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SALON'S TV PICKS FOR
MONDAY, NOV. 30, 1998
BY JOYCE MILLMAN

S P E C I A L S

The 1964 special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (8 p.m., CBS), starring Burl Ives as the snowman who relates the story of the misfit reindeer, has its annual outing. Have a holly, jolly Christmas. And remember, Bumbles bounce. The documentary The Rise of Christianity: The First Thousand Years (9 p.m. EST/10 PST, A&E) concludes with a two-hour look at the religion from the reign of Emperor Justinian through the challenge of Islam to the resurgence of Christianity in Europe after the Dark Ages.

S E R I E S

Ludwig van Beethoven is the subject of a new Biography (8 p.m. EST/9 PST, A&E). Everybody Loves Raymond (9 p.m., CBS) reruns the episode where Ray, Debra and the kids have to stay with Marie and Frank while their house is being fumigated -- which allows Debra the opportunity to give meddlesome Marie a taste of her own medicine. Debra's corn-dog revenge is a thing of beauty. On a rerun of Ally McBeal (9 p.m., Fox), Ally defends a transvestite (Wilson Cruz of "My So-Called Life") accused of prostitution. The biography show Famous Families (9 p.m., Fox Family Channel) has back-to-back episodes on Tom Hanks and the Barrymores (10 p.m.).

S P O R T S

Football:
Giants at 49ers (8 p.m., ABC)

T A L K

David Letterman (CBS) John Cusack, Natalie Portman (rerun)
Jay Leno (NBC) Dennis Franz, Dame Edna
Politically Incorrect (ABC) William H. Macy, Jayson Williams
Conan O'Brien (NBC) Yasmine Bleeth (rerun)
SALON | Nov. 30, 1998

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