Peckerhead
By Laura Miller
Gleeful depravity: An interview with John Waters

The Shadow sheds light
By Adam Heimlich
Josh Davis, aka DJ Shadow, goes on the record about the evolution of hip-hop and his latest project, "Psyence Fiction," the debut album from UNKLE
(09/23/98)

Sharps & Flats
Reviews of the latest releases from Hootie and the Blowfish, Cat Power, Amy Rigby and Marilyn Manson
(09/23/98)

You don't know Dick
By Hariette Surovell
"NewsRadio" co-star Andy Dick talks about the death of Chris Farley, Phil Hartman -- and of "NewsRadio"
(09/22/98)

Home Movies
By Charles Taylor
Paul Schrader's "Patty Hearst" tells the story Americans didn't want to hear
(09/22/98)

American Squirm
By Sarah Vowell
Ally McBeal, all-American anti-hero
(09/21/98)

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SALON'S TV PICKS FOR
THURSDAY, SEPT. 24, 1998
BY JOYCE MILLMAN

N E W    S H O W S

Christina Applegate of "Married ... With Children" fame has the title role in Jesse (8:30 p.m., NBC), a sitcom about a single mom who tends bar in Buffalo and looks after her father and two brothers. From the executive producers of "Friends."

S E R I E S

And speaking of Friends (8 p.m., NBC), Ross, Emily and Rachel try to sort things out after Ross' Freudian slip during last season's wedding ceremony. Fox Files (9 p.m., Fox) reports on what the cast of "Seinfeld" is up to. Are their Thursday nights as lonely as ours? On the season premiere of Frasier (9 p.m., NBC), fired Frasier copes (barely) with unemployment. Veronica's Closet (9:30 p.m., NBC) welcomes Ron Silver to the cast in the season opener. Silver ("Chicago Hope") plays a smooth-talking tycoon who saves Veronica's business. The fifth season opener of ER (10 p.m., NBC) focuses on med student Lucy Knight (new cast member Kellie Martin) and her difficult first day in the ER rotation. Dan Rather reports on the crystal meth experience on 48 Hours (10 p.m., CBS). Not first-hand, we hope.

T A L K
Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Bill Cosby, Bonnie Raitt
David Letterman (CBS) Howard Stern, Katie Holmes
Jay Leno (NBC) Pamela Anderson Lee, Stephen King
Charlie Rose (PBS) Michael Eisner
Politically Incorrect (ABC) Sandra Bernhard, Billy Bragg
Conan O'Brien (NBC) Denis Leary, Judge Judy
SALON | Sept. 24, 1998

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