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blue glow SALON'S TV PICKS FOR TUESDAY, FEB. 24, 1998 BY JOYCE MILLMAN S E R I E S Helen Hunt directs this week's episode of Mad About You (8 p.m., NBC), in which the Buchmans contemplate changing therapists. The American Experience (check local times, PBS) concludes its profile of Ronald Reagan. Angel targets Buffy's friends and family on a new Buffy the Vampire Slayer (8 p.m., WB). Bill gets a role in a TV commercial and Dave thinks the staff is plotting to drive him insane on NewsRadio (8:30 p.m., NBC). Ann-Margret and Sonia Braga star as Queen Bees of a Southwestern ranch town in the new soap Four Corners (9 p.m., CBS), which has a two-hour premiere. Very Special Episode alert: On Home Improvement (9 p.m., ABC), Tim and Jill discover that one of the boys is a pothead. Meanwhile, on Dawson's Creek (9 p.m., WB), Pacey and Tamara are found out and Joey's sister goes into premature labor at Dawson's house. On NYPD Blue (10 p.m., ABC), a cop from another precinct may be involved in a rape-murder and Sipowicz's urological problems may be more serious than he's letting on. Dateline NBC (10 p.m., NBC) has a hidden camera investigation of a religious cult. S P O R T S NBA: Heat at Jazz (8 p.m., TNT). T A L K Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) welcomes Scott Wolf and Kristen Johnston; Kelsey Grammar and Sarah McLachlan guest on David Letterman (CBS); Jay Leno (NBC) features Arsenio Hall and Elizabeth Berkley; Pat Schroeder and Carol Leifer are panelists on Politically Incorrect (ABC); Matthew Modine and Faith Ford appear on Conan O'Brien (NBC). E T C. ABC's Oprah Winfrey-produced miniseries The Wedding beat CBS's Winter Olympics closing ceremonies telecast in the Sunday night Nielsens ... According to a story in the Hollywood Reporter, Howard Stern is close to signing a deal with CBS to star in a late-night Saturday show to air opposite Saturday Night Live ... O.J. Simpson's arch nemesis, Fred Goldman, will host an April 22 UPN special called The Search for Justice with Fred Goldman, in which he (according to the press release) "shines the light on the injustices of the criminal and civil justice system and provides hope and inspiration as he champions the rights of victims and identifies the resources to effect positive change." SALON | Feb. 24, 1998 Blue Glow for < href="/ent/glow/1998/02/23glow.html">Monday Feb. 23, 1998

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