ALSO TODAY You go, girls By Joyce Millman Time's up for "Murphy Brown" and "Ellen," but they were once TV's women of the hour RECENTLY IN BLUE GLOW MTV's new summer lineup (05/13/98) Mailer takes on O.J. (05/12/98) RECENTLY IN ENTERTAINMENT Bulworth Reviewed by Charles Taylor Warren Beatty runs amok as a politician in South Central Art amnesia? By Alyssa Katz Was it rape or was it love? Feminists quarrel with a dreamy French film about a woman painter's life The Horse Whisperer Reviewed by Stephanie Zacharek Robert Redford's latest is destined for the glue factory (05/14/98) Costello's 21-artist salute By David Handleman Rhino's new "Songwriting by Elvis Costello" is the cream of the compilation CD crop (05/13/98) Sharps & Flats Mini-reviews of Sonic Youth, Tori Amos, Bill Laswell's Miles Davis remixes, The Loud Family and Massive Attack (05/13/98) BROWSE THE TV ARCHIVES COLUMNS FEATURES ILLUSTRATION BY CATERINA FAKE

blue glow SALON'S TV PICKS FOR MONDAY, MAY 18, 1998 BY JOYCE MILLMAN S P E C I A L S Fish? Human? Both? Peter Benchley's "Creature" (9 p.m., ABC) concludes. In the weirdest example yet of celebrity immortality, Ed Sullivan returns to TV from beyond the grave tonight to host a pair of specials. The Virtual Ed Sullivan Show (9 p.m., UPN) uses a computer-animated Sullivan to introduce performances by current novelty acts. The real Ed is on display in A Really Big Show: Ed Sullivan's 50th Anniversary (10 p.m., CBS), an hour of highlights hosted by the Smothers Brothers. Among the performers appearing in classic clips: The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Ella Fitzgerald, Sonny and Cher and the Jackson 5. S E R I E S Four reruns of The X-Files (8 p.m., FX) air consecutively from 8 to midnight each night this week through Friday. Suddenly Susan (8 p.m., NBC) has its one-hour season finale, featuring Vicki's wedding. The season finale of Everybody Loves Raymond (8:30 p.m., CBS) wraps up its two-part flashback to Ray and Debra's wedding. Murphy Brown (9 p.m., CBS) ends its 10-year run with an hour-long finale, featuring guest appearances by Julia Roberts, Bette Midler, Mike Wallace, George Clooney and a virtual Edward R. Murrow. On the season-ending Ally McBeal (9 p.m., Fox), Bobby Donnell (Dylan McDermott, in his role from "The Practice") returns, and the Biscuit has the hots for Renee. T A L K Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Cher David Letterman (CBS) Matthew Broderick, Natalie Merchant Jay Leno (NBC) Warren Beatty, Alonzo Mourning and Joan Embery Politically Incorrect (ABC) Michael Kinsley, Florence Henderson Conan O'Brien (NBC) Billy Zane (rerun) SALON | May 18, 1998 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Blue Glow for < href="/ent/glow/1998/05/15glow.html">Weekend May 15-17, 1998

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