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SALON'S TV PICKS
SALON'S TV PICKS
Weekend Aug. 22-24, 1997_|_BY JOYCE MILLMAN
S P E C I A L S Diane Keaton (wearing an amazingly unflattering wig-and-glasses get-up) plays a New York widow who becomes the guardian of her dead brother's son in the new cable movie Northern Lights (7 p.m. Sat., Disney). The new HBO comedy special Janeane Garofalo (10 p.m. Sat., HBO) spotlights the uncompromising yet lovable comedian actress in an hour of stand-up comedy. More uncompromising comedy: Andy Dick, Kathy Griffin and others do their weirdest stand-up material for the special Un-Cabaret (11 p.m. Sat., Comedy Central). Gary Sinise, who is rapidly becoming the king of the bio-flick, has the title role in the new cable miniseries George Wallace (7 p.m. Sun., TNT), which strives to humanize the segregationist Alabama governor. John Frankenheimer directed. Snow White: A Tale of Terror (9 p.m. Sun., Showtime) is an adult version of the fairy tale, starring Sigourney Weaver as a noblewoman in 15th century Bavaria who torments her stepdaughter. Sam Neill co-stars. S P O R T S Baseball: Reds at Braves (7:35 p.m. Fri., 1:05 p.m. Sun, TBS); White Sox at Rangers (8 p.m. Sun., ESPN). WNBA basketball: Charlotte at Phoenix (9 p.m. Fri., Lifetime); New York at Cleveland (4 p.m. Sat., NBC). College football: Oklahoma vs. Northwestern at Chicago (noon Sat., ABC); Wisconsin vs. Syracuse at East Rutherford, N.J.(2 p.m. Sun., ABC). Exhibition football: 49ers at Broncos (8 p.m. Sat., Fox). S E R I E S Suave bad guy Luther Mahoney (Erik Todd Dellums) is in his glory in a rerun of Homicide (10 p.m. Fri., NBC). The highest-rated series on basic cable, Rugrats (8 p.m. Sat., Nickelodeon), begins a round of new episodes, its first since 1994. This is a very big deal, not so much for the kiddie fans of this animated series about mischievous babies, but for their parents, who have seen the one where Tommy and Chuckie get locked in the toy store overnight way too many times. The Simpsons (8 p.m. Sun., Fox) reruns the episode where Homer fears the family's new gay friend (voice of John Waters) will have a bad influence on Bart. The new series Behind the Music (9 p.m. Sun., VH1) takes a documentary look at the industry's biggest successes and failures. In the first episode, Hammer talks about his loss of $30 million and Milli Vanilli recount the lip-synching scandal that ended their career. T A L K The Friday lineup: David Letterman (CBS) welcomes Alicia Silverstone; Steven Seagall and Christopher Walken guest on Jay Leno (NBC); Tom Snyder (CBS) talks with Queen Latifah; Conan O'Brien (NBC) features Janine Turner and Charlie Sheen. ETC. Blue Glow will return on Tuesday, Sept. 2. Check out Salon's Best-Of
issue, which will be up from 6 p.m. PDT Aug. 24 until 6 p.m. PDT Sept. 1. And don't
worry, there's nothing good on TV next week anyway.
All times are EDT unless noted. Check local listings. BLUEGLOW FOR Thursday, Aug. 21, 1997
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