ALSO TODAY American Squirm By Sarah Vowell Malcolm MacPherson's updated "Black Box" transcripts give us a grisly idea of what death really sounds like RECENTLY IN ENTERTAINMENT Jungle love By Laura Miller Two new movies take a look at why, when it comes to romance, people treat each other so badly (08/21/98) The original regular By Cynthia Joyce Yes, motherhood has mellowed Liz Phair -- and that's not such a bad thing (08/21/98) Blade Reviewed by Charles Taylor Despite a thin plot and thick directing, Wesley Snipes' new superhero flick is a bloody good time (08/20/98) Sharps & Flats Reviews of new CDs by Dr. John, MC Lyte, Randy Scruggs and more (08/19/98) Invitation to a lynching By Charles Taylor The trial that ended capital punishment in England (08/18/98) BROWSE THE TV ARCHIVES COLUMNS FEATURES ILLUSTRATION BY EINAT PELED

blue glow SALON'S TV PICKS FOR MONDAY, AUG. 24, 1998 BY JENN SHREVE S E R I E S Joan Rivers guests as Vikki's mom in a rerun of the hour-long season finale of Suddenly Susan (8 p.m., NBC). On Melrose Place (8 p.m., Fox), Jane tries to catch up on who's slept with whom since she was last on the show. Good luck. On the first of two Everybody Loves Raymond (9 p.m., CBS) reruns, Debra finds out the used car she's purchased from Ray's parents was his high school "make-out mobile." On the second (9:30 p.m.), Robert flops as a traffic-school instructor. Buffy and Angel scramble to find two cowboy vampires while their friends participate in a class experiment in parenting on a rerun of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (9 p.m., WB). Ally McBeal (10 p.m., Fox) reruns the episode where she defends a client with a foot fetish. S P O R T S Exhibition Football: Packers at Broncos (8 p.m., ABC) WNBA Playoffs: Phoenix Mercury at Cleveland Rockers, Game 2 (8 p.m., ESPN) Charlotte Sting at Houston Comets, Game 2 (10 p.m., ESPN) S P E C I A L S Roma Downey hosts Before Your Eyes (10 p.m., CBS), a documentary on three American women trying to stop the deportation of their Irish-born, former IRA husbands. T A L K Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Alec Baldwin (rerun) David Letterman (CBS) TBA Jay Leno (NBC) Dolly Parton, Chayanne Politically Incorrect (ABC) Joe Mantegna, Cloris Leachman Conan O'Brien (NBC) Barbara Walters Charlie Rose (PBS) TBA SALON | Aug. 24, 1998 Joyce Millman is on vacation. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Blue Glow for < href="http://www.salonmagazine.com/ent/glow/1998/08/21glow.html">Weekend, Aug. 21-23, 1998

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