/NJ/NYC area.  The list covers
Gay, Lesbian, Bi, Transgendered, Gay/straight AIDS themes, and other sexual
minorities.
 
This list only contains broadcast and basic cable programing.  Premiun Pay
Channel programing is now available ONLY by visiting my Web Site or by
subscribing to the Email Mailing List.
 
Gay TV is compiled in a DataBase Program Format on MS-WORKS.  This file is
available for download at my Web Site.
 
    >> TALK SOUP WEEKEND.  Airs 5/25/96 , Saturday, 7:00 AM , E!  Cable.
       Highlights of the week's TV talk shows.  They announce upcoming
       talk show topics.  Airs 7:00 am, 11:00 am, 3:00 pm, 11:00 pm, and
       2:00 am.  Clips i nclude:  beautiful transsexuals on Jerry
       Springer show, A British rocker tells his partner he has feelings
       for him.
 
    >> TONY BROWN'S JOURNAL.  Airs 5/25/96 , Saturday, 11:00 AM , New
       York City WNET channel 13.  " Virologist Peter Duesberg discusses
       his controversial theories on what causes the AIDS virus."  --TV
       Guide.  Check your local PBS listings.
 
    >> THE BUTCHER'S WIFE Airs 5/25/96 , Saturday, 4:00 PM , USA
       Network.  A lesbian relationship is a surprising minor plot in
       this comedy.  Stars Demi Moore, George Dzundza
 
    >> TONY BROWN'S JOURNAL.  Airs 5/25/96 , Saturday, 4:00 PM , in
       Allentown PA WLVT channel 39A.  " Virologist Peter Duesberg
       discusses his controversial theories on what causes the AIDS
       virus."  --TV Guide.  Check y our local PBS listings.
 
    >> FASHION AND MUSIC AWARDS.  Airs 5/25/96 , Saturday, 5:00 PM , VH1
       Cable.  Performers include k.d.  lang and Elton John.  Both are
       gay in real life.
 
    >> PIPPIN.  Airs 5/25/96 , Saturday, 6:00 PM , Bravo Cable.  Gay
       folks can relate to the opening song 'Gota Find My Corner Of The
       Sky' About finding your place in the world.  It seems to me that
       Pippin's brother Le wis is gay (very small part).  But I LOVE
       this musical!!
 
    >> TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL.  Airs 5/25/96 , Saturday, 9:00 PM , CBS.
       "Tess....exhibits unangelic hehavior towards a group of white
       supremacists..."  --TV Guide.
 
    >> VH1 DUETS.  Airs 5/25/96 , Saturday, 10:00 PM , VH1 Cable.
       "Melissa Etheridge performs alongside Joan Osborne, Paula Cole,
       Jewel and Sophie B Hawkins."  --TV Guide.  Melissa is openly
       lesbian.
 
    >> RUPAUL'S PARTY MACHINE.  Airs 5/25/96 , Saturday, 11:00 PM , VH1
       Cable.  Super-model-drag-queen RuPaul VJs her favrotite Dance
       music videos.  Another show follows.  Two hours tonight.
 
    >> TALK SOUP WEEKEND.  Airs 5/26/96 , Sunday, 9:00 AM , E!  Cable.
       Highlights of the week's TV talk shows.  They announce upcoming
       talk show topics.  Airs Sunday at 9:00 am, Noon, 6:00 pm, 9:00
       pm, and 1:00 am.  Monday at 11:00 am, Clips include:  beautiful
       transsexuals on the Jerry Springer show, A British rocker tells
       his partner he has feelings for him.
 
    >> TONY BROWN'S JOURNAL.  Airs 5/26/96 , Sunday, 11:30 AM ,
       Philadelphia WHYY channel 12.  " Virologist Peter Duesberg
       discusses his controversial theories on what causes the AIDS
       virus."  --TV Guide.  Check y our local PBS listings.
 
    >> DREAM ON MARATHON.  Airs 5/26/96 , Sunday, 12:00 PM , Comedy
       Central Cable.  Ten hour marathon.  Likely to air episodes
       mentioned here in the past.
 
    >> PIPPIN.  Airs 5/26/96 , Sunday, 12:30 PM , Bravo Cable.  Gay
       folks can relate to the opening song 'Gota Find My Corner Of The
       Sky' About finding your place in the world.  It seems to me that
       Pippin's br other Lewis is gay (very small part).  But I LOVE
       this musical!!
 
    >> THE SOUTH BANK SHOW.  Airs 5/26/96 , Sunday, 7:00 PM , Bravo
       Network.  Openly gay singer Elton John performs a song in a
       tribute to George Gershwin.
 
    >> WOMEN OF COURAGE.  Airs 5/26/96 , Sunday, 7:00 PM , Philadelphia
       WHYY channel 12.  "Documenting the unsung service of the Women
       Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) during World War II."  --TV
       Guide.  Check your local PBS li stings.
 
    >> WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.  Airs 5/26/96 , Sunday, 9:00 PM ,
       E!  Cable.  From the commercial I saw, female impersonators are
       included.
 
    >> THE CREW.  Airs 5/26/96 , Sunday, 9:30 PM , Fox Network.  Five
       new episodes are planned for the start of summer.  I believe
       Carol M mentioned that there is some gay characters.
 
    >> THE SOUTH BANK SHOW.  Airs 5/27/96 , Sunday-Monday, 2:05 AM ,
       Bravo Network.  Openly gay singer Elton John performs a song in a
       tribute to George Gershwin.
 
    >> DREAM ON MARATHON.  Airs 5/27/96 , Monday, 12:00 PM , Comedy
       Central Cable.  Eight hour marathon.  Likely to air episodes
       mentioned here in the past.
 
    >> RICKI LAKE.  Airs 5/27/96 , Monday, 12:00 PM , New York City WWOR
       channel 9. "A male beauty contest."  --TV Guide.  What?!  No
       promises but you never know!  Check your local listings.
 
    >> COMING OUT UNDER FIRE.  Airs 5/27/96 , Monday, 1:00 PM , New York
       City WNET channel 13.  I beleive this is about coming out in the
       military.  Check your local PBS listings.
 
    >> LITTLE SISTER.  Airs 5/27/96 , Monday, 1:00 PM , USA Network
       Cable.  "College shenanigans with a cross-dressing freshman
       (Jonathan Silverman) romancing his sorority sister (Alssa
       Milano).  Time approximate after tennis."  --TV Guide.
 
    >> THE SOUTH BANK SHOW.  Airs 5/27/96 , Monday, 2:30 PM , Bravo
       Network.  Openly gay singer Elton John performs a song in a
       tribute to George Gershwin.
 
    >> STEP BY STEP.  Airs 5/27/96 , Monday, 4:30 PM , Philadelphia WPSG
       channel 57.  "Carol may be a 90's woman, but she can't see
       Frank's gorgeous new worker (Melanie Wilson) as one of the guys."
       --TV Guide.  No prom ises, just thought this may be interesting.
 
    >> STEP BY STEP.  Airs 5/27/96 , Monday, 6:00 PM , New York City
       WWOR channel 9. "Carol may be a 90's woman, but she can't see
       Frank's gorgeous new worker (Melanie Wilson) as one of the guys."
       --TV Guide.  No prom ises, just thought this may be interesting.
 
    >> TALK SOUP.  Airs 5/27/96 , Monday, 6:00 PM , E!  Cable.
       Highlights of the day's TV talk shows.  They announce upcoming
       talk show topics.  Airs 6:00 pm, 9:00 pm, Midnight,
 
    >> SHATTERED MIND.  Airs 5/27/96 , Monday, 9:00 PM , NBC.  Heather
       Locklear (Melrose Place) plays a woman with five differant
       personalities.  Probaby no lesbian content but one of the
       personalties is 'D.J.'  a viol ent male teen.
 
    >> ALIVE TV.  Airs 5/27/96 , Monday, 10:00 PM , Philadelphia WHYY
       channel 12.  "Focuses on choreographer Bill T Jones' modern dance
       'Still Here' based on conversations with terminally ill cancer
       and AIDS patients."  --TV Guide.  Airing on most PBS stations
       tonight, check your listings!
 
    >> RUPAUL'S PARTY MACHINE.  Airs 5/27/96 , Monday, 11:00 PM , VH1
       Cable.  Super-model-drag-queen RuPaul VJs her favrotite Dance
       music videos.  One hour show.
 
Saturday throught Monday listings are complete.  Below are what I have so
far.
 
    >> DOOGIE HOWSER, M.D.  Airs 5/28/96 , Tuesday, 1:30 PM , New York
       City WPIX (WB Network) channel 11.  "Vinnie's roommate is gay."
       --TSM-TV.  Check your local listings.
 
    >> DOOGIE HOWSER, M.D.  Airs 5/28/96 , Tuesday, 2:00 PM ,
       Philadelphia WPHL channel 17.  "Vinnie's roommate is gay."
       --TSM-TV.  Check your local listings.
 
    >> SCHOOLBREAK.:  TWO MOTHERS.  Airs 5/28/96 , Tuesday, 4:00 PM ,
       New York City WCBS channel 2. "Bigotry and presure bedevil a high
       school athlete (Justin Whalin) whose parents (Meredith Baxter &
       Joanna Cassidy) are lesbian s."  --TSM-TV.  Check your local
       listings.
 
    >> HUNTER.  Airs 5/29/96 , Wednesday, 1:00 PM , Philadelphia WPSG
       channel 57.  "Several police officers become suspects in the
       reopened case of the serial murders of homosexuals."--TSM-TV.
       Check your local listings.
 
    >> THE LOVE BOAT.  Airs 5/29/96 , Wednesday, 2:00 PM , E!  Cable.
       "Doc learns of a fraternity brother's homosexuality."  --TSM-TV.
 
    >> ARCHIVES:  ELTON JOHN.  Airs 5/29/96 , Wednesday, 9:30 PM , VH1
       Cable.  A half hour of the openly gay singer's videos.
 
    >> AMERICA'S MOST WANTED:  FINAL JUSTICE.  Airs 5/29/96 , Wednesday,
       11:30 PM , Philadelphia WPHL channel 17.  "A man kills his
       childhood buddy; suspect taunts, then kills a gay man."
       --TSM-TV.  Check your loca l listings.
 
    >> AMERICA'S MOST WANTED:  FINAL JUSTICE.  Airs 5/30/96 ,
       Wednesday-Thursday, 1:00 AM , New York City WWOR channel 9. "A
       man kills his childhood buddy; suspect taunts, then kills a gay
       man."  --TSM-TV.  Check your loca l listings.  Unknown if local
       or cable WWOR.
 
    >> ARCHIVES:  ELTON JOHN.  Airs 5/30/96 , Wednesday-Thursday, 1:00
       AM , VH1 Cable.  A half hour of the openly gay singer's videos.
 
    >> NICK NEWS.  Airs 5/30/96 , Thursday, 5:35 AM , Nickelodeon Cable.
       "AIDS/HIV peer education."  --TSM-TV.
 
    >> THE LOVE BOAT.  Airs 5/30/96 , Thursday, 9:00 AM , E!  Cable.
       "Doc learns of a fraternity brother's homosexuality."  --TSM-TV.
 
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