SALON'S TV PICKS FOR
MONDAY, NOV. 2, 1998
BY JOYCE MILLMAN

S P E C I A L S

If you've never seen Cats (check local times, PBS) but have often wondered what the big deal is, here's your chance to watch the long-running Andrew Lloyd Webber schlock opera in the privacy of your own home, where nobody can make fun of you (provided you lock your roommate out for a few hours). Going head to head with "Cats" we have Alanis Morissette in Concert (9 p.m., MTV), a show taped Oct. 25 at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City and featuring material from the new album. The miniseries The Temptations (9 p.m., NBC) concludes; the group hits the top of the charts, but personal tragedy and substance abuse take their toll.

S P O R T S

Football:
Cowboys at Eagles (8 p.m., ABC)

S E R I E S

Clare Boothe Luce, playwright, ambassador and social climber extraordinaire, is profiled on a new Biography (8 p.m. EST/9 PST, A&E). Hell freezes over on Everybody Loves Raymond (9 p.m., CBS) as Robert finally moves out of his parents' house. On Ally McBeal (9 p.m., Fox), Ally and John represent a nun who was dismissed for having an affair and is trying to rejoin her order. Ted Danson plays an abrasive doctor in the new sitcom Becker (9:30 p.m., CBS), which is being rushed onto the schedule two months early to replace Brian Benben, which was canceled after three episodes. Sounds really promising, doesn't it?

T A L K

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Danny DeVito, John Mellencamp
David Letterman (CBS) Anthony Hopkins, Depeche Mode
Jay Leno (NBC) Jon Lovitz, John Mellencamp
Politically Incorrect (ABC) Donny Osmond, D.L. Hughley
Conan O'Brien (NBC) Matt Lauer, Lisa Rinna (rerun)
SALON | Nov. 2, 1998

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