ALSO TODAY The X-Files Reviewed by Joyce Millman The movie fans have been waiting for is just a big tease Mulan Reviewed by Jenn Shreve Disney's first heroic female protagonist battles Huns and gender stereotypes with equal valor RECENTLY IN ENTERTAINMENT I Went Down Reviewed by Charles Taylor From beneath overcast Irish skies, a surprisingly upbeat buddy/gangster movie emerges (06/18/98) Big trouble in Little Tibet By Gavin McNett Lightning strikes fans, but the bands play on (06/17/98) Sharps & Flats Reviews of new CDs from Brian Wilson, Grant Lee Buffalo, Rod Stewart, John Fogerty and more (06/17/98) The lost art of celebrity journalism By Charles Taylor Kenneth Tynan was the last great master of intelligent celebrity journalism (06/16/98) Home Movies By Charles Taylor Women on the verge (06/16/98) BROWSE THE TV ARCHIVES COLUMNS FEATURES ILLUSTRATION BY JOEL ELROD

blue glow SALON'S TV PICKS FOR WEEKEND, JUNE 19-21, 1998 BY JOYCE MILLMAN S P E C I A L S Those wheelie-popping, boarding, street luge-ing dudes are back for the 1998 X Games (5 p.m. Sat., ABC; 9 p.m. Sat., ESPN2), which open today in San Diego. The best educators in the country are honored in The American Teacher Awards (7 p.m. Sat., Disney Channel). The 1994 thriller Silent Fall (9 p.m. Sun., ABC) stars Richard Dreyfuss as a psychiatrist trying to get through to an autistic boy who witnessed his parents' murder. Co-starring Linda Hamilton, John Lithgow and Liv Tyler. Beau Bridges and Kate Nelligan head the cast of the 1994 miniseries Million Dollar Babies (9 p.m. Sun., CBS), the story of Canada's Dionne quintuplets, who became media stars at birth in 1934 and whose lives were marked by exploitation and guardianship battles. S E R I E S ABC brings back the canceled action series Timecop (8 p.m. Sat., ABC) to plug a Saturday night schedule hole. But it's still canceled. Rod Stewart performs in concert on a new edition of The Storytellers (7 p.m. Sun., VH1). According to the two-hour "Biography" presentation Ozzie & Harriet: The Adventures of America's Favorite Family (8 p.m. EDT/9 PDT Sun., A&E), the Nelsons may have been America's perfect suburban family on-screen, but in real life, they were as dysfunctional as the rest of us. The Simpsons (8 p.m. Sun., Fox) reruns the one where Moe is driven to crime by his femme fatale girlfriend Renee (voice of Helen Hunt). Coinciding with this weekend's opening of the movie, The X-Files (9 p.m. Sun., Fox) reruns the second half of the two-part episode in which Scully is mysteriously drawn to a gathering of former abductees and narrowly escapes when aliens show up to massacre the crowd. You may want to watch this one before hitting the multiplex; it provides some background for the film's story line. NBC has a mixed bag rerun lineup of shows usually seen on other nights. Frasier (9 p.m. Sun., NBC) reruns the hilarious episode where Lilith shows up after being dumped by her latest husband, and Frasier can't resist her charms. And there's a rerun of the Law & Order (10 p.m. Sun., NBC) episode about a teen model who died under mysterious circumstances that crosses over into Homicide; the second part airs Wednesday. S P O R T S World Cup: Nigeria vs. Bulgaria (11 a.m. Fri., ESPN2) Spain vs. Paraguay (2:30 p.m. Fri., ESPN) Japan vs. Croatia (8 a.m. Sat., ESPN2) Belgium vs. Mexico (11 a.m. Sat., ESPN) Netherlands vs. South Korea (2:45 p.m. Sat., ABC) Germany vs. Yugoslavia (8 a.m. Sun., ESPN) Argentina vs. Jamaica (11 a.m. Sun., ESPN2) U.S. vs. Iran (2:45 p.m. Sun., ABC) WNBA basketball: Utah Starzz at Washington Mystics (8 p.m. Fri., Lifetime) Baseball: Braves at Expos (7 p.m. Fri., 7 p.m. Sat., 1:30 p.m. Sun., TBS) Blue Jays at Orioles (7 p.m. Sat., FX) Yankees at Indians (8 p.m. Sun., ESPN) T A L K Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) David Duchovny, Lionel Richie (rerun) David Letterman (CBS) Anthony Edwards, Sean Lennon Charlie Rose (PBS) Prime ministers of France and Lebanon Magic Johnson (syndicated) Shaquille O'Neal Politically Incorrect (ABC) Laura Linney, Tim Daly Conan O'Brien (NBC) Marilu Henner SALON | June 19, 1998 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Blue Glow for < href="http://www.salonmagazine.com/ent/glow/1998/06/18glow.html">Thursday, June 18, 1998

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