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By Charles Taylor
Why "Rio Bravo" is the Great American Movie

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

Cheerio, Seinfeld
By Joyce Millman
Bidding farewell to the greatest sitcom of all time
(05/04/98)

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)

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SALON'S TV PICKS FOR
TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1998
BY JOYCE MILLMAN

S P E C I A L S

The Masked Magician divulges more trade secrets in Breaking the Magician's Code 3 (8 p.m., Fox). Mario Puzo's 'The Last Don II' (9 p.m., CBS) reaches the end of the line. Will anybody be left standing for a "Last Don III"? Just when you think your opinion of A) big-shot attorneys and B) TV programming ethics couldn't get any lower, here comes Lie Detector (9 p.m., Fox), a special hosted by losing O.J. Simpson prosecutor Marcia Clark in which a rogues' gallery of famous trial figures, including Mark Fuhrman and Jeff (the ex-Mr. Tonya Harding) Gillooly Stone, submit to questioning in an attempt to clear their names.

S P O R T S

NBA playoffs:
Knicks at Pacers (8 p.m., TNT)
Spurs at Jazz (10:30 p.m., TNT)

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

S E R I E S

Jamie bonds with her mother-in-law on (get ready for 10 of the scariest words in the English language) a very special Mother's Day episode of Mad About You (8 p.m., NBC). An evil underwater entity plagues Sunnydale on a new Buffy the Vampire Slayer (8 p.m., WB). Dawson's Creek (9 p.m., WB) does the inevitable parody of series creator Kevin Williamson's horror flicks, "Scream" and "I Know What You Did Last Summer." The gang gathers for Dawson's Friday the 13th seance, unaware that a serial killer is lurking in Capeside ... Dateline NBC (10 p.m., NBC) reunites members of the Uruguayan rugby team whose desperate measures to stay alive after their plane crashed in the Andes in 1972 has resulted in books, movies and a large number of cannibalism jokes. Sipowicz goes back to work and the squad investigates yet another child murder on NYPD Blue (10 p.m., ABC).

T A L K

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Paula Cole
David Letterman (CBS) Jayson Williams, Donald Trump, Trisha Yearwood
Jay Leno (NBC) Aretha Franklin
Charlie Rose (PBS) Spike Lee
Tom Snyder (CBS) Pat Schroeder, Shelley Long
Conan O'Brien (NBC) Michael J. Fox, Dave Foley

E T C

Everybody wants a piece of the Seinfeld action: On Tuesday, May 11, A&E is airing Jerry Seinfeld: Master of His Domain, a new edition of Biography. The following night, Court TV has a special encore showing of The 'Seinfeld' Firing: MacKenzie vs. Miller Brewing Company, the case in which a Miller executive in Milwaukee sued the company after he was fired for sexual harassment for discussing the "Mulva" episode of "Seinfeld" with a female employee. And advertisers like Clairol, MasterCard, Visa and Wendy's are paying a record $1.7 million for 30-second spots on the Seinfeld finale, airing May 14.
SALON | May 5, 1998

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