An accidental obsession
By Camden Joy
The rock critic as celebrity stalker: an excerpt from "The Last Rock Star Book Or: Liz Phair, a Rant"

Hit Me
Reviewed by Jonathan Lethem
Noir way out
(10/02/98)

Antz
Reviewed by Janelle Brown
Woody Allen is the voice of anxious and whiny worker ant "Z" in Dreamworks' charmingly hokey "Antz"
(10/02/98)

Clay Pigeons
Reviewed by Andrew O'Hehir
Vince Vaughn is irresistible as the psycho villain in an otherwise empty comedy
(10/02/98)

A match made in pop heaven
By Stephanie Zacharek
Elvis Costello's words and Burt Bacharach's music were meant to be together
(10/01/98)

The Impostors
Reviewed by Charles Taylor
Stanley Tucci's farce about two unemployed Depression-era actors sinks beneath its own vanity
(10/01/98)

SALON'S TV PICKS FOR
MONDAY, OCT. 5, 1998
BY JOYCE MILLMAN

N E W    S H O W S

UPN adds three new sitcoms to its lineup. Guys Like Us (8 p.m.) stars Bumper Robinson and Chris Hardwick as roommates whose bachelor pad fun is interrupted when a little brother (kiddie comic Maestro Harrell) moves in. Former real-life New York City transit cop John DiResta stars in DiResta (8:30 p.m.), about a (you guessed it) New York City transit cop and his family. The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer (9 p.m.) is supposed to be a raunchy farce set in the Lincoln White House, which is a thinly veiled stand-in for the Clinton White House. Lincoln's black British butler Pfeiffer (Chi McBride) keeps notes about oversexed (and possibly bisexual) Abe (Dann Florek), his power-hungry wife (Christine Estabrook) and various presidential enemies. You know you'll watch it. And you'll probably hate yourself tomorrow.

S E R I E S

On 7th Heaven (8 p.m., WB), Mary disapproves of Lucy's new friend and Matt's hot streak with girls ends. Debra defies Marie and hires a babysitter for the kids on Everybody Loves Raymond (9 p.m., CBS). Grace's decorating ideas drive roommate Will crazy on Will & Grace (9:30 p.m., NBC). Dateline NBC (10 p.m., NBC) has a scheduled segment on Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' life after the death of JFK. Investigative Reports (9 p.m. EDT/10 PDT, A&E) examines transsexuality.

S P O R T S

Football:
Vikings at Packers (8 p.m., ABC)

T A L K

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Steve Martin
David Letterman (CBS) TBA
Jay Leno (NBC) Bette Midler, Keri Russell
Politically Incorrect (ABC) Laura Ingraham, Sheryl Lee Ralph
Conan O'Brien (NBC) Edward Burns (rerun)
SALON | Oct. 5, 1998

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