ALL TIMES ARE EST UNLESS NOTED CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS. - - - - - - - - - - - - RECENTLY IN BLUE GLOW The NBC rumor mill (02/18/98) - - - - - - - - - - - - ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEK The Wedding Singer Drew Barrymore steals the bouquet from Adam Sandler Sphere Magical underwater photography, soggy story - - - - - - - - - - - - ENTERTAINMENT LAST WEEK Zero Effect A paranoid private detective on the trail of true love The Replacement Killers A Hong Kong superstar gets lost in his Hollywood debut - - - - - - - - - - - - BROWSE THE ARCHIVES MOVIES TELEVISION INTERVIEWS FEATURES

blue glow SALON'S TV PICKS FOR THURSDAY, FEB. 19, 1998 BY JOYCE MILLMAN O L Y M P I C S Weekday coverage (1 p.m., TNT): Biathlon; women's speed skating. Prime-time coverage (8 p.m., CBS): Speed skating (women's 1,000 and 500 meters, men's 500 meters). Late-night coverage (12:35 a.m., CBS): Live (on the East Coast) men's hockey. S P E C I A L S The second part of Motown 40: The Music is Forever (9 p.m., ABC) chronicles the label from the '70s (the Jackson 5 figure prominently) to the present. S E R I E S On this week's Seinfeld (9 p.m., NBC) rerun, Jerry is turned off by his girlfriend's casual nudity, Kramer wants to take shorter showers, a co-worker thinks Elaine has cooties and Puddy reveals that he's in a 12-step program for the compulsively clean. Also, James Spader guests as a recovering alcoholic who angers George. ER (10 p.m., NBC) reruns an episode so old, Sherry Stringfield is in it. T A L K Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) hosts Mel Gibson, Danny Glover and the cast of "Lethal Weapon 4" (yes, there is such a thing); Bob Dole and Marilyn Manson are together on David Letterman (CBS); Jay Leno (NBC) welcomes Gina Gershon; Stanley Crouch is scheduled for Charlie Rose (PBS); Wayne "Newman" Knight and Don Cornelius are panelists on Politically Incorrect (ABC). E T C. Variety reports that the networks' news divisions are gearing up for Desert Storm II. NBC has hired retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf as its prime military analyst. CBS will go with retired Gen. Buster Glosson, who oversaw Desert Storm air campaign plans seven years ago. ABC has yet to announce its expert. CNN, which has had a 16-person crew (including Desert Storm I star Peter Arnett) in Baghdad since October 1997, will use Gen. Perry Smith as its top military analyst. Fox News Channel, a new player in the Super Bowl of war, has hired Adm. William Flanagan, retired commander of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, to provide color commentary. The Variety story describes network news executives as being assured by their Pentagon sources that action won't begin until "on or around Feb. 22." After the Olympics. SALON | Feb. 19, 1998 Blue Glow for < href="/ent/glow/1998/02/18glow.html">Wednesday Feb. 18, 1998

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