The same old song and dance
By Peter Kurth
Is that icon of gay culture, the Broadway musical, a dead genre? A new book by a Columbia professor puts another nail in its coffin

SALON'S TV PICKS FOR
THURSDAY, SEPT. 17, 1998
BY JOYCE MILLMAN

S E R I E S

Friends (8 p.m., NBC) reruns last season's one-hour finale, in which Ross and Emily's London wedding is the setting for many surprises. Unless, of course, you've seen it already. Includes guest appearances by Jennifer Saunders, Tom Conti and Sarah Ferguson. The Dubba-Dubba adds a new night to its schedule with the season premieres of The Wayans Brothers (8 p.m., WB), The Jamie Foxx Show (8:30 p.m.), The Steve Harvey Show (9 p.m.) and For Your Love (9:30 p.m.), a sitcom about married couples starring Holly Robinson Peete and Dedee Pfeiffer that was dropped by NBC last year. Fox Files (9 p.m., Fox) promises a report on illegal immigrants working in the porn industry. Frasier (9 p.m., NBC) reruns the last two episodes from last season. In the first, Roz goes into labor at Frasier and Niles' singles mixer; in the second (9:30 p.m.), Frasier leads a station revolt against reading ad copy for a new sponsor. On a rerun of ER (10 p.m., NBC), Ross and Hathaway are in hot water over their unorthodox treatment of a drug-addicted baby. 48 Hours (10 p.m., CBS) begins a new season with a story about an American woman trying to regain custody of her daughter, who was kidnapped by her husband and taken to Greece.

T A L K

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Jane Seymour, Jackie Chan
David Letterman (CBS) Denis Leary, Brian Benben
Jay Leno (NBC) Paul Reiser, Tori Amos
Charlie Rose (PBS) TBA
Politically Incorrect (ABC) Grace Slick
Conan O'Brien (NBC) Kris Kristofferson
SALON | Sept. 17, 1998

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