Steve Burdick [SEP] series
Steve Burdick
"Steve Burdick" is an episode of the 1990 NBC television series "Lifestories", an anthology drama that each week followed a new set of characters dealing with a medical issue. The episode revolves around Burdick (D. W. Moffett), a gay television newsman with AIDS. When his lover dies of the disease, Burdick reveals his own diagnosis on the air to the displeasure of his station manager. The episode was loosely based on Paul Wynne, a newscaster out of San Francisco who died of AIDS in
scheduling decision, "There are few things in broadcasting that we know for sure, and one of those is that when you do an episode of any series that deals with AIDS, there is going to be advertiser sensitivity to it. And if you choose to do it anyway, you better count on losing money."
"Steve Burdick" won a GLAAD Media Award as the best television drama episode of 1990.
References.
- Dubin, Steven C. (1994). "Arresting Images: Impolitic Art