From CarolM10@aol.com Fri Aug 12 20:27:07 1994 Date: Fri, 12 Aug 94 22:56:06 EDT Subject: Gay TV Shows 8/13/94-8/19/94 Hi, folks! This is the list of tv shows with gay, lesbian, other sexual minority, and gay/straight AIDS themes, for the tv week of Sat 08/13/94-Fri 08/19/94. All times are Eastern. ********************************************************* The following shows air at multiple/various times: >> WOODSTOCK '94 coverage. Look for news, MTV, and pay per view footage of this weekend's festival. Out lesbian rocker Melissa Etheridge is among the performers. Coverage includes Sat. 8/13/94, 7:30 AM (not pm) on MTV and all weekend in many pay per view areas. >> HEALTHWORKS. The International AIDS Conference in Japan. Airs: - Sat. 8/13/94, 2:00 pm, CNN - Sun. 8/14/94, 6:00 am, CNN >> TALES OF THE CITY (CC). Airs on some PBS stations this week, including Sat. 8/13/94, 11:00 pm, on Allentown PA WLVT ch. 39A. >> BROTHERS. Airs in Philadelphia PA on WGBS ch. 57: - 2:30 am and 3:00 am on Sat-Sun, 8/13-14/94 - 4:00 am on Mon-Tues. 8/15-16/94, Tues-Wed. 8/16-17/94, Wed-Thurs 8/17-18/94, and Thurs-Fri., 8/18-19/94 - 3:00 am, 3:30 am, AND 4:00 am on Fri-Sat. 8/19-20/94 >> SWITCH. Ellen Barkin plays a misogynist man who is reincarnated as a woman, and becomes involved with a lesbian. Airs Sun. 8/14/94, 11:50 pm, on some late night channels, including Phila. PA WPVI ch. 6, some other ABC stations, and possibly also national cable WWOR ch. 9 (which may join the show late). >> TROUBADOURS OF FOLK MUSIC. Performers include the (now) openly lesbian Janis Ian. Airs this week on many PBS stations, including: - Tues. 8/16/94, 9:20 pm, on Phila. PA WHYY ch. 12 - Wed-Thurs. 8/17-18/94, 12:20 am, on Phila. WHYY ch. 12 >> PERSONAL BEST. 1982 Robert Towne movie about two female Olympic runners (Mariel Hemingway, Patrice Donnelly) who are involved in a lesbian relationship. Some women liked this show, but I thought it was totally sexist and offensive. Note: Some readers have reported that Bravo has been editing gay content in gay movies, so this may be edited for television. Airs: - Thurs. 8/18/94, 11:30 am and 6:00 pm, Bravo cable >> THE REAL WORLD. This week's segment of the MTV series has a gay kiss. Airs Thurs. 8/18/94, 10:00 pm, MTV. Will be re-broadcast a few other times, probably (but not definitely) including Fri. 8/19/94, 7:00 pm, MTV. >> DONAHUE: LEARNING THAT A FORMER HIGH-SCHOOL SWEETHEART IS A HOMOSEXUAL (CC). Syndicated, but airs Fri. 8/19/94 in most (NOT all) areas, including: - Fri. 8/19/94, 9:00 am, Phila. PA WPVI ch. 6 - Fri. 8/19/94, 4:00 pm, New York City NY WNBC ch. 4 >> REGIS & KATHIE LEE. Repeat segments includes one featuring Melissa Etheridge. Airs Fri. 8/19/94 in many areas, including: - Fri. 8/19/94, 9:00 am, Phila. PA WCAU ch. 10, New York City WABC ch. 10, and Wildwood NJ WMGM ch. 40 >> JANE WHITNEY: TEENS AND HOMOSEXUALITY (rerun). Airs in some areas on Fri. 8/19/94, including 9:00 am on New York City NY WNBC ch. 4. >> BERTICE BERRY: BEING MISTAKEN FOR A HOMOSEXUAL (rerun). (Friday 8/19/94 must be gay talk show day, because this ALSO airs Fri. 8/19/94!!!) Airings include: - Fri. 8/19/94, 11:00 am on Phila. PA KYW ch. 3. - Fri.-Sat., 8/19-20/94, 4:00 am, NYC NY WNYW ch. 5 >> IN THE LIFE. Check your PBS listings for this lesbian, gay, & bi variety/entertainment series. But beware of PBS pledge breaks in many areas if you tape this. The following shows air once this week as far as I know: >> PARALLEL LIVES (CC). First airs on Sun. 8/14/94 at 8:00 pm on Showtime cable. This is the all-improvised sequel to last year's "Chantilly Lace" movie from Show- time. TV Guide says that many of the characters from that show are also in this one, although it doesn't say which ones. In last year's show, two of the women were gay. Unknown if they'll be in this sequel also. TV Guide says: "This 1994 made-for-cable film is set at a college reunion. Over the course of a weekend, sorority sisters share secrets; men regress to their beer swilling frat-boy ways; and old grudges, secret passions and nefarious schemes run rampant. But the weekend turns deadly when one of the group is drowned - and everyone is a suspect." >> THE KRAYS. Airs Sun-Mon, 8/14-15/94, 1:25 am, Showtime cable. Exceedingly violent, but fact-based, movie about two identical twin brothers who ran a London crime syndicate in the 1960s. One of them was gay. >> PARIS IS BURNING. Airs Mon. 8/16/94, 8:45 AM (NOT pm), on Prism. Documentary of vogue dancing in gay Black bars in New York City. >> POSITIVE (+) HEALTH. Airs in Phila. PA on Tues. 8/16/94, 8:00 pm, on WYBE ch. 35. Local show for people who are HIV-positive. Currently in the middle of a 4-part series on theories about the causes of AIDS. >> BIOGRAPHY: MADONNA. Airs Wed. 8/17/94, 8:00 pm, Arts & Entertainment cable. Unknown if this show will have gay content, but it seems likely since Madonna has been open about her relationships with women, and has a mostly gay male dance troupe. >> FORBIDDEN LOVE: THE UNASHAMED STORIES OF LESBIAN LOVE (CC). Airs Wed. 8/17/94, 8:00 pm, Cinemax. TV Guide says: "(Canadian, 1993) NR: Adult themes. A study of the lifestyles of gay women from the late 1940s to the early 60s, focusing on specialized pulp fiction of the era." >> BULLETIN WITH LARRY KANE. Airs in Phila. PA on Wed. 8/17/94, 8:00 pm, on KYW ch. 3. I've been told that gay content is likely in this show, but I don't have details. >> AMERICAN JUSTICE. Airs Wed. 8/17/94, 9:00 pm, Arts & Entertainment. TV Guide says "Legal aspects of sexual harassment in the workplace. Included: a review of the 1991 Anita Hill - Clarence Thomas confrontation; commentary by essayist Camille Paglia." >> GEORGE MICHAEL'S CONCERT OF HOPE. Airs Wed. 8/17/94, 9:30 pm, Disney channel. AIDS benefit concert hosted by David Bowie. Performers include lesbian singer k.d. lang. >> PROTOCOL (CC). Airs Thurs. 8/18/94, 6:15 pm, Cinemax. Goldie Hawn plays a straight nightclub waitress who winds up as an ambassador. She shares a house with her best friends - a gay male couple, who are positively portrayed. >> ROSEANNE (CC). Airs Thurs. 8/18/94, 6:30 pm, New York City WNYW ch. 5. An oldie but a goodie. Roseanne gets upset when department store Rodbell's wants the restaurant employees to take a lie detector test. She thinks they want to find out if Leon (Martin Mull) is gay. They don't, but he is. >> COMMUNITY FORUM - OUT OF THE CLOSET. Airs Thurs. 8/18/94, 9:30 pm, on Philadelphia PA's WYBE ch. 35. Locally produced monthly gay/lesbian/bi/transgender tv show, with a special focus on our communities of color. >> MASH (CC). Airs Thurs. 8/18/94, 11:00 pm, on New York City NY WNYW ch. 5. Frank wants to get a gay patient kicked out of the army. >> THE CHILDREN'S HOUR (CC). Airs Thurs-Fri, 8/18-19/94, 4:50 am, The Movie Channel. 1962 movie adaptation of Lillian Hellman's play. A young girl lies and says her private school teachers are a lesbian couple. They aren't, but the town quickly shuns them and their lives are ruined. And the one woman who really IS secretly a lesbian winds up killing herself out of shame. ********************************************************* That's it for this week! Happy viewing, everyone! Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ Prodigy ID = npwc08a In IDs: 0 & 1 are numbers. AmericaOnLineID = caroLm10 o & L are letters. Internet ID = caroLm10@aoL.com