Blue Glow

Salon's TV picks for Thursday, June 14, 2001



Series

Rory skips the family dinner for a date with Dean on a rerun of Gilmore Girls (8 p.m., WB). On a rerun of Will & Grace (9 p.m., NBC), Will is exasperated by his sportscaster boyfriend's wish to stay in the closet. Grissom investigates an apparent vehicular manslaughter that wasn't on a rerun of CSI (9 p.m., CBS). On a rerun of ER (10 p.m., NBC), two old dudes (Tom Poston, Tom Bosley) duke it out, and Weaver and Legaspi want to be more than friends.

Sports

U.S. Open Golf (noon, 5 p.m., 8 p.m., ESPN; 3 p.m., NBC)

Baseball:
College World Series (3 p.m., ESPN2)
Reds at White Sox (7 p.m., Fox Family)

Talk

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Tom Brokaw, Meredith Edwards
David Letterman (CBS) Blink 182
Jay Leno (NBC) Martin Short, Missy Elliott with Nelly Furtado
Politically Incorrect (ABC) Joe Rogan, Mark Cuban
Conan O'Brien (NBC) Craig Bierko, Steve Earle
Craig Kilborn (CBS) Jimmy Kimmel

All times Eastern unless noted.

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