ALL TIMES ARE EST UNLESS NOTED CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS. - - - - - - - - - - - - RECENTLY IN BLUE GLOW No soup for you -- unless you watch the Home Shopping Network (03/26/98) A titanic rating for the Oscars (03/25/98) - - - - - - - - - - - - ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEK A Price Above Rubies A sensual young wife rebels against the constraints of Orthodox Jewish life The Newton Boys Richard Linklater takes a stab at a stale genre - - - - - - - - - - - - BROWSE THE ARCHIVES MOVIES TELEVISION INTERVIEWS FEATURES

blue glow SALON'S TV PICKS FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1998 BY JOYCE MILLMAN S P E C I A L S In the six-part series Yo-Yo Ma: Inspired by Bach (check local times, PBS), the cellist provides the music -- Bach's six solo cello suites -- for six short films capturing his collaboration with various artists and filmmakers, including Atom Egoyan, Mark Morris, Patricia Rozema, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean. S P O R T S Baseball: Giants at Astros (7:30 p.m., ESPN); Yankees at Angels (10:30 p.m., ESPN). NBA: Celtics at Magic (8 p.m., TBS). S E R I E S On a rerun of NewsRadio (8 p.m., NBC), Bill is committed to a mental hospital after an altercation over a parking ticket. Seinfeld (8:30 p.m., NBC) reruns the one where Kramer turns his apartment into a talk-show set and Jerry goes to great lengths to play with his girlfriend's antique toys. On a new 3rd Rock from the Sun (9 p.m., NBC), Albright's father shows up after dumping his wife and Harry becomes a shock-radio jock. Viewers are invited to play spot-the-mistakes on an April Fool's Day episode of Drew Carey (9 p.m., ABC). Grad finally goes into labor, and it's a tough one, on Chicago Hope (10 p.m., CBS). On a new Law & Order (10 p.m., NBC), McCoy wants an HIV-positive man who intentionally infected several women charged with murder. Who is Cartman's father? The paternity tests are revealed (maybe) on a new South Park (10 p.m., Comedy Central). T A L K Garth Brooks and Mimi Rogers visit Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated); David Letterman (CBS) hosts Alec Baldwin, Heather Graham and Barenaked Ladies; Damon Wayans, Dana Delany and Richie Sambora guest on Jay Leno (NBC); Lani Guinier is a scheduled guest on Charlie Rose (PBS); Jim Hightower and Lori Petty are panelists on Politically Incorrect (ABC); Conan O'Brien (NBC) features Edward Burns and Dana Gould. E T C. What will we be watching on cable next season? Some fall pilot possibilities: A&E: The Arts & Entertainment network expands its "Biography" franchise with the fast-paced new game show, Liar's Biography. Panels of distinguished entertainment, political and sports personalities vie to embellish the truth about their humble beginnings, pad their résumés and come up with the most plausible alibis when caught in compromising and/or criminal situations. Hosted by O.J. Simpson. The Weather Channel: Think there's nothing entertaining about the weather? Think again! The Weather Channel announces a blockbuster slate of made-for-cable movies, including Willard Scott's poignant drama "Death of a Weatherman," the steamy film noir "Occluded Front," starring Kim Basinger as a weather girl with a torrid past, and Kevin Costner's much-anticipated post-apocalyptic epic, "The Weatherman." Animal Planet: You loved them in their award-winning HBO commercial. Now, they've got their own series! Acting Chimp Theater features the simian stars re-creating scenes from classic TV series. First up: The all-monkey version of "Friends." The Food Network: Are you tired of being stumped by unidentifiable produce and unintelligable menus? Then What Do You Call Those Things? is the show for you. This nightly informational series brings viewers up close and personal with the food they fear most, from arugula to, well, to those dark green things in pods that look like peas but they're not. You know what I mean. SALON | April 1, 1998 Blue Glow for < href="/ent/glow/1998/03/31glow.html">Tuesday March 31, 1998

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