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blue glow SALON'S TV PICKS FOR THURSDAY, DEC. 18, 1997 BY JOYCE MILLMAN S E R I E S Joan Collins is profiled on a new Biography (8 p.m. EST/9 PST, A&E). It's Christmas Eve on Nothing Sacred (8 p.m., ABC), and two illegal immigrants from El Salvador, "Mary" and "Joseph," show up at the parish. On Seinfeld (9 p.m., NBC), Jerry's girlfriend never looks the same way twice, George donates to a fraudulent charity and we learn why Kramer was out of work for 12 years. Ronnie is jealous when Olive is asked to sing a solo in the Lincoln Center Christmas show on Veronica's Closet (9:30 p.m., NBC). On the ER (10 p.m., NBC) Christmas show, Benton is hailed as a saint by a blind man whose sight returns at the doctor's touch. Also, Greene feels a kinship to an elderly rape victim. S P O R T S Hockey: Bruins at Flyers (7:30 p.m., ESPN). S P E C I A L S This year's Holiday at Pops (9 p.m. EST/10 PST, A&E) features conductor Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops, Rosemary Clooney and comedian Anthony Clark. T A L K Pierce Brosnan and Michelle Yeoh plug the new James Bond movie on Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated); Yeoh also appears on David Letterman (CBS), along with Leslie Nielsen and Hanson; Jay Leno (NBC) welcomes Teri Hatcher and Dwight Yoakam; Charlie Rose (PBS) talks to Quentin Tarantino and his "Jackie Brown" star, Pam Grier; Politically Incorrect (ABC) features Sierra Club President Adam Werbach and Clint Black; Kelly Lynch and Tony Bennett appear on Conan O'Brien (NBC). E T C. Daily Variety reports that Craig Kilborn has been suspended without pay for a week from his hosting duties on Comedy Central's The Daily Show because of comments he made about his show's female staffers. In the January issue of Esquire, Kilborn is quoted as saying, "There are a lot of bitches on the staff and, hey, they're emotional people. You can print that! You know how women are -- they overreact." Kilborn also suggested in the Esquire interview that his head writer, Lizz Winstead, finds him attractive and would be happy to perform certain sexual acts for him. SALON | Dec. 18, 1997

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