Date: Sat, 5 Mar 1994 23:35:00 EDT From: Song Weaver Subject: Gay TV -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -=-= "GAY TV LISTINGS OF THE WEEK" -=-= -=-= Weekly Column By Carol Mortimer -=-= -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -=-= With Permission, Edited And Re-distributed By NOT2@Delphi.Com -=-= -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Hi folks! This is a list of tv shows with gay, lesbian, other sexual minority, and gay/straight AIDS themes, for the tv week of Saturday 3/05/94 to Friday 3/11/94. Based on TV listings for the Phila/NJ area. Be cool, print this out! P >> IN THE LIFE. Lesbian/gay variety & entertainment series. Check your local PBS affiliate. Scheduled airings include but are not necessarily limited to the following. (Note: beware of PBS pledge breaks this week in most areas!) - Pittsburgh, PA: Sat. 3/5/94, 11:30 pm #304 - Albuquerque, NM: Sun. 3/6/94, midnight, KNME ch. 5 - Washington DC: Sun. 3/6/94, midnight, WETA ch. 26 IN THE LIFE program guide, city/state airing info, and video tapes. Write or call: IN THE LIFE 39 West 14th Str. Suite 401 New York, New York, 10011 1-800-627-6688 Sun >> WHY AM I GAY? STORIES OF COMING OUT. (CC) Airs Sun. 3/6/94, 1:00 $ pm, HBO. Re-broadcast of HBO's original production. The documentary hour has several segments, which mostly focus on real gays and lesbians. The profiles include a very moving piece on Michael Callen, the Flirtations singer who recently died of AIDS after having lived with HIV for over a decade. (It was filmed shortly before he died.) There is also a segment on a lesbian couple planning a commitment ceremony, and one on a gay youth program. If memory serves, however, HBO also tossed in an obligatory "balance piece" about an anti-gay religious/political organization. Aside from that segment, this was a very good show. Sun >> PRELUDE TO A KISS (CC). Airing Sun. 3/6/94, 4:30 pm, HBO. Alec $ Baldwin & Meg Ryan are a straight couple who get married. At the wedding ceremony, an old man kisses Ryan, and their souls magically exchange bodies. Baldwin slowly realizes that his new "wife" is really an old man who is trapped in Meg Ryan's body. No really gay content, but some interesting discussion ensues regarding sexuality etc. Sun >> JFK (CC). Airing Sun. 3/6/94, 4:45 pm, HBO-2. Oliver Stone's $ conspiracy theories about the Kennedy assassination. Among his suspects are some incredibly homophobically portrayed homosexual men. Mon >> LIFE STORIES - FAMILIES IN CRISIS: "MORE THAN FRIENDS. THE COMING $ OUT OF HEIDI LEITER." (CC) Airing Mon. 3/7/94, 9:45 pm, HBO. New original HBO story. HBO's ads describe it as "A sensitive family drama about the most controlversial couple at the prom. Based on a true story." TV Guide calls the episode "poignant" and says that it "illustrates the courage of two teenage lesbians (played by Sabrina Lloyd and Kate Anthony) who go to a high school prom together." Airs: Mon >> COACH (CC). Airing Mon. 3/7/94 at 11:00 pm, on Philadelphia PA's L ch. 29 (WTXF). Syndicated rerun of the episode in which Hayden learns that one of his players is gay, and he has a hard time treating him like one of the guys after that. This episode was very well done. It will air in most areas on Monday's daily syndicated rerun of Coach, so check your local listings. Mon >> ARSENIO HALL (CC). Monday's guests include gay actor/writer Harvey L Fierstein. Airs late night Monday 3/7/94, including midnight Mon-Tues, 3/7-8/94, on Philadelphia PA ch. 29 (WTXF). Mon >> CITY OF HOPE. Airs Mon-Tues, 3/7-8/94, 12:30 am, Prism. 1991 John $ Sayles movie about the complex goings on in a New Jersey city. This movie contains many plots and sub-plots. One centers on some black teens who are angry about being harassed by some racist white cops. They decide to take it out on the next white guy they see, and they wind up beating up a white male professor who is jogging through a park. When he reports the assault & they are caught, they concoct a false story about how he made homosexual advances toward them as their reason for beating him up. Tue >> JANE WHITNEY: CLAIMING TO HAVE BEEN FIRED BECAUSE OF ONE'S L LIFESTYLE. Gay guests seem likely. Airs in many areas on Tuesday, 3/8/94, including 9:00 am on New York City ch 4 (WNBC). Tue >> ROLONDA: HIV AND THE WORKPLACE. Airs in many areas on Tuesday L 3/8/94, including 10:00 am on Phila. PA ch. 3 (KYW) and New York City's ch 7 (WABC). Tue >> PARIS IS BURNING. Airs Tues. 3/8/94, 11:05 am, Prism. Highly $ acclaimed documentary about drag queen dancing (a.k.a. "vogueing") in Black gay male clubs in Harlem. Tue >> PRELUDE TO A KISS (CC). See above. Airing Tues. 3/8/94, 2:00 pm, $ HBO-2. Tue >> TALKING SEX: MAKING LOVE IN THE 90s (CC). Airs Tues. 3/8/94, $ 11:40 pm, HBO. TV Guide says: "A frank dialogue about safe sex, human sexuality and relationships. Includes insights from health experts and sex therapists, plus comments from couples and singles." Unknown if it will include gay content. Tue >> JENNY JONES: LOVE TRIANGLES. This is probably straight L he-left-me-for-another-woman type triangles, but you never know. Airs in many areas on Tues 3/8/94, including Tues-Wed, 3/8-9/94, 12:30am, on Philadelphia PA ch. 57 (WGBS). Wed >> AN EARLY FROST. Airs Wed. 3/9/94, 10:00 am, Lifetime cable. 1985 made-for-tv movie about a gay lawyer who has AIDS, and the reactions of his parents. Aidan Quinn plays the lawyer. Gena Rowlands and Ben Gazzara are the parents. Wed >> JFK (CC). See above. Airing Wed. 3/9/94, 11:05 am, Prism. $ Wed >> AND THEN THERE WAS ONE (CC). Airs Wed. 3/9/94, 9:00 pm, Lifetime. Original Lifetime 1994 movie about a family and AIDS. TV Guide says: "Roxy and Vinnie Ventola (Amy Madigan, Dennis Boutsikaris) seem to have it all - successful careers ars comedy writers, a loving marriage, and, after years of trying to conceive, a baby girl. But their lives take a nightmarish turn when their daughter is diagnosed with AIDS - and similar diagnoses follow for Roxy and Vinnie. The film features affecting performances by Madigan and Boutsikaris and welcome touches of subtle humor." Thu >> PRELUDE TO A KISS (CC). See above. Airing Thurs. 3/10/94, 2:45 $ pm, HBO Thu >> LIFE STORIES - FAMILIES IN CRISIS: "MORE THAN FRIENDS. THE COMING $ OUT OF HEIDI LEITER." (CC) See above. Airing Thurs. 3/10/94, 6:30 pm, HBO. Thu >> DREAM ON (CC). Airs Thurs. 3/10/94, 8:30 pm, HBO-2 (not regular $ HBO). "Martin becomes aware of his misconceptions about homosexuals and AIDS." - TV Guide Fri >> MONTEL WILLIAMS: UNUSUAL WEDDINGS. Airing Fri. 3/11/94, 4:00 pm, L Philadelphia PA ch. 3 (KYW). Unknown if this will include any gay weddings, but it is possible. Also airing Fri. 3/11/94, 5:00 pm, New York City NY ch. 5 (WNYW) $ >> NETWORK Q. This is another Lesbian/gay variety & news series like In The Life. It can be viewed by subscribing to this monthly 2 hour video tape magazine. It's excellent! I believe single tapes are $19.95 and 6 month subscriptions are $89.95. For more info write or call: NETWORK Q 118 Washington SE Albuquerque, NM, 87108 1-800-368-0638 That's it folks! In case anyone hasn't noticed, HBO and Lifetime seem to be the channels to have this week! Between them, they account for 1/2 of the gay tv shows listed in my TV Guide this week. 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