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SALON'S TV PICKS FOR
WEEKEND, Nov. 13-15, 1998
BY JOYCE MILLMAN

S P E C I A L S

The 1959 animated Disney classic Sleeping Beauty (7 p.m. Sun., ABC) gets a rare network showing. Consider it a gift from the sweeps fairy. The six-part "Nature" special India: Land of the Tiger (check local times Sun., PBS) explores the wildlife of the land, with host Valmik Thapar. Twister (8:30 p.m. Sun., NBC) blows onto NBC's sweeps schedule. A really, really dumb movie starring Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton and a lot of flying debris. The new TV movie Monday After the Miracle (9 p.m. Sun., CBS) returns to the story of Helen Keller (Moira Kelly) and her teacher/companion Annie Sullivan (Roma Downey). In this based-on-fact drama, Keller, a student at Radcliffe, becomes jealous when Sullivan falls in love with the professor (Bill Campbell) who's helping Keller write her autobiography.

S E R I E S

On Buddy Faro (9 p.m. Fri., CBS), Rip van Winkle '70s private eye Buddy gets his first taste of '90s tabloid TV when he takes a case involving the death of a woman who had been humiliated by her boyfriend on a talk show. Homicide: Life on the Street (10 p.m. Fri., NBC) begins a two-parter in which the squad pursues a killer all the way to Miami. Unfortunately, when they get there, they realize that Crockett and Tubbs don't work there anymore. Barbara Walters would like to interview Monica Lewinsky, but tonight she has to settle for Mariah Carey on 20/20 (10 p.m. Fri., ABC). Joan Allen hosts Saturday Night Live (11:30 p.m. Sat., NBC), with music from Jewel. On The Simpsons (8 p.m. Sun., Fox), Homer -- fresh from his outstanding stint last week as the personal assistant to Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger and Ron Howard -- visits his mother's old '60s commune and persuades the two remaining hippies to go on one last trip. George Carlin and Martin Mull guest. Touched by an Angel (8 p.m. Sun., CBS) celebrates its 100th episode with Wynonna making her acting debut as the mother of a dying boy. Celine Dion also guests (as herself). On The X-Files (9 p.m. Sun., Fox), Mulder hits the road rather than do Bureau "scut work" and is taken hostage by a man who thinks he'll die if he stops driving. A lawyer (Tony Danza) sues the firm for allegedly defaming his client on the witness stand on The Practice (10 p.m. Sun., ABC).

S P O R T S

Football:
Eagles at Redskins; Rams at Saints; 49ers at Falcons (1 p.m. Sun., Fox)
Bengals at Vikings; Dolphins at Panthers; Patriots at Bills; Jets at Colts; Steelers at Oilers (1 p.m. Sun., CBS)
Cowboys at Cardinals; Packers at Giants; Buccaneers at Jaguars (4 p.m. Sun., Fox)
Ravens at Chargers; Seahawks at Raiders (4 p.m. Sun., CBS)
Bears at Lions (8:15 p.m. Sun., ESPN)

T A L K
Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Barry Manilow, Matthew Fox
David Letterman (CBS) Doug Flutie, Sarah Silverman
Jay Leno (NBC) Jennifer Love Hewitt, Alan Jackson
Charlie Rose (PBS) Garry Shandling
Politically Incorrect (ABC) Charo, Howie Mandel
Conan O'Brien (NBC) Roma Downey, Todd Solondz, Al Green
SALON | Nov. 13, 1998

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