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blue glow SALON'S TV PICKS FOR MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1998 BY JOYCE MILLMAN S P E C I A L S Rat Pack fans might want to seek out friends with a generous cable package (or a satellite dish). Frank, Dean and Sammy: An Evening with the Rat Pack (8 p.m., TV Land) is a never-aired 1965 concert featuring Sinatra, Martin and Davis in all their un-PC glory. Johnny Carson emcees. Replay! The History of the NFL on TV (8:30 p.m., ESPN) looks at the influence of the tube on the sport and vice versa, with clips from famous NFL telecasts and interviews with sportscasters, producers and NFL executives. The People's Century (check local times, PBS) continues its chronicle of the 20th century. Slovenly bike messenger Puck, who was famous for a few seconds a while back as a cast member of MTV's San Francisco season of "The Real World," returns in Road Rules All-Stars (10 p.m., MTV), a five-part series in which former "Real World" personalities embark on a road trip organized by the Puckman. S P O R T S Baseball: Braves at Rockies (9 p.m., TBS). S E R I E S Ally McBeal (9 p.m., Fox) reruns the episode where she accepts a challenge to tell a dirty joke before an audience. Shelley Long continues her search for a life after "Cheers" with the new sitcom Kelly Kelly (9 p.m., WB) in which she plays a prissy intellectual (surprise!) who marries a fireman with four kids. On Brooklyn South (10 p.m., CBS), a suspect dies under suspicious circumstances in a holding cell and Clem is wounded in a shootout. T A L K Noah Wyle and "Buffy" pin-up David Boreanaz visit Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated); Gwyneth Paltrow and filmmaker Harmony Korine guest on David Letterman (CBS); Jay Leno (NBC) hosts Heather Graham; Tom Snyder (CBS) begins a week of shows from New York with guest Bill Cosby; Alex Kingston and Sierra Club president Adam Werbach are panelists on Politically Incorrect (ABC); a rerun of Conan O'Brien (NBC) features Martin Scorsese. E T C NYPD Blue shocker: Jimmy Smits will reportedly leave the show sometime next season in what is described as an "amicable" parting. He is expected to sign an exclusive development deal with ABC. There's no word on how he'll be written out or who will replace him. How about a certain red-haired former "NYPD Blue" star whose CBS show is in danger of cancellation? SALON | April 20, 1998 Blue Glow for < href="/ent/glow/1998/04/17glow.html">Weekend, April 17-19, 1998

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