ALL TIMES ARE EST UNLESS NOTED CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS. - - - - - - - - - - - - RECENTLY IN BLUE GLOW Seinfeld's backwards stunt (11/24/97) - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 TUESDAY, NOV. 25, 1997 BY JOYCE MILLMAN S E R I E S Paul impatiently waits for Jamie to be in the mood again on Mad About You (8 p.m., NBC). Nova (check local times, PBS) has a new episode about avalanches. Grace Under Fire (8 p.m., ABC) is out of rehab and back on ABC's schedule with a belated season opener. Khandi Alexander bows out as Catherine on her last episode of NewsRadio (8:30 p.m., NBC). Frasier (9 p.m., NBC) has a new girlfriend, a lawyer who takes the upper hand in the relationship. On NYPD Blue (10 p.m., ABC), the detectives investigate the murder of a Hasidic woman. S P O R T S College Basketball: Maui Invitational (7 p.m., ESPN). NBA: Lakers at Heat (8 p.m., TNT). S P E C I A L S Brian Dennehy directed and stars in the new TV movie Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan (9 p.m., CBS). Dennehy plays an attorney charged with rape. The supporting cast includes Reed Diamond ("Homicide") and Alice Krige. T A L K Paul Simon visits Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated); David Letterman (CBS) features Marisa Tomei and James Taylor; Roma Downey guests on Jay Leno (NBC); Tom Snyder (CBS) talks with Jon Voight; Sammy Hagar and Kathy Griffin are panelists on Politically Incorrect (ABC); Conan O'Brien (NBC) hosts Sigourney Weaver and Frank Gorshin; Michael Boatman appears on Keenen Ivory Wayans (syndicated). SALON | Nov. 25, 1997

Blue Glow for < href="/ent/glow/1997/11/24glow.html">Monday, Nov. 24, 1997

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