ALL TIMES ARE EST UNLESS NOTED CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS. - - - - - - - - - - - - RECENTLY IN BLUE GLOW Are you watching "The Practice"? (11/18/97) - - - - - - - - - - - - ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEK Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Clint's cement garden John Grisham's The Rainmaker Coppola hits predictable -- and surprising -- notes - - - - - - - - - - - - LAST WEEK TELEVISION Lives 'R' us A&E's "Biography" is the People magazine of famous lives By Joyce Millman (11/19/97) MOVIES The Wings of the Dove A gorgeous tale of wicked people and sexual intrigue The Man Who Knew Too Little Saved by Bill Murray's prickly charm One Night Stand Adultery and its long-term consequences - - - - - - - - - - - - BROWSE THE MOVIE ARCHIVES TV ARCHIVES

blue glow SALON'S TV PICKS FOR MONDAY, NOV. 24, 1997 BY JOYCE MILLMAN S E R I E S The legend of Anastasia is explored on Biography (8 p.m. EST/9 PST, A&E). Even more of a turkey than usual: It's Thanksgiving, and Susan brings holiday cheer by posing as the girlfriend of a nursing home resident (guest Tim Conway) on Suddenly Susan (8 p.m., NBC). Buffy and slayer Kendra join forces to rescue Angel from Spike's evil grip on the conclusion of a two-part Buffy the Vampire Slayer (9 p.m., WB). On The Naked Truth (9:30 p.m., NBC), Bradley (played by the great Chris Elliott) is found to be distantly related to Hitler. A cop suspected of murdering his estranged wife reaches out to Donovan on Brooklyn South (10 p.m., CBS). S P O R T S Monday Night Football: Raiders at Broncos (9 p.m., ABC). S P E C I A L S Last-gasp sweeps programming from Fox: Breaking the Magician's Code (9 p.m., Fox) finds the truth behind the tricks thanks to hidden cameras and a masked magician snitch. Mitch Pileggi (Skinner on "The X Files") hosts. T A L K Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) welcomes Tim Allen and Kirstie Alley; Natalie Portman and John Cusack guest on David Letterman (CBS); Jay Leno (NBC) hosts Martha Stewart and singer Enrique Iglesias; Tom Snyder (CBS) talks with Reba McEntire; Hector Elizondo, Kathy Griffin and Cornel West are panelists on Politically Incorrect (ABC); a rerun of Conan O'Brien (NBC) features Lisa Kudrow and Silverchair. E T C. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is moving to Tuesdays at 8 p.m. on Jan. 20. The cult hit will anchor WB's newest night of programming, which will also feature Dawson's Creek (9 p.m.), a "My So-Called Life"-ish drama from Kevin Williamson, creator of "Scream" and "I Know What You Did Last Summer" ... In other future programming news, Robert Altman and "Doonesbury" creator Garry Trudeau, who teamed up a decade ago on the groundbreaking HBO political satire/soap Tanner '88, are working on a prime-time computer industry soap for ABC that will be titled either "Silicon Valley" or "Killer App" ... OK, so last week's backwards episode of Seinfeld gets an A+ for creativity. But it sure was flat. Is it me, or did anybody else get the feeling that the producers hit on the concept to salvage a not-funny episode? And while we're on the subject of sweeps stunts, there wasn't anything as (intentionally) funny this sweeps as 3rd Rock's spoof last week of Michael Flatley's "Lord of the Dance." "King of the Jig," indeed ... SALON | Nov. 24, 1997

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