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SALON'S TV PICKS FOR
MONDAY, JAN. 25, 1999
BY JOYCE MILLMAN

S E R I E S

After many trips back to the drawing board, the Dilbert (8 p.m., UPN) animated sitcom finally makes its debut. Scott Adams is co-creator (along with former "Seinfeld" producer Larry Charles) for this adaptation of Adams' strip about a hapless corporate drone. Daniel Stern, who used to be the narrator of "The Wonder Years," provides the voice of Dilbert (wait -- I'm confused; did little Kevin Arnold grow up to be Dilbert?). Also starring the voices of Kathy Griffin as Alice, Larry Miller as the evil boss and Chris Elliott (of course) as the sarcastic Dogbert. On a rerun of The King of Queens (8:30 p.m., CBS), Doug is jealous of the time Carrie spends with cultured co-workers at the law firm. Stick around for the "Seinfeld"-ian final act, where Doug and Carrie argue silently at a cello recital. Everybody Loves Raymond (9 p.m., CBS) is also a rerun; Ray incurs the wrath of Debra when he publicly humiliates her at a school fund-raiser. The new comedy series The Tom Green Show (10:30 p.m., MTV) stars the Canadian comic in a surreal talk show that features a lot of interaction with unsuspecting civilians.

S P E C I A L S

So Cindy Crawford got married and you weren't invited to the wedding? Not to worry -- Celebrity Weddings: In Style (8 p.m., ABC) got the nuptials on tape, along with the weddings of Melissa Rivers, Rebecca Romijn and John Stamos, Terry McMillan and other celebs who can't say no to publicity. Richard Dreyfuss hosts The Great American History Quiz (8 p.m. EST/9 PST, History Channel), a game show-style review of U.S. history, with questions posed by Martha Stewart, Conan O'Brien, Diane Sawyer and President and Mrs. Clinton, among others. Also, Don Johnson and pitcher Randy Johnson explain the differences between Presidents Andrew Johnson and Lyndon Johnson. Really. Meanwhile, on FX, it's the great American Mulder and Scully quiz. Beginning tonight and continuing for the next two weeks, the Fox cable offshoot is running the "mythology" episodes in order as The X-Files: The Complete Conspiracy (8 p.m., FX). These are the episodes that have slowly exposed (or not) the alien-colonization thing. First up: Episode 24, "The Erlenmayer Flask," in which a tip from Deep Throat leads Mulder and Scully to their first encounter with the cloning project. The episodes are interspersed with new commentary from cast members and writers. Where is this conspiracy marathon leading? To a mysterious and by all accounts pivotal February sweeps two-parter (on first-run Fox). The conclusion of the documentary Fifty Years War: Israel and the Arabs (check local times, PBS) looks at Arab-Israeli relations from the 1973 Yom Kippur War to the present. Nancy Travis plays a dying single mother who falls in love with a younger man in the new TV movie My Last Love (9 p.m., ABC). If "The PJs" has made you nostalgic for George and Weezie, check out The Jeffersons Movin' on Up Marathon (beginning 9 p.m., Nickelodeon), which airs for six hours each night through Friday and heralds the arrival of the classic '70s sitcom to the Nick at Nite lineup. The documentary Murder in Texas: Hatred on Trial (10 p.m., Discovery) examines the white supremacist movement and the 1998 dragging death of a black man in Jasper, Texas.

T A L K

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) TBA
David Letterman (CBS) Yasmine Bleeth
Jay Leno (NBC) Calista Flockhart (rerun)
Politically Incorrect (ABC) Kathy Griffin, James Coburn (rerun)
Conan O'Brien (NBC) Kate Mulgrew, Chris Kattan (rerun)
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