CBS series <I>Cold Case</I> will examine AIDS issues (14293)

The CBS drama series Cold Case will focus on AIDS and AIDS activist issues in its November 14 episode titled "It's Raining Men." The program, which focuses on unsolved murder cases, will look at the strangulation death of the partner of a gay man who was diagnosed with AIDS in 1983. The man's partner had been an early AIDS activist and a proponent of AIDS education in the gay community. CBS officials also say the network will air an AIDS awareness public-service announcement during the program that features series star Kathryn Morris and was written in part by renowned AIDS researcher David Ho, Time magazine's Man of the Year in 1996 for his work on antiretroviral drug cocktails. Cold Case will air at 8 P.M. Eastern and Pacific, 7 P.M. Central on Sunday, November 14.