ALL TIMES ARE EDT UNLESS NOTED CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS. - - - - - - - - - - - - RECENTLY IN BLUE GLOW Coming soon: the "South Park" movie (04/28/98) Review: "An Unsuitable Job for a Woman" (04/23/98) - - - - - - - - - - - - ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEK Two Girls and a Guy Tale of a womanizer and the women who confront him has brains and unrestrained eroticism Sour Grapes Larry David should have stayed with Seinfeld, and the small screen Sliding Doors A lightweight, glossy little picture, inoffensive, based on a dumb premise, is at least entertaining enough to keep you amused for an hour or two - - - - - - - - - - - - BROWSE THE ARCHIVES MOVIES TELEVISION INTERVIEWS FEATURES

blue glow SALON'S TV PICKS FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1998 BY JOYCE MILLMAN S P E C I A L S Gregory Hines hosts The National Hate Test (7 p.m., USA), which poses hypothetical situations designed to measure viewers' biases. Christine Lahti, Greg Louganis, James McDaniel and Mario Lopez are among the presenters. S E R I E S Best man Joey loses the ring after Ross' bachelor party as Friends (8 p.m., NBC) prepares for the big wedding. We learn how each staffer ended up at Blush on a new Just Shoot Me (8:30 p.m., NBC). On the third from last Seinfeld (9 p.m., NBC), Jerry becomes romantically involved with his maid, George gets a nickname, Kramer can't handle a long-distance relationship and Elaine fights to retain her 212 area code. Mystery! (check local times, PBS) continues its three-part adaptation of P.D. James' "An Unsuitable Job for a Woman," starring Helen Baxendale ("Friends") as feisty private eye Cordelia Gray. 48 Hours (10 p.m., CBS) looks at high-tech crime-solving methods. On ER (10 p.m., NBC), Benton throws a hissy fit when Carla's boyfriend is given a role in Reese's baptism. S P O R T S NHL playoffs: Coyotes at Red Wings (7:30 p.m., ESPN) Sharks at Stars (7:30 p.m., ESPN2) NBA playoffs: Pacers at Cavaliers (7 p.m., TBS) Heat at Knicks (8 p.m., TNT) Sonics at Timberwolves (9:30 p.m., TBS) Lakers at Trail Blazers (10:30 p.m., TNT) T A L K Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Patrick Swayze, Aretha Franklin David Letterman (CBS) Sam Donaldson, Gena Lee Nolin Jay Leno (NBC) Denzel Washington, Laura Dern, Stevie Nicks Charlie Rose (PBS) Dore Gold, Israeli ambassador to the U.N. Politically Incorrect (ABC) Martin Short, Michael Medved E T C Nickelodeon and the Children's Television Workshop have joined forces to launch Noggin, a 24-hour children's network that will be available to cable and satellite systems in January 1999. Programming will consist of reruns of CTW series like Sesame Street, Ghostwriter and The Electric Company and reruns of Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues, Gullah Gullah Island and Nick News, as well as original series. First-run episodes of "Sesame Street" and "Blue's Clues" will continue to air on PBS and Nickelodeon ... A&E announced its programming slate for next season. Along with the usual BBC miniseries ("The Scarlet Pimpernel," starring Richard E. Grant, and a new version of "Vanity Fair"), A&E will air such American-made fare as a P.T. Barnum miniseries, a Hallmark production of "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and a TV movie based on the romance between Lillian Hellman and Dashiell Hammett ... NBC has unveiled some of its plans for summer. Remember last year's It's New to You rerun slogan? Expect a repeat. SALON | April 30, 1998 Blue Glow for < href="/ent/glow/1998/04/29glow.html">Wednesday, April 29, 1998

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