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blue glow SALON'S TV PICKS FOR TUESDAY, DEC. 16, 1997 BY JOYCE MILLMAN S E R I E S Cinque, the leader of the slave rebellion aboard La Amistad, is the subject of a new Biography (8 p.m. EST/9 PST, A&E). Very Special Episode Alert: Mad About You (8 p.m., NBC) has a commercial-free half-hour in which the Buchmans try to get their baby to go to sleep and, somehow, this is supposed to be entertaining. On the Christmas episode of NewsRadio (8:30 p.m., NBC), Jimmy agrees to hire Matthew back if somebody from the station wins a holiday talent show. And on the Christmas episode of Frasier (9 p.m., NBC), Martin, Daphne, Niles and Roz tell their holiday troubles to a masseur. Dateline NBC (10 p.m., NBC) hypes People Magazine's "25 Most Intriguing People of 1997" issue. 48 hours (10 p.m., CBS) goes to Las Vegas. On NYPD Blue (10 p.m., ABC), Sipowicz tries to help a friend whose daughter has fallen in with lowlifes. It's the Viva Variety (10 p.m., Comedy Central) Christmas show, and festivities include a visit from Duran Duran, the Laupins' home movies and the Bluejeans Family Disco Christmas. S P O R T S Hockey: Rangers at Devils (7:30 p.m., ESPN). NBA: Pistons at Knicks (8 p.m., TNT). T A L K Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) features Luther Vandross; Pam Grier and Björk appear on David Letterman (CBS); Jay Leno (NBC) hosts Celine Dion and Don Rickles; Tom Snyder (CBS) talks with Barry Levinson; Steve Harvey and Ken Follett are panelists on Politically Incorrect (ABC); Conan O'Brien (NBC) features Jerry O'Connell and Los Straitjackets. SALON | Dec. 16, 1997

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