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SALON'S TV PICKS FOR
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21, 1998
BY JOYCE MILLMAN

S E R I E S

On Dawson's Creek (8 p.m., WB), Dawson and Jen are paired for a class assignment and Pacey gets the goods on Andie. Dick becomes an obsessed Beanie Babies collector on 3rd Rock from the Sun (9 p.m., NBC). Oswald earns extra cash by being a test subject for breast implants on The Drew Carey Show (9 p.m., ABC), and you can probably predict the sight gags for this one right now. On Charmed (9 p.m., WB), the witch sisters get a visit from their long-lost dad. Matthew has a change of heart about Max, and Dave learns he has high blood pressure on NewsRadio (9:30 p.m., NBC). Grad accuses a mother of starving her infant to death on Chicago Hope (10 p.m., CBS). Law & Order (10 p.m., NBC) has an episode about shady dealings at a drug manufacturing company that lead to a child's death.

S P O R T S

The World Series:
Yankees at Padres, Game 4 (8 p.m., Fox)

S P E C I A L S

Part 3 of Africans in America (check local times, PBS) covers events from 1776-1834, including the expansion of slavery into the Louisiana Territory, the decline of slavery in the North, the slave uprising in Haiti and Nat Turner's rebellion.

T A L K

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Shannen Doherty, Martin Short
David Letterman (CBS) Jeff Daniels, David Cross
Jay Leno (NBC) Tom Hanks (rerun)
Charlie Rose (PBS) Roger Mudd, Hubert Givenchy
Politically Incorrect (ABC) Dr. Drew Pinsky, Michael McKean
Conan O'Brien (NBC) Ben Stiller, Seth Green, Brian Setzer Orchestra (rerun)
SALON | Oct. 21, 1998

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