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SALON'S TV PICKS
Wednesday Aug. 20, 1997_|_BY JOYCE MILLMAN
S P E C I A L S And I use the term "special" loosely ... Daddy owns the pageant, so 15-year-old model Ivanka Trump gets to host Miss Teen USA (9 p.m., CBS). Delta Burke plays a flamboyant defense attorney in the new made-for-cable movie Melanie Darrow (9 p.m., USA). What can I say? Read a book. S P O R T S Baseball: Dodgers at Mets (7:30 p.m., ESPN); Yankees at Angels (10:30 p.m., ESPN). S E R I E S A new Biography (8 p.m. EDT/9 PDT, A&E) profiles Armand Hammer, controversial millionaire and son of a founder of the American Communist Party. Charlie has second thoughts on his wedding day on a rerun of Party of Five (9 p.m., Fox). Drew's stalker is released from prison on a rerun of The Drew Carey Show (9 p.m., ABC). And on a rerun of Law & Order (10 p.m., NBC), a college student accused of murder claims to have been used as a subject by a scientist doing drug research. T A L K Mira Sorvino and Coolio guest on David Letterman (CBS); Jay Leno (NBC) hosts Demi Moore and Ray Liotta; a rerun of Charlie Rose (PBS) features former Sen. Terry Sanford; Tom Snyder (CBS) talks with Ray Bradbury; Conan O'Brien (NBC) welcomes Charles Dutton; Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., and former Dan Quayle speechwriter Lisa Schiffren are panelists on Politically Incorrect (ABC). ETC. Frank McCourt, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the memoir
"Angela's Ashes," follows in the illustrious footsteps of Joan Crawford,
Elizabeth Taylor and Rosie O'Donnell as a celebrity guest on a daytime
soap. McCourt will appear on the Sept. 10 episode of ABC's One Life to
Live, playing himself; he's supposed to be in Llanview for a book
signing at the university, during which a terrorist act occurs. So, uh, why
Frank McCourt and why "One Life to Live"? Answer: McCourt's brother, actor
Malachy McCourt, plays terrorist Kenneally on the soap. Yes, it all makes
sense now ...
All times are EDT unless noted. Check local listings. BLUEGLOW FOR Tuesday, Aug. 19, 1997
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