Date: Sat, 19 Mar 1994 04:21:30 -0500 (EST) From: "Michael, The Manager Of DELPHI's Gay Forum" Subject: =-= Gay TV: 3/19-3/25 =-= -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -=-= "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 from Saturday, 3/19/94 though Friday, 3/25/94. Based on TV listings for the Phila/NJ area. Sat >> DOG DAY AFTERNOON. Airs Sat. 3/19/94, noon, on national cable ch. C 11 (WPIX), based in NYC. 1975 movie in which Al Pacino played a real-life bank robber who tried to rob a Brooklyn bank to pay for his lover's sex change operation. Sat >> THE MOMMIES (CC). Airs Sat. 3/19/94, 8:30 pm, NBC. According to TV Guide, "The Mommies get a new neighbor: Dear John's Jere Burns, who they think is either a homosexual, a spy or a polygamist." Sun >> SILKWOOD. Airs Sun. 3/20/94, 3:00 pm, Lifetime cable. Movie C about real-life anti-nuclear activist and Kerr-Magee employee Karen Silkwood (Meryl Streep), who died under mysterious circumstances. Cher turns in a good performance as Silkwood's lesbian housemate (not lover). Sun >> LIBERACE. Airs Sun. 3/20/94, 11:30 pm, on Philadelphia PA ch. 6 L WPVI. 1988 biography of the gay pianist, who died of AIDS in 1987. Andrew Robinson plays Liberace. Mon >> BARBARA WALTERS PRE-OSCAR SPECIAL (CC). Airs Mon. 3/21/94, 8:00 pm, ABC. Guests include Elton John, who "candidly discusses his 1984 marriage, (and) being comfortable with his homosexuality" according to TV Guide. Mon >> OSCAR AWARDS (CC). Airs Mon. 3/21/94, 9:00 pm, ABC. Tune in to see if Tom Hanks' portrayal of a gay man in the movie PHILADELPHIA wins him a Best Actor award. Tue >> JFK (CC). Airs Tues. 3/22/94, 6:30 am, HBO-2. Oliver Stone's $ conspiracy theories about the Kennedy assassination. Among his suspects are some incredibly homophobically portrayed homosexual men. Tue >> LIFE STORIES - FAMILIES IN CRISIS (CC). "MORE THAN FRIENDS - THE $ COMING OUT OF HEIDI LEITER". Airing Tues. 3/22/94, 4:00 pm, HBO. The show is about two teenage lesbians (played by Sabrina Lloyd and Kate Anthony) who go to a high school prom together. They receive mixed reactions, and one of them is gay bashed. The show is based on a real story of two women who did this, and one of them makes a personal statement about the experience at the end of the show. Recommended. Tue >> MARRIED WITH CHILDREN (CC). "When Peg trips the light fantastic L with a handsom man (Sam McMurray), another man accuses her of stealing his husband."-TV Guide. Airs in syndicated daily reruns this week, probably on Tuesday. Check local listings. Airings include Tues. 3/22/94, 7:00 pm, on Phila. PA ch. 17 WPHL. Tue >> ELEANOR, FIRST LADY OF THE WORLD. Airs Tues. 3/22/94, 9:00 pm, $ Disney. This 1982 biography, which stars Jean Stapleton, does NOT discuss Eleanor Roosevelt's relationship with reporter Lorena Hickok (whom she called "Hick" and "Darling"). However, when Eleanor's papers were opened publicly many years after she died, there were some which suggested that she and "Hick" were lovers. [Read "THE LIFE OF LORENA HICKOK, E.R.'S FRIEND" by Doris Faber (William Morrow & Co. Publishers, 1980) for details and excerpts from the letters.] This is a different Eleanor Roosevelt bio from the one that aired last week. Thu >> DREAM ON (CC). Airs Thurs. 3/24/94, 8:30 pm, HBO-2. "Martin $ fights to keep his girlfriend from rekindling the flame with her former lesbian lover." -TV Guide Thu >> THE TRIALS OF OSCAR WILDE. Airs Thurs-Fri., 3/24-25/94, 1:15 am, C TNT cable. 1960 British movie. TV Guide says: "Peter Finch plays the dandy in Ken Hughes' account of the playwright's notorious libel suit against the Marquis of Queensbury (Lionel Jeffries)." Thu >> RICKI LAKE: THE IMPACT OF BISEXUALITY ON A HETEROSEXUAL L RELATIONSHIP. Airs in most areas on Thursday, including Phila. PA on Thurs-Fri, 3/24-25/94, 3:35 am, on KYW ch. 3. Fri >> GERALDO: MADONNA (CC). Unknown if it will contain gay or L bi related content, but with Madonna as the subject it is possible. Airs in many areas on Friday, but may air any day this week in some tv areas. Friday 3/25/94 airings include 9:00 am on Philadelphia PA KYW ch. 3. Fri >> LIFE STORIES - FAMILIES IN CRISIS (CC). "MORE THAN FRIENDS - THE $ COMING OUT OF HEIDI LEITER". See above. Probably the Heidi Leiter episode, but not definite. Airing Fri. 3/25/94, noon, HBO. P >> IN THE LIFE. Lesbian/gay variety & entertainment series. Check your local PBS affiliate. Upcoming airings include but are not necessarily limited to the following: - Springfield/Northampton, MA: Sat. 3/19/94, on WGBY ch. 57: episode #306 on Michael Callen & gay/lesbian tv shows at 11:10 pm. #307 on Gay marriages & the 1994 GLAAD media awards airs at 11:46 pm. - Minn./St. Paul, MN: Mon. 3/21/94, 10:30 pm, KTCI ch. 17 - Penn State/University Park, PA: Mon. 3/21/94, 10:30 pm, WPSX ch. 3 #306 - San Francisco, CA: Mon. 3/21/94, 11:30 pm, KQED ch. 9 - Chicago, IL: Wed. 3/23/94, 11:30 pm, WTTW ch. 11 #305 - Milwaukee, WI: 3/24/94, 12:30 am, WMVS ch. 10 (Wed. night? Thurs night? not sure.) - Key West, FL: Thurs. 3/24/94, 7:30 pm, TCI ch. 5 #306 - New York City, NY: 3/23/94, 12:30 am, WNET ch. 13 and also Thurs. 3/24/94, 10:00 pm, on WNYC ch. 31 - Madison, WI: Thurs. 3/24/94, 11:00 pm, WHA ch. 21 #306 - Albany, NY: Fri. 3/25/94, 11:30 pm, WMHT ch. 17 - Indianapolis, IN: Sat. 3/26/94, 11:00 pm on WFYI ch. 20 (#305) and 11:30 pm same night #306 - Los Angeles, CA: 3/26/94, midnight, KCET ch. 28 #306 - Vermont: 3/26/94 12:30 am #306 on: Burlington WETK ch. 33, Rutland WVER ch. 28, St. Johnsburgy WVTB ch. 20, Windsor WVTA ch. 41 - Flint, MI: Sun. 3/27/94, 11:00 pm, WFUM ch. 28 #306 That's it for this week's tv shows. But one interesting postscript: According to pg. 88 of the 3/18/94 issue of Entertainment Weekly, the 3/1/94 9:00 pm episode of Roseanne - which featured the same-sex kiss between Roseanne Arnold and Mariel Hemingway - was the HIGHEST RATED SHOW OF THE WEEK. The 9pm episode had 31.8 million viewers, which was significantly higher than the 8:30 pm episode of Roseanne that preceded it. The 8:30 pm episode had 23.5 million viewers and was show #10 for the week. Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ Prodigy ID = npwc08a America OnLine ID = caroLm10 Internet ID = caroLm10@aoL.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM: Michael (not2@delphi.com) Hello! Be cool, Print this out! Left margin codes: The day of the week L = Check your Local listing $ = Premium Pay Cable Network P = Check your Local PBS station C = Nationaly, on basic cable R = Pay-per-view or Video Rental 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 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! 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