SALON'S TV PICKS
Wednesday, Sept. 17, 1997_|_BY JOYCE MILLMAN
S E R I E S Party of Five (9 p.m., Fox) opens its new season with Bailey facing the consequences of his alcoholism and Julia having trouble adjusting to married life. Live from Lincoln Center (check local times, PBS) celebrates the 70th birthday of New York Philharmonic music director Kurt Masur. Met soprano Renee Fleming is the soloist. 3rd Rock from the Sun (9 p.m., NBC) reruns last season's one-hour finale, in which the Solomons discover dreaming (in a big production number) and get freaked out. American Justice (9 p.m. EDT/10 PDT, A&E) has a new episode, "Von Bulow: A Wealth of Evidence," about socialite Claus von Bulow, twice convicted of attempting to murder his wife, who is a free man today thanks to an appeal by his lawyer, Alan Dershowitz. And in a related listing, former O.J. Girlfriend Paula Barbieri plugs her new book on PrimeTime Live (10 p.m., ABC). S P O R T S Baseball: Astros at Pirates (7:30 p.m., ESPN); Dodgers at Giants (10:30 p.m., ESPN). T A L K Jessica Lange, Lela Rochon and Belinda Carlisle guest on Rosie
O'Donnell (syndicated); Madonna appears on a rerun of David
Letterman (CBS); Jay Leno (NBC) hosts Kevin Kline and new Miss
America Kate Shindle; Tom Snyder (CBS) talks with Damon Wayans;
scheduled guests on Charlie Rose (PBS) include Sprint CEO Bill Esry
and maybe Jessica Lange; Conan O'Brien (NBC) features Kevin Nealon
and Yasmine Bleeth.
All times are EDT unless noted. Check local listings. BLUEGLOW FOR Tuesday Sept. 16, 1997
Illustration by Henrik Drescher, an illustrator living in Auckland, New Zealand. |
