ALSO TODAY Confessions of a Box-Set Sucker By Eric Alterman A music collector thanks Rhino for repackaging his awful adolescence RECENTLY IN ENTERTAINMENT The X-Files Reviewed by Joyce Millman The movie fans have been waiting for is just a big tease (06/19/98) Mulan Reviewed by Jenn Shreve Disney's first heroic female protagonist battles Huns and gender stereotypes with equal valor (06/19/98) 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) BROWSE THE TV ARCHIVES COLUMNS FEATURES ILLUSTRATION BY ERIC WHITE

blue glow SALON'S TV PICKS FOR MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1998 BY JOYCE MILLMAN S E R I E S Yet another new talk show premieres. Howie Mandel (check local times, syndicated) is the host of a daytime chat-variety series in the mode of "Rosie O'Donnell." Biography (8 p.m. EDT/9 PDT, A&E) continues its "1950s week" with a new episode on Donna Reed. Raymond ducks out of a baby shower to take part in a Civil War reenactment on a rerun of Everybody Loves Raymond (8:30 p.m., CBS). Ally McBeal (9 p.m., Fox) reruns the episode where she's pursued by a man she finds unattractive. On a rerun of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (9 p.m., WB), Buffy goes on a date with a cute guy (this is a pre-Angel episode) but vampire slaying interferes. Veronica's Closet (9:30 p.m., NBC) reruns one of the funnier episodes from last season, the Christmas show, which manages to combine spoofs of the Sing It Yourself Messiah and Farrah Fawcett's nude body painting video. Dateline NBC (10 p.m., NBC) has a report on a smuggling ring that brought hearing-impaired Mexicans into the U.S., then exploited them as slave laborers. Dr. Katz: Therapist (10 p.m., Comedy Central) begins its fifth season. Denis Leary guests. The new animated sitcom Bob and Margaret (10:30 p.m., Comedy Central) premieres. This British-Canadian series (based on Alison Snowden and David Fine's 1995 Academy Award-winning short film "Bob's Birthday") is about a middle-aged London couple (he's a dentist, she's a podiatrist) who lead very normal lives, sometimes. S P O R T S World Cup: Colombia vs. Tunisia (11 a.m., ESPN) Romania vs. England (2:30 p.m., ESPN) Baseball: Braves at Yankees (7:30 p.m., TBS) Wimbledon: Early-round play (Noon, HBO) T A L K Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Mike Myers (rerun) David Letterman (CBS) George Clooney, the Piedmont Bird Callers Jay Leno (NBC) Arianna Huffington, Alyssa Milano, Lionel Richie Magic Johnson (syndicated) Howie Mandel, Vonda Sheppard Politically Incorrect (ABC) Rick James, Jerry Falwell SALON | June 22, 1998 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Blue Glow for < href="http://www.salonmagazine.com/ent/glow/1998/06/19glow.html">Weekend, June 19-21, 1998

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