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SALON'S TV PICKS FOR
WEEKEND, NOV. 20-22, 1998
BY JOYCE MILLMAN

S E R I E S

Mike Giardello and Bayliss pursue a fugitive to Miami's South Beach in the conclusion of a two-part Homicide: Life on the Street (10 p.m. Fri., NBC). Arsenio Hall joins the cast of Martial Law (9 p.m. Sat., CBS) playing Sammo's wisecracking new partner. This week's Sessions at West 54th (check local times Sat., PBS) performers are Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach. Jennifer Love Hewitt hosts Saturday Night Live (11:30 p.m. Sat., NBC), with music from the Beastie Boys. The Hustons -- Walter, John and Anjelica -- are profiled on a two-hour edition of Biography (8 p.m. EST/9 p.m. PST Sun., A&E). On The Simpsons (8 p.m. Sun., Fox), Lisa cheats to prove a point about Springfield Elementary's low standards. The X-Files (9 p.m. Sun., Fox) has another Chris Carter-goes-wild episode (think back to that awesome "Frankenstein" homage last season). Mulder is shipwrecked in the Bermuda Triangle and enters a time warp: It's 1939, he's aboard a luxury ship crawling with Nazis and -- hey, that one looks just like Cancer Man! The episode, which is shot in letter-box format, is supposed to be a tribute to "The Wizard of Oz" and Hitchcock's "Rope," among other things. Oh, yeah -- and Mulder gets to kiss Scully's 1939 doppelgänger. Masterpiece Theatre (check local times Sun., PBS) offers "The Prince of Hearts," a romance about a British royal, his working-class bodyguard and the American college student with whom they're both in love. Robson Green, Rupert Penry-Jones and Tara Fitzgerald star. And now for something completely different: Metallica is under the microscope on Behind the Music (9 p.m. Sun., VH1).

S P E C I A L S

Stanley Tucci has the title role in the new cable movie Winchell (8 p.m. Sat., HBO), a bio of the powerful fedora-wearing radio gossip who taught Drudge everything he knows. John Ritter hosts The History of Toys and Games (9 p.m. Sat., History Channel), a look at the origins of Barbie, Hot Wheels, Slinky, Mr. Potato Head and other playthings we love. Anne Tyler's 1991 novel Saint Maybe (9 p.m. Sun., CBS) comes to the small screen with Thomas McCarthy as the college student who finds religion and a lot more in the course of raising his late brother's three children. Blythe Danner and Mary-Louise Parker co-star. Christopher Reeve has the James Stewart role in the TV movie update of Hitchcock's Rear Window (9 p.m. Sun., ABC). Reeve is a paralyzed architect who thinks he has witnessed a murder while spying on the neighbors. Daryl Hannah is his Grace Kelly.

S P O R T S

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

T A L K

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Will Smith, R.E.M.
David Letterman (CBS) Drew Barrymore, Siskel and Ebert
Jay Leno (NBC) Michael J. Fox, Johnny Lang
Charlie Rose (PBS) Bruce Springsteen (interview and performance)
Politically Incorrect (ABC) Peri Gilpin, John Henson
Conan O'Brien (NBC) Jerry Springer, Charlize Theron, Everclear
SALON | Nov. 20, 1998

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