ALL TIMES ARE EDT UNLESS NOTED CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS. - - - - - - - - - - - - RECENTLY IN BLUE GLOW "The Simpsons" keep their voices (04/06/98) Review: Tom Hanks' epic "From the Earth to the Moon" (04/03/98) - - - - - - - - - - - - ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEK Mercury Rising Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin and an autistic cryptology prodigy Mike van Diem An interview with the Academy Award-winning director - - - - - - - - - - - - BROWSE THE ARCHIVES MOVIES TELEVISION INTERVIEWS FEATURES

blue glow SALON'S TV PICKS FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1998 BY JOYCE MILLMAN S P E C I A L S The engaging miniseries Tom Jones (9 p.m. EDT/10 PDT, A&E) concludes. In case you missed it Sunday, Part 1 of the Tom Hanks produced miniseries From the Earth to the Moon (10 p.m., HBO) airs again. This episode dramatizes the first spacewalk by an American astronaut, in 1965. S P O R T S NBA: Knicks at Hawks (8 p.m., TNT). S E R I E S Buffy the Vampire Slayer (8 p.m., WB) has another rerun, the one where the egg-babies the classmates are carrying around turn out to be pretty nasty creatures. On Frasier (9 p.m., NBC), Frasier is unimpressed with Bulldog's act of heroism. Frontline (check local times, PBS) continues its examination of the roots of Christianity in "From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians." Lateline (9:30 p.m., NBC) -- not to be confused with "Frontline" -- has an episode where Freundlich's special report on labor issues is bumped by crisis coverage of comedian Buddy Hackett's (fictional) heart attack. NYPD Blue (10 p.m., ABC) reruns the season opener, in which Simone is off the force in the wake of the Salvo killing (remember that?) and Sipowicz is under investigation. T A L K Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) welcomes Matt LeBlanc and Cirque du Soleil; Quentin Tarantino and Steven Weber guest on David Letterman (CBS); Jay Leno (NBC) hosts Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau and Courtney Thorne-Smith; Tom Snyder (CBS) talks with Isabel Allende; Matt LeBlanc shows up again on Conan O'Brien (NBC), which also features Semisonic. E T C Variety reports that Martin Scorsese has signed a two-year deal with ABC that includes a 13-episode commitment for a drama series to be written by Scorsese's "GoodFellas" and "Casino" collaborator, Nicholas Pileggi. (Pileggi's previous TV work includes the CBS series "Michael Hayes.") Scorsese will also deliver a miniseries and a TV movie as part of the ABC deal ... CBS has suddenly pulled Cybill off the schedule because of low ratings and the long-running sitcom is unlikely to return ... According to a report in the New York Post, NBC's oft-shuffled sitcom NewsRadio is preparing a season finale in which the cast is transported back in time for a fateful voyage on the Titanic. Nobody on the show is optimistic about renewal. SALON | April 7, 1998 Blue Glow for < href="/ent/glow/1998/04/06glow.html">Monday, April 6, 1998

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