From: Michael Biocco Subject: =-= Gay TV: 8/3-8/9 =-= Date: Fri, 2 Aug 96 18:07:42 -0500 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -=-= "GAY TV LISTINGS OF THE WEEK" -=-= -=-= Weekly Column By Michael Biocco -=-= -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -=-= Carol Mortimer retired from this on March 30 -=-= -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Hello friends! This is a list of Television shows for Saturday, 8/3/96 throught Friday, 8/9/96. 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. As I compile the list for each week, I post the "working copy" on my Web Site, many times, before the finished work is published to the UseNet and Gay TV Mailing List. Please visit my Web Site often starting on Fridays EVERY week! The listings below with word "*Link*" now have World Wide Web links added so you can read lots more information about them (This linking service only works at my Web Site)! Gay TV is compiled in a DataBase Program Format on MS-WORKS. This file is available for download at my Web Site. I'm asking for DONATIONS to help with the cost of producing the weekly listings. Any amount you can send will help. Send checks to MICHAEL F BIOCCO at my PO box. >> WAITING TO EXHALE. *Link* Airing on Pay-Per-View. Also available at video rental stores. TMS-TV saids that Glori a's ex-husband is gay! >> MAYBE... MAYBE NOT. *Link*. Currently playing at Independent Theaters. "After being dumped by his girl friend, Axel (Til Schweiger) goes to stay at the apartment of a gay acquaintance, and the usual sexual hijinks occur in the highest grossing German film in the country's history." --Courier Post. >> STONEWALL. *Link*. Currently playing at Independent Theaters. "Uplifting historical drama based on a bunch of gays and drag queens who get fed up with police harassment and take to the streets in what became known as the Stonewall Riots." >> THREE'S COMPANY. Airs 8/3/96 , Friday-Saturday, 2:30 AM , Philadelphia WTXF channel 29. "The girls tell Mr. Roper that Jack is homosexual." --TSM-TV. >> IT'S PAT. *Link* Airs 8/3/96 , Saturday, 7:00 AM , The Movie Channel. The gender- bending 'Saturday Night Live' character (Julia Sweeney) kee ps friends and neighbors as to his/her real persuasion. >> THE MAID. *Link* Airs 8/3/96 , Saturday, 8:00 AM , Fox Movie Network. "A banker (Martin Sheen) poses as a female housekeeper to spy on a co-w orker." --TV Guide. >> SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION: INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY. Airs 8/3/96 , Saturday, 12:00 PM , New Jersey Network channels 23, 50, and 52. "Nuclear, single-parent, and homosexual families." --TMS-TV. Check your local PBS listings. >> ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS. Airs 8/3/96 , Saturday, 4:00 PM , Comedy Central. "Two middle-aged women claw thier way through a series of society parties and fashion shows." --PGN. >> IT'S PAT. *Link* Airs 8/3/96 , Saturday, 4:30 PM , The Movie Channel. See above. >> SEVEN DEADLY SINS OF MELROSE PLACE. Airs 8/3/96 , Saturday, 6:00 PM , E! Entertainment Network. "Former cast member Traci Lords is the host of this collection of clips from the FOX evening soap opera 'Melrose Place.' Matt (Doug Savant) is the show's gay character." --PGN. E! Enertainment will be airing reruns of 'Melrose Place' starting August 5, five episodes per week. >> THE REAL WORLD 5. *Link* Airs 8/3/96 , Saturday, 6:30 PM , MTV Cable. Fourth episode with the gang in Miami. "Flora worries about that Mitchell will learn ab out Louis; Joe returns home (to NYC) to make up with Nick." --TV Guide. Dan, the gay guy, is not in this episode. >> MAHOGANY. Airs 8/3/96 , Saturday, 7:00 PM , VH1 Cable. "The threats of a psycho gay man, played by Tony Perkins, convince a newly discovered star and model, played by Diana Ross, to jump back into t he secretarial pool." --PGN. >> MY SO-CALLED LIFE. Airs 8/3/96 , Saturday, 8:00 PM , MTV Cable. "Openly gay actor Wilson Cruz plays a bisexual character in this critically acclaimed high school drama." --PGN. Airs Saturday nights. >> THE REAL WORLD 5. *Link* Airs 8/3/96 , Saturday, 10:30 PM , MTV Cable. See above. >> DISCLOSURE. Airs 8/3/96 , Saturday, 11:00 PM , HBO Cable. The PGN says, "After being sexually harassed by his boss (portrayed by Demi Moore), a corporate executive (played by Michael Douglas) s uffers nightmares, one of which features a same-sex kiss between himself and a male supervisor." >> REAL SEX . Airs 8/3/96 , Saturday, 11:00 PM HBO-2 Cable. "Lesbian erotica." --TMS-TV. >> SEVEN DEADLY SINS OF MELROSE PLACE. Airs 8/4/96 , Saturday-Sunday, 12:00 AM , E! Entertainment Network. See above. >> THE REAL WORLD 5. *Link* Airs 8/4/96 , Sunday, 11:30 AM , MTV Cable. See above. >> FARINELLI. *Link* Airs 8/4/96 , Sunday, 1:00 PM , The Sundance Channel. A highly successful castrato endures a tortured existence. >> ETHICS IN AMERICA. Airs 8/4/96 , Sunday, 2:00 PM local time, Los Angeles channel KOCE. "Panelist consider a hypothetical case of an AIDS patient seeking an experimental treatment. Part 9 of 10." -- TMS-TV. Check your local PBS listings. >> SEVEN DEADLY SINS OF MELROSE PLACE. Airs 8/4/96 , Sunday, 2:00 PM , E! Entertainment Network. See above. >> HIGHER LEARNING. *Link* Airs 8/4/96 , Sunday, 4:15 PM , HBO-2 Cable. "Racial and sexual tensions fragmenting the freshman class of a fiction al college. Starring Omar Epps, Kristy Swanson and Michael Rapaport." --TV Guide. "Reportedly this movie has a lebian character." --Carol M. >> CLUELESS. *Link* Airs 8/4/96 , Sunday, 6:15 PM , HBO-3. One thing this self-absorbed Beverly Hills teen is clueless about is th at her Mr. Right is a "Disco-dancin' Oscar Wilde readin' Striesand-ticket-holdin' Friend of Dorothy." >> MAKING OF: HIGHER LEARNING. Airs 8/4/96 , Sunday, 6:30 PM , HBO-2 Cable. "Behind-the-scenes look at John Singleton's issue-laden film of conflict on a college campus. After she is raped, a freshman st udent consider having a lesbian relationship. But after a same-sex kiss, she goes back to men. Later, a group of skinheads assault a gay couple." --PGN Phila Newspaper. >> FARINELLI. *Link* Airs 8/4/96 , Sunday, 7:00 PM , The Sundance Channel. See above. >> THE REAL WORLD 5. *Link* Airs 8/4/96 , Sunday, 7:00 PM , MTV Cable. See above. >> FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL. Airs 8/4/96 , Sunday, 9:00 PM , SHO-2. Features a very positive portrayal of a gay couple. >> STAIRCASE. Airs 8/4/96 , Sunday, 10:00 PM , FXM (Fox Movies Channel.) Two eldery homosexuals share a thriving barbershop business. 1969 Drama 'R' Richard Burton, Rex Harrison. >> CLAIRE OF THE MOON. *Link* Airs 8/4/96 , Sunday, 10:30 PM , The Sundance Channel. An author and a therapist become lesbian lovers at a women's retreat. 1992 Drama 'R' Trisha Todd, Karen Trumbo. >> ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS. Airs 8/5/96 , Sunday-Monday, 12:00 AM , Comedy Central. See above. >> EASTENDERS. Airs 8/5/96 , Sunday-Monday, 12:30 AM , Philadelphia WHYY channel 12. "The British soap, which features a lesbian couple as regular characters, recently includes an HIV story line." --PGN. May or may not include gay content in this airing. Check your local PBS listings. >> PILLOW TALK. Airs 8/5/96 , Sunday-Monday, 2:20 AM , The Disney Channel. "When Jan (Doris Day) falls for Rex (Rock Hudson), Brad (also played by Rock Hudson) tries to tear them apart by insinuating th at Rex is gay." --PGN. >> FARINELLI. *Link* Airs 8/5/96 , Sunday-Monday, 3:30 AM , The Sundance Channel. See above. >> THE BRADY BUNCH MOVIE Airs 8/5/96 , Sunday-Monday, 4:30 AM , HBO-2. "Marcia's best friend is a reluctant lesbian; under the tutelage of her guidance counselor, played by RuPaul. Jan Brady sports an Afro and tosses her glasses. And a friendly gay couple lives right down the street." --PGN. >> SEVEN DEADLY SINS OF MELROSE PLACE. Airs 8/5/96 , Monday, 9:00 AM , E! Entertainment Network. See above. >> JERRY SPRINGER. Airs 8/5/96 , Monday, 11:00 AM , Philadelphia WGBS channel 57. "Scheduled: Updates on previous shows about transvestitism and transsexualism." --TV Guide. >> SCHOOL TIES. *Link* Airs 8/5/96 , Monday, 4:00 PM , HBO Network. "At a 1955 New England prep school, a scholarship student (Bren dan Fraser) conceals the fact that he's Jewish." --TV Guide. Weather your gay or Jewish, the hurt feels the same, VERY interesting movie for GLB folks. >> MELROSE PLACE. *Link* Airs 8/5/96 , Monday, 7:00 PM , E! Entertainment Network. "Reruns of the FOX evening soap opera 'Melrose Place.' Matt (Doug Savant) is the show's gay character." Airs at 9 am, 7 pm, and Midnight weekdays. >> THE INCREDIBLY TRUE ADVENTURES OF TWO GIRLS IN LOVE. Airs 8/5/96 , Monday, 10:00 PM , STARZ Cable. "Tale about the joys and heartaches faced by two teens experiencing first love. Staring Laurel Holloman and Nicole Parker." --TV Guide. >> LIVING WITH HEALTH. Airs 8/6/96 , Tuesday, 6:00 AM local time, Los Angeles channel KOCE. "AIDS and venereal diseases." --TMS-TV. Check your local PBS listings. >> AND THE BAND PLAYED ON. *Link* Airs 8/6/96 , Tuesday, 8:00 AM , HBO-2. Based on Randy Shilts' book about the early day s of the AIDS epidemic. >> MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE. Airs 8/6/96 , Tuesday, 10:00 AM , The Sundance Channel. A Pakistani immigrant and his sometimes lover refurbish a ratty London Laundrette. >> THE WEDDING BANQUET. Airs 8/6/96 , Tuesday, 12:00 PM , MAX-2. A gay Chinese man living with His lover in New York arranges a marriage of convenience to placate his parents. >> MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE. Airs 8/6/96 , Tuesday, 5:25 PM , The Sundance Channel. See above. >> FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL. Airs 8/6/96 , Tuesday, 7:00 PM , The Movie Channel. See above. >> MELROSE PLACE. *Link* Airs 8/6/96 , Tuesday, 7:00 PM , E! Entertainment Network. See above. >> STAIRCASE. Airs 8/6/96 , Tuesday, 9:00 PM , FLIX. See above. >> BATMAN FOREVER. Airs 8/6/96 , Tuesday, 9:30 PM , Cinemax Cable. The PGN reports, "Much was written about the homoerotic nature of this third Batman offering. Jim Carrey plays an inventor who seems to have an obsessive crush on his boss, Bruce Wayne. The relationship between Batman and his sidekick, Robin, is steeped in gay innuendo." >> LAW & ORDER. Airs 8/6/96 , Tuesday, 11:00 PM , A&E Cable. "A routine robbery/homicide turns out to be the mercy killings of AIDS victims." --TMS-TV. >> A CHORUS LINE. Airs 8/6/96 , Tuesday, 11:30 PM , ENCORE. Two of the dancers are gay in this film version of the Broadway hit. >> MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE. Airs 8/7/96 , Tuesday-Wednesday, 12:00 AM , The Sundance Channel. See above. >> M. BUTTERFLY. Airs 8/7/96 , Tuesday-Wednesday, 1:10 AM , HBO. A French diplomat thinks his male Chinese lover is a woman. Based on a true story. 1993 drama 'R' Jeremy Irons, John Lone. >> FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL. Airs 8/7/96 , Tuesday-Wednesday, 3:00 AM , The Movie Channel. See above. >> LAW & ORDER. Airs 8/7/96 , Tuesday-Wednesday, 3:00 AM , A&E Cable. See above. >> NAKED IN NEW YORK. *Link* Airs 8/7/96 , Tuesday-Wednesday, 4:30 AM , Cinemax. "An aspiring playwright deals with adva nces from an older actress and his longtime male friend. Starring Eric Stoltz and May-Louise Parker." --Robert L >> A CHORUS LINE. Airs 8/7/96 , Wednesday, 7:00 AM , ENCORE. See above. >> PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT. *Link* Airs 8/7/96 , Wednesday, 7:00 AM , The Sundance Channel. "Oscar-winning costumes highlig ht this story of two Australian drag queens and a transsexual, crossing the outback in a lavender bus named Priscilla. Terence Stamp and Hugo Weaving star." --Robert L >> SCHOOL TIES. *Link* Airs 8/7/96 , Wednesday, 9:30 AM , HBO-3. See above. >> PICTURE THIS: AIDS AND TEENS. Airs 8/7/96 , Wednesday, 11:30 AM local time, Los Angeles channel KOCE. "The players invite discussion by enacting situations teens face, from pregnancy to AIDS." --TMS-TV. Check local PBS listings. >> CLUELESS. *Link* Airs 8/7/96 , Wednesday, 12:45 PM , HBO-2. See above. >> FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL. Airs 8/7/96 , Wednesday, 1:30 PM , SHO-2. See above. >> A CHORUS LINE. Airs 8/7/96 , Wednesday, 3:00 PM , ENCORE. See above. >> THE RITZ. Airs 8/7/96 , Wednesday, 3:30 PM , MAX-2. A fugitive from the mob unwittingly takes refuge in a gay bathhouse. 1976 Comedy 'R' Rita Moreno, Jack Weston. >> MELROSE PLACE. *Link* Airs 8/7/96 , Wednesday, 7:00 PM , E! Entertainment Network. See above. >> PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT. *Link* Airs 8/7/96 , Wednesday, 7:00 PM , The Sundance Channel. See above. >> ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS. Airs 8/7/96 , Wednesday, 8:00 PM , Comedy Central. "Two middle-aged women claw thier way through a series of society parties and fashion shows." --PGN. >> BOYS ON THE SIDE. *link* Airs 8/7/96 , Wednesday, 8:00 PM , HBO. Whoopi Goldberg stars in this story of three women on a cross-c ountry trip. >> ZORRO, THE GAY BLADE. *Link* Airs 8/7/96 , Wednesday, 8:00 PM , FOXM Fox Movies. George Hamilton as the swordsman's twin sons, one strai ght, one gay, who take over after their father's death. Picture Zorro in a lavender tasseled hat! Lots of stereotypical moments, but great fun anyway! -- Carol M. >> DISCLOSURE. Airs 8/7/96 , Wednesday, 9:00 PM , Prism Cable. See above. >> GRACE UNDER FIRE. Airs 8/7/96 , Wednesday, 9:00 PM , ABC stations. "Grace again encounters Mr. Mullens, the former janitor with AIDS." --TV Guide. >> THE REAL WORLD 5. *Link* Airs 8/7/96 , Wednesday, 10:00 PM , MTV Cable. In the 5th episode: "Melissa and Dan both find the perfect guy; the business c auses conflict among the roomies." --TV Guide. YES, Dan gets a boyfriend!! New episodes air Wednesday nights. >> MAKING LOVE. *Link* Airs 8/7/96 , Wednesday, 10:00 PM , FXM (Fox Movies Channel.) A married man comes to realize that he's gay. 1981 Drama 'R' Kate Jackson, Harry Hamlin, Michael Ontkean. >> FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL. Airs 8/7/96 , Wednesday, 11:00 PM , SHO-2. See above. >> DISCLOSURE. Airs 8/8/96 , Wednesday-Thursday, 4:00 AM , Prism Cable. See above. >> AND THE BAND PLAYED ON. *Link* Airs 8/8/96 , Thursday, 2:00 PM , HBO-3. See above. >> THE BRADY BUNCH MOVIE Airs 8/8/96 , Thursday, 4:00 PM , HBO-2. See above. >> MELROSE PLACE. *Link* Airs 8/8/96 , Thursday, 7:00 PM , E! Entertainment Network. See above. >> DISCLOSURE. Airs 8/8/96 , Thursday, 8:00 PM , HBO Cable. See above. >> MURPHY BROWN. Airs 8/9/96 , Thursday-Friday, 12:00 AM , New York City National Cable Feed WPIX channel 11. "A dream about a gay co-worker makes Miles question his sexuality." --TMS-TV. Check your local listings. >> LATE LATE SHOW WITH TOM SNYDER. Airs 8/9/96 , Thursday-Friday, 12:50 AM , CBS stations. "Gay-Rights advocate Candace Gingrich." --TMS-TV. >> A CHORUS LINE. Airs 8/9/96 , Friday, 8:00 AM , MAX-2. See above. >> FARINELLI. *Link* Airs 8/9/96 , Friday, 5:05 PM , The Sundance Channel. See above. >> MELROSE PLACE. *Link* Airs 8/9/96 , Friday, 7:00 PM , E! Entertainment Network. See above. >> BATMAN FOREVER. Airs 8/9/96 , Friday, 9:30 PM , Cinemax Cable. See above. >> CLUELESS. *Link* Airs 8/9/96 , Friday, 9:45 PM , HBO-3. See above. >> FARINELLI. *Link* Airs 8/9/96 , Friday, 11:00 PM , The Sundance Channel. See above. >> CLAIRE OF THE MOON. *Link* Airs 8/10/96 , Friday-Saturday, 12:30 AM , The Sundance Channel. See above. >> KIDS. *Link* Airs 8/10/96 , Friday-Saturday, 3:30 AM , Cinemax Cable. "The film follows a band of angst-afflicted adolescents. A grou p of teens verbally harasses a gay couple holding hands. Later, two girls are dared to kiss each other, only to find they enjoy it." --PGN. Here are some listings for next week: >> FARINELLI. *Link* Airs 8/10/96 , Saturday, 5:00 AM , The Sundance Channel. See above. >> NAKED IN NEW YORK. *Link* Airs 8/10/96 , Thursday, 6:00 AM , STARZ-2. See above. >> NAKED IN NEW YORK. *Link* Airs 8/10/96 , Saturday, 10:00 AM , STARZ-2. See above. >> AND THE BAND PLAYED ON. *Link* Airs 8/10/96 , Saturday, 10:30 AM , HBO-2. See above. >> TAXICAB CONFESSIONS 3. Airs 8/10/96 , Saturday, 10:30 PM , HBO Network. A transsexual topless dancer is included in HBO 'America Undercover' Show. >> SISTER, SISTER. Airs 8/11/96 , Sunday, 7:30 PM , Chicago based National Cable Feed channel WGN. Drag-queen RuPaul makes an appearance! >> SISTER, SISTER. Airs 8/11/96 , Sunday, 8:30 PM , WB (Warner Brothers) stations. Drag-queen RuPaul makes an appearance! As always, Thanks to Robert L for his help! I have not added the PGN listings, will do so if I get the time. LE GALAXY is a new gay bar in Somerdale New Jersey (10 miles outside Philly). Phone 609-435-0888. Update: Le Galaxy will be closed Sundays and Mondays now, through August. Cross Connection (On-Line Service) has an automated LISTSERV Email Mailing List! Readers can now have Gay TV delivered right to their Email box. No more searching the internet to see when and where its posted. To subscribe just send an Email to listserv@xconn.com with the words "SUBSCRIBE GAY-TV" as the first line of text in the body of the message, not in the Title/Subject field! You can leave Title/Subject blank. 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