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SALON'S TV PICKS FOR
MONDAY, JAN. 11, 1999
BY JOYCE MILLMAN

S P E C I A L S

Melissa Joan Hart (aka Sabrina the Teenage Witch) and Brandy host the 26th annual American Music Awards (8 p.m., ABC), which are to the Grammys what the Golden Globes are to the Oscars. Performers include Cher, Whitney Houston, Backstreet Boys, Garth Brooks with Trisha Yearwood, Elvis Costello with Burt Bacharach and the return of Blondie. The new cable movie Hit and Run (9 p.m., Lifetime) stars Margaret Colin as a woman torn by guilt when she flees the scene after a hit-and-run accident.

S E R I E S

The once and forever Norman Bates, Anthony Perkins, is profiled on a new Biography (8 p.m. EST/9 PST, A&E). On Ally McBeal (9 p.m., Fox), Ally's former teacher, now suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease, asks Ally to represent her in her right-to-die petition. On a new Everybody Loves Raymond (9 p.m., CBS), Ray tries to avenge his childhood Ping Pong losses to the merciless Frank. The American Experience (check local times, PBS) presents "The Race for the Superbomb," a two-hour chronicle of post-WWII efforts by U.S. and Soviet military scientists to be the first to build a hydrogen bomb. In case you missed it last night, there's an encore airing of the first episode of the terrific, darkly funny mob drama series The Sopranos (10 p.m., HBO). Watch it with someone you love. Jon Stewart gives the late night talk/comedy game another chance with his debut as the host of The Daily Show (11 p.m., Comedy Central).

S P O R T S

Hockey:
Sabres at Coyotes (9 p.m., ESPN2)

T A L K

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Gillian Anderson
David Letterman (CBS) Sean Penn, Gillian Anderson
Jay Leno (NBC) Susan Sarandon, Eddie Izzard
Politically Incorrect (ABC) Joan Collins
Conan O'Brien (NBC) Isabella Rossellini (rerun)
SALON | Jan. 11, 1999

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