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blue glow SALON'S TV PICKS FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1998 BY JOYCE MILLMAN S E R I E S Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (check local times, syndicated) closes out its sixth season with a Federation invasion of Cardassia that will take the life of one of Sisko's closest allies. Seinfeld (9 p.m., NBC) reruns the episode where Jerry sleeps with his maid, Elaine lives a lie to regain her 212 area code and George is plagued by a simian nickname. Dana Carvey plays a prima donna fashion designer on a rerun of Just Shoot Me (9:30 p.m., NBC). On a rerun of ER (10 p.m., NBC) Hathaway seeks support from Carter's wealthy grandmother to open the free clinic, and budget cuts force Weaver to lay off staff. ABC News Thursday Night (10 p.m., ABC) has a report on how the Roman Catholic Church evaluates candidates for sainthood. S P O R T S World Cup: South Africa vs. Denmark (11 a.m., ESPN2) France vs. Saudi Arabia (2:30 p.m., ESPN) T A L K Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Matt Lauer, Pam Grier (rerun) David Letterman (CBS) Sam Donaldson, Gloria Reuben, Babyface and Des'ree Jay Leno (NBC) Dennis Miller Magic Johnson (syndicated) Naomi Campbell Politically Incorrect (ABC) Jack La Lanne, James McDaniel Conan O'Brien (NBC) Jonathan Katz E T C The upcoming Avengers movie, starring Uma Thurman and Ralph Fiennes, is giving fans of the original TV series a nice little windfall. On July 28, two boxed sets of "Avengers" episodes starring Diana Rigg and Patrick Macnee will hit the stores; on Aug. 15, A&E will celebrate the opening of the new movie with an Avengers Marathon of classic episodes ... Bob Odenkirk and David Cross of HBO's comedy series Mr. Show have sold their script "Hooray for America" to Universal; it's about an actor who's recruited by a giant corporation to run for president. The Harry Truman Show? ... NBC will not rerun the lame yet controversial "Puerto Rican Day parade" episode of Seinfeld, thereby insuring it of legend status on the rerun and cable syndication circuit. SALON | June 18, 1998 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Blue Glow for < href="http://www.salonmagazine.com/ent/glow/1998/06/17glow.html">Wednesday, June 17, 1998

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