ALSO TODAY Home Movies By Charles Taylor L.A. transcendental: The dark side of Hollywood's New Age Now Showing New video releases for June 23 RECENTLY IN ENTERTAINMENT Confessions of a Box-Set Sucker By Eric Alterman A music collector thanks Rhino for repackaging his awful adolescence (06/22/98) 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) BROWSE THE TV ARCHIVES COLUMNS FEATURES ILLUSTRATION BY KATHERINE STREETER

blue glow SALON'S TV PICKS FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1998 BY JOYCE MILLMAN S E R I E S Biography (8 p.m. EDT/9 PDT, A&E) has a new profile of Ernie Kovacs. If you've never heard of this quirky TV pioneer, watch this show and meet the spiritual forerunner of Andy Kaufman, "Monty Python's Flying Circus" and David Letterman. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (8 p.m., WB) reruns the one where kids are being murdered for body parts. On a rerun of NewsRadio (8:30 p.m., NBC), Dave tries to win back his news director's job by using reverse psychology. Dick tries to rehabilitate a criminal on a rerun of 3rd Rock from the Sun (9:30 p.m., NBC). The American Film Institute's 100 greatest films list becomes a weekly series, 100 Years, 100 Movies (10 p.m., TNT), with episodes focusing on particular genres, themes and directors. On NYPD Blue (10 p.m., ABC), Bobby is freaked out by pregnant Diane's risk-taking on the job. It's a rerun. P.O.V. (check local times, PBS) presents "Licensed to Kill," a 1997 documentary by Arthur Dong about anti-gay violence, focusing on convicted murderers of homosexuals. The new series BIOrhythm (10:30 p.m., MTV) profiles pop celebrities using heavy doses of their music as background. Tupac Shakur is the first subject. S P O R T S World Cup: Italy vs. Austria (9:30 a.m., ESPN2) Chile vs. Cameroon (9:55 a.m., ESPN) Brazil vs. Norway (2:30 p.m., ESPN) Scotland vs. Morocco (2:30 p.m., ESPN) Baseball: Braves at Yankees (7:35 p.m., TBS) T A L K Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Kevin Bacon, Shawn Colvin (rerun) David Letterman (CBS) John McEnroe, Chloe Sevigny, the Pretenders Jay Leno (NBC) Ving Rhames, Cherry Poppin' Daddies Politically Incorrect (ABC) Harry Shearer, Marilu Henner Magic Johnson (syndicated) Jasmine Guy, Usher Conan O'Brien (NBC) Caroline Rhea, Brian Regan E T C Remember little Ricky Schroder from "Silver Spoons"? He's just been signed to fill the Jimmy Smits gap on NYPD Blue. Schroder, now 28, will play a new transfer to the squad ... Homicide: Life on the Street also has a few holes to plug this season, with the departure of Andre Braugher, Michelle Forbes and Reed Diamond. The first new cast member announced is Giancarlo Esposito, who appeared in numerous Spike Lee films and in the short-lived Fox cop comedy Bakersfield P.D. Esposito will play the estranged FBI agent son of Lt. Al Giardello (Yaphet Kotto) ... And Munsters fans, take note: Al "Grandpa" Lewis, 88, won the New York state Green Party nomination for governor. SALON | June 23, 1998 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Blue Glow for < href="http://www.salonmagazine.com/ent/glow/1998/06/22glow.html">Monday, June 22, 1998

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