ALL TIMES ARE EST UNLESS NOTED CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS. - - - - - - - - - - - - RECENTLY IN BLUE GLOW A fitting "Seinfeld" tribute (03/05/98) - - - - - - - - - - - - ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEK The Big Lebowski The Coen brothers break out of the irony ghetto Twilight Older actors set aglow in Benton's small noir The Gingerbread Man Robert Altman goes Southern Gothic with his potent new thriller - - - - - - - - - - - - ENTERTAINMENT LAST WEEK illtown Nick Gomez's mesmerizing crime story may be the best movie you won't get to see this year - - - - - - - - - - - - BROWSE THE ARCHIVES MOVIES TELEVISION INTERVIEWS FEATURES

blue glow SALON'S TV PICKS FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1998 BY JOYCE MILLMAN S P E C I A L S You know you're getting old when the highlight of PBS's annual pledge week isn't "A Salute to Lawrence Welk," it's The Rolling Stones: Bridges to Babylon 1998 (check local times Sat., PBS). The special captures the band in concert last December in St. Louis. The master of nighttime soaps is honored in An All-Star Party for Aaron Spelling (8 p.m. Sat., ABC), with appearances by Joan Collins, Linda Evans, Heather Locklear, John Forsythe and the three original "Charlie's Angels." The best performances of the year in movies and television are saluted in The Screen Actors Guild Awards (8 p.m. Sun., TNT). Jon Voight plays a shady Chicago lawyer who has a crisis of conscience in the new cable movie The Fixer (8 p.m. Sun., Showtime). The 1995 thriller Copycat (9 p.m. Sun., ABC) has its network premiere. Holly Hunter plays a detective trying to catch a serial killer; Sigourney Weaver co-stars as a criminal psychologist being stalked by the leading suspect. The new TV movie To Live Again (9 p.m. Sun., CBS) stars Bonnie Bedelia as a social worker trying to help a woman (Annabeth Gish) who was kept in isolation by her mother for 16 years. S E R I E S Homicide (10 p.m. Fri., NBC) returns from hiatus with a new episode in which the cops investigate a man who was buried alive and Cox is asked to falsify an autopsy report. Scott Wolf hosts Saturday Night Live (11:30 p.m. Sat., NBC), with music from Natalie Imbruglia. On The Simpsons (8 p.m. Sun., Fox), Lisa fears that family genetics has doomed her to be a failure. Dateline NBC (8 p.m. Sun., NBC) reports on a new book advising parents on how to deal with surly kids. The X-Files (9 p.m. Sun., Fox) concludes a two-parter that gets back to mythology and introduces plot points that will reportedly be crucial if you have any hope of figuring out what's going on in the "X-Files" movie this June. S P O R T S NBA: Pistons at Lakers (3 p.m. Sun., NBC); Bulls at Knicks (5:30 p.m. Sun., NBC). NHL: Red Wings at Kings (3 p.m. Sat., Fox); Penguins at Flyers (8 p.m. Sun., ESPN). T A L K Friday: Patrick Stewart visits Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated); David Letterman (CBS) features Norm Macdonald and Paul Rodriguez; Kim Basinger and Alyssa Milano guest on Jay Leno (NBC); Dennis Miller (HBO) talks with John Cleese; John Sayles is scheduled for Charlie Rose (PBS); Bob Odenkirk, Jeff Greenfield and Laura Ingraham are panelists on Politically Incorrect (ABC); Conan O'Brien (NBC) features Hector Elizondo and Finlay Quaye. SALON | March 6, 1998 Blue Glow for < href="/ent/glow/1998/03/05glow.html">Thursday March 5, 1998

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