Wednesday, July 2, 1997_|_BY JOYCE MILLMAN
S P E C I A L S Senior Prom (8 p.m., ABC) looks at preparations for the big night at a rural school in Texas and an inner-city school in Boston. Jennifer Love Hewitt ("Party of Five") hosts. "Great Performances" presents the TV premiere of Frederic Mitterand's 1996 film adaptation of Puccini's Madame Butterfly (8 p.m., PBS), starring Ying Huang and Richard Troxell. The Greatest Episodes of All Time Marathon (beginning 10 p.m., Nick at Nite) continues. Tonight's choice reruns: the Odd Couple (10:30 p.m.) where Felix and Oscar appear on "Password" and the Taxi (11 p.m.) where Latka introduces his swinging alter ego, Vic Ferrari. S P O R T S Baseball: Rockies at Rangers (7:30 p.m., ESPN); Mariners at Padres (10:30 p.m., ESPN). S E R I E S On a rerun of NewsRadio (8 p.m., NBC), Jimmy brings a group of third graders to the station so he can hit on their teacher. On a rerun of Everybody Loves Raymond (8:30 p.m., CBS), Debra tries to get Ray to be more openly affectionate. And on a rerun of Law & Order (10 p.m., NBC), the detectives investigate the murder of an apartment co-op treasurer. T A L K Diane Lane and Richard Simmons guest on a rerun of Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated); a new David Letterman (CBS) features Tom Arnold, Blur and the Vegas casino worker who found the missing chunk of Evander Holyfield's ear; Dana Carvey appears on a rerun of Jay Leno (NBC); Tom Snyder (CBS) talks with Charlton Heston; scheduled segments on Charlie Rose (PBS) are an interview with Novell CEO Eric Schmidt and a summer movie roundtable of critics (but when did Rose ever stick to the schedule?); Politically Incorrect (ABC) is a rerun (Jane Seymour, Michael McKean); so is Conan O'Brien (NBC) (Rob Schneider, Radish). E T C. One Born Every Minute Dept.: The Wisdom Channel debuts this week with
"life affirming, human potential" programming beamed to 5 million homes
in North America, parts of South America and parts of the former Soviet Union via
standard satellite dish. The Wisdom Channel's lineup features new and rerun
specials from such bookstore cluttering New Age and self-help heavyweights
as James "Celestine Prophecy" Redfield, Wayne Dyer, Marianne Williamson and
PBS pledge-week annoyances John Bradshaw and Deepak Chopra. Don't all call
your satellite operators at once. All times are EDT unless noted. Check local listings. BLUEGLOW FOR Tuesday, July 1, 1997 Bookmark http://www.salonmagazine.com/media/blueglow.html |
