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blue glow SALON'S TV PICKS FOR TUESDAY, JAN. 13, 1998 BY JOYCE MILLMAN S E R I E S Calvin Klein is profiled on a new Biography (8 p.m. EST/9 PST, A&E). On Mad About You (8 p.m., NBC), Paul meets a professor (guest Nathan Lane) who was once more than a professor to Jamie. NewsRadio (8:30 p.m., NBC) has another episode revealing Dave's (Dave Foley) many hidden talents. Previously, we learned that he won prizes for his jams at county fairs in his native Canada and is an expert tap dancer and knife thrower. This week, he's reunited with the members of his old barbershop quartet (two of whom are played by Bob Odenkirk and David Cross of HBO's Mr. Show). When "NewsRadio" is cooking, it's funny and nasty and surreal. This is the show that deserves the "Seinfeld" slot. The pregnant Russell investigates the suspicious death of a boy on NYPD Blue (10 p.m., ABC). S P O R T S College hoops: Purdue at Illinois (7:30 p.m., ESPN); South Carolina at Kentucky (9:30 p.m., ESPN). NBA: Sonics at Bulls (8 p.m., TNT). S P E C I A L S The drag comedy To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (8 p.m., Fox) has its network premiere. Wesley Snipes, John Leguizamo and Patrick Swayze star. A Science Odyssey (check local times, PBS) surveys advances in psychology over the past century. T A L K Bill Pullman, Jim Breur and Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham guest on David Letterman (CBS); a rerun of Jay Leno (NBC) features Mira Sorvino, Rob Reiner and Tina Turner; New Yorker editor Tina Brown is scheduled for Charlie Rose (PBS); Charlton Heston and Dana Gould are panelists on Politically Incorrect (ABC); John Goodman and Gloria Reuben appear on a rerun of Conan O'Brien (NBC). E T C. The X-Files Expo, a road show of props, memorabilia and merchandise from the series, will begin a 10-city tour in San Francisco March 6. Tickets for what is basically a Fox-sanctioned fan convention will go for $25. The Expo is scheduled for Los Angeles, Dallas, Atlanta, Miami, Chicago, Detroit, Boston, New York and Washington, D.C. In other "X-Files" news from the TV critics' winter press tour in Pasadena, Calif., Peter Roth, president of the Fox Entertainment Group, strongly hinted that the show would remain on Fox for another two seasons and that the ink is all but dry on contracts for David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson. Fox and producer Chris Carter are also scouting Los Angeles locations in preparation for moving production of the show from Vancouver, B.C., to make Duchovny a happy camper. And Stephen King collaborated with Carter on an episode of the show, while William Gibson and Tom Maddox wrote an episode. Both will air in February. SALON | Jan. 13, 1998 Blue Glow for < href="/ent/glow/1998/01/12glow.html">Monday, Jan. 12, 1998

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