ALSO TODAY Jungle love By Laura Miller Two new movies take a look at why, when it comes to romance, people treat each other so badly The original regular By Cynthia Joyce Yes, motherhood has mellowed Liz Phair -- and that's not such a bad thing RECENTLY IN ENTERTAINMENT Blade Reviewed by Charles Taylor Despite a thin plot and thick directing, Wesley Snipes' new superhero flick is a bloody good time (08/20/98) Sharps & Flats Reviews of new CDs by Dr. John, MC Lyte, Randy Scruggs and more (08/19/98) Invitation to a lynching By Charles Taylor The trial that ended capital punishment in England (08/18/98) Women are from Venus, men are from Vegas By Joyce Millman ABC's girl-talk show "The View" and HBO's "Rat Pack" movie have more in common than you think (08/17/98) Mrs. Peel, we're needed Reviewed by Charles Taylor Remembering the real "Avengers" (08/17/98) BROWSE THE TV ARCHIVES COLUMNS FEATURES ILLUSTRATION BY CATERINA FAKE

SALON'S TV PICKS FOR WEEKEND, AUG. 21-23, 1998 BY JENN SHREVE S P E C I A L S Two Texas teens are charged with murdering a fellow classmate in Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder (8 p.m. Fri., NBC), based on a real-life incident. Holly Marie Combs and David Lipper star. Ray Liotta is Frank Sinatra in The Rat Pack (9 p.m. Sat., HBO). This premiere movie takes an affectionate look back at the swaggering antics of Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. (Don Cheadle), Dean Martin (Joe Mantegna), et al. Glenn Close plays an Army colonel whose military career is jeopardized when she falls for a female artist (played by Judy Davis) in Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (9 p.m. Sat., NBC). In The Baby Dance (8 p.m. Sun., Showtime), Laura Dern plays a pregnant woman who decides to give up her baby for adoption to a wealthy couple, played by Stockard Channing and Peter Riegert. Speaking of babies, an ABC News Special (9 p.m. Sun., ABC) follows up on the McCaughey septuplets, featuring in-depth interviews with parents Ken and Bobbi, and a look at the use of fertility drugs. S E R I E S On a rerun of Millennium (9 p.m. Fri., Fox) Black seeks out the Group's secret origins. Dateline NBC (10 p.m. Fri., NBC) presents an exciting report on the low-frequency sounds that elephants use to communicate. The Chris Rock Show (11:30 p.m. Fri., HBO) begins its third season. "The King of All Media," Howard Stern (11:30 a.m. Sat., CBS), goes head to head with "Saturday Night Live" with the debut of his hour-long, late-night comedy series. He's essentially rehashing his morning radio show, in case we hadn't had enough of him already. Fox debuts Holding the Baby (7:30 p.m. Sun., Fox), a new sitcom starring Jon Patrick Walker as a workaholic ad exec and new father whose wife and nanny leave him to juggle career and child solo. On a new Simpsons (8 p.m. Sun., Fox) Homer and Bart father-son bond over a grease-recycling business and Lisa is jealous of a new, worldly wise student. "The Simpsons" is followed by a second debut sitcom, That '70s Show (8:30 p.m. Sun., Fox), which is about how ridiculously teenagers dressed 20 years ago. The show opener has received some criticism for alluding to pot smoking. The X-Files (9 p.m. Sun., Fox) reruns the one where a forest-dwelling predator with red, glowing eyes is the cause for three men's disappearances. S P O R T S Baseball: Padres at Braves (7:35 p.m. Fri., TBS) Dodgers at Braves (8 p.m. Sun., ESPN) WNBA Playoffs: Houston Comets at Charlotte Sting, Game 1 (4 p.m. Sat., ESPN) Cleveland Rockers at Phoenix Mercury, Game 1 (8 p.m. Sat., Lifetime) EXHIBITION FOOTBALL: Dolphins at 49ers (4 p.m. Sun., Fox) T A L K Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Gloria Estefan, Leslie Nielsen David Letterman (CBS) Norm MacDonald Jay Leno (NBC) Rodney Dangerfield Charlie Rose TBA Politically Incorrect (ABC) John Malkovich, G. Gordon Liddy Conan O'Brien (NBC) Colin Quinn SALON | Aug. 21, 1998 Joyce Millman is on vacation. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Blue Glow for < href="http://www.salonmagazine.com/ent/glow/1998/08/20glow.html">Thursday, Aug. 20, 1998

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