Cheerio, Seinfeld
Joyce Millman bids farewell to the greatest sitcom of all time

Use your "Noggin"
(04/30/98)

He Got Game
Reviewed by Gary Kamiya
Spike Lee's soft-hearted but moving tribute to faith, love and basketball
(05/01/98)

Les Miserables
Reviewed by Charles Taylor
Liam Neeson stars in this high-minded film version of Victor Hugo's epic tale of crime and obsession
(05/01/98)

Lou Reed live
Reviewed by David Bowman
A walk on his mild side
(05/01/98)

Liquor Giants
Reviewed by Gina Arnold
Liquor Giants get slaphappy with 80's-style pop
(04/30/98)

Richard Buckner live
Reviewed by Geoff Edgers
Better when he was bummed
(04/29/98)

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SALON'S TV PICKS FOR
MONDAY, MAY 4, 1998
BY JOYCE MILLMAN

S P E C I A L S

The four-part series In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great (check local times, PBS) follows British historian Michael Wood as he retraces the route that expanded the Greek empire, teaching us about the life and times of Alexander along the way. The new cable movie Labor of Love (9 p.m., Lifetime) sounds like "The Object of My Affection" with some minor changes. Marcia Gay Harden plays an artist in her 30s who wants a baby; David Marshall Grant is her gay friend, who offers to help. We Were There: CBS News at 50 (10 p.m., CBS) looks back at the big news stories of the past 50 years, with comments from Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather, Ed Bradley, Leslie Stahl and others.

S P O R T S

Baseball:
Dodgers at Braves (7:35 p.m., TBS)

NHL Playoffs:
TBA (7:30 p.m., ESPN)
TBA (7:30 p.m., ESPN2)

NBA Playoffs:
TBA (8 p.m., TNT)

S E R I E S

The two-part season finale of 7th Heaven (8 p.m., WB) begins with Matt having trouble telling his parents he's leaving for college sooner than they expected and with Mary thinking about getting closer to her boyfriend. On Ally McBeal (9 p.m., Fox), Georgia reveals she's pregnant. Whining and fantasy sequences follow. On an hour-long Caroline in the City (9 p.m., NBC), Richard's reluctance to quit his job with Caroline leads his wife to insist on couples therapy. Garry Shandling has a cameo. 20/20 (9 p.m., ABC) reports on the diary of Unabomber Ted Kaczynski. On The Practice (10 p.m., ABC), Berluti's priest is accused of murdering a teenage boy.

T A L K

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Richard Simmons
David Letterman (CBS) Elle Macpherson, Usher
Jay Leno (NBC) Heather Locklear, Dennis Rodman
Politically Incorrect (ABC) Dee Dee Myers, Tommy Davidson
Conan O'Brien (NBC) Tom Selleck, Ana Gasteyer (rerun)
SALON | May 4, 1998

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