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SALON'S TV PICKS FOR
MONDAY, DEC. 21, 1998
BY JOYCE MILLMAN

S P E C I A L S

Jessye Norman: A Holiday Homecoming (check local times, PBS) follows the soprano home to Georgia for a performance of carols and spirituals with the Augusta Opera Company's orchestra and chorus.

S E R I E S

On the Christmas episode of Melrose Place (8 p.m., Fox), a judge sentences Jane and Michael to be with each other on the holiday, and Hanson plays at Lexi and Amanda's fund-raiser. Doug ruins Carrie's heretofore successful attempt at matchmaking on The King of Queens (8:30 p.m., CBS). Ally McBeal (9 p.m., Fox) reruns last year's Christmas episode, in which Ally represents a man, a wife and a mistress who want to legalize their relationship. On a yuletide rerun of Everybody Loves Raymond (9 p.m., CBS), Ray keeps making a move on Debra at the wrong time during a hectic Christmas Day. In case you missed it last week, A Buffy Christmas (9 p.m., WB) is having a special encore airing. That would be "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," of course. Angel is tormented by his victims of Christmases past.

S P O R T S

Football:
Broncos at Dolphins (8 p.m., ABC)

T A L K

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Michael Keaton, Faith Hill
David Letterman (CBS) Barbara Walters, Cyndi Lauper
Jay Leno (NBC) Greg Kinnear, Charlize Theron, Brian Setzer Orchestra
Politically Incorrect (ABC) French Stewart, Merv Griffin (rerun)
Conan O'Brien (NBC) Helen Hunt (rerun)
SALON | Dec. 21, 1998

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