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SALON'S TV PICKS FOR
MONDAY, NOV. 9, 1998
BY JOYCE MILLMAN

S E R I E S

John Wayne is profiled on a new Biography (8 p.m. EST/9 PST, A&E). Suddenly Susan (8 p.m., NBC) flashes back to the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Whatever. On a Very Special Episode of 7th Heaven (8 p.m., WB), handgun violence hits close to home for the Camdens. Rob Schneider guests as a would-be suitor who won't leave uninterested Ally alone on Ally McBeal (9 p.m., Fox). On Everybody Loves Raymond (9 p.m., CBS), Ray is envious when his friend Andy (Andy Kindler) gets published in a magazine that has rejected Ray's work. Grace learns that Will doesn't tell her everything on Will & Grace (9:30 p.m., NBC).

S P O R T S

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

S P E C I A L S

Molly Ringwald (she's back!) stars in the new cable movie Twice Upon a Time (9 p.m., Lifetime), a fairy tale about a woman whose wish for a change transports her into a parallel universe where she can reconsider the romantic road not taken.

T A L K

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Anthony Hopkins
David Letterman (CBS) Meryl Streep, Hanson
Jay Leno (NBC) Fran Drescher, Brandy, Richard Branson
Politically Incorrect (ABC) From Las Vegas: Jerry Lewis, Penn Jillette
Conan O'Brien (NBC) Frederique, Boyd Matson (rerun)
SALON | Nov. 9, 1998

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