Salon.com > Frontline http://www.salon.com Wed, 30 May 2012 06:12:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Record number of deportations still not enough for anti-immigration zealots http://www.salon.com/2011/10/19/record_number_of_deportations_still_not_enough_for_anti_immigration_zealots/ http://www.salon.com/2011/10/19/record_number_of_deportations_still_not_enough_for_anti_immigration_zealots/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:02:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=10127402 The Obama administration deported a record number of immigrants in fiscal year 2011. Nearly 400,000 people kicked out of America. That must thrill the anti-immigration crowd, right? Eh, not so much. Mark Krikorian, one of the National Review's resident anti-immigration zealots, says the record number of deportations doesn't count, because there will never, ever be enough deportations for this crowd.

"But when you look at history, the 'largest number' is only about 1,700 more than two years ago," Krikorian says. So most deportations ever, but not by a large enough margin.

If Obama really cared, see, he'd deport a zillion people:

Nor is the stagnation in the deportation numbers due to a temporary diversion of resources, as after 9/11: The Obama administration, as a matter of policy, refuses to even ask Congress for the resources needed to deport any more than 400,000 people. Now, 400,000 deportations (of illegal aliens, of course, but also of legal aliens who made themselves deportable because of crimes) is a lot, but it can easily be doubled; I remember one of the top people at INS in the Clinton years telling me that the 114,000 removed in 1997 was a really, really big number and sufficient proof of their seriousness about immigration enforcement.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2011/10/19/record_number_of_deportations_still_not_enough_for_anti_immigration_zealots/feed/ 38 “Digital Nation”: What has the Internet done to us? http://www.salon.com/2010/01/31/frontline_digital_nation/ http://www.salon.com/2010/01/31/frontline_digital_nation/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:01:00 +0000 http://www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/i_like_to_watch//2010/01/30/frontline_digital_nation After 15 years of bloviating, looks like we've finally entered the information age. Back in 1996, when I worked at Suck.com in the offices of HotWired, the online offshoot of Wired magazine, our brightly hued warehouse was abuzz with overcaffeinated worker bees high on the limitless possibilities of the Internets. Every 20-something in San Francisco went from being unemployed (post-recession) to dreaming big. Why, we could write stuff about Burning Man and rock climbing, and people would pay us for it! We could learn HTML or (gasp) become middle managers!

The "big idea" guys, high on more than the Internets, called big meetings so they could rhapsodize on creating virtual communities and breaking down traditional Western phallocentric patriarchies and enabling subcultures to reach out and robustly interface with like-minded hives.

My bosses at Suck.com, meanwhile, accurately predicted that the Web would soon become something between a gigantic mall catering to the lowest common denominator and an infinite tabloid echo chamber. Their mantra: Sell out early and often. Why? Because those of us musing about murderous robot showdowns (or scratching out angry cartoons under a pseudonym, for that matter) would all go back to grabbing ankle for The Man sooner than we thought.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2010/01/31/frontline_digital_nation/feed/ 136 Democrats and Afghanistan: what’s at stake http://www.salon.com/2009/10/13/afghanistan_18/ http://www.salon.com/2009/10/13/afghanistan_18/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:14:00 +0000 http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald//2009/10/13/afghanistan (updated below - Update II)

Dianne Feinstein is a fairly typical Democratic Senator from a solidly blue state.  In 2002, she voted to authorize the attack on Iraq.  Throughout the Bush years, she repeatedly stood with the GOP to fund the war without the conditions and timetables sought by some of her fellow Democrats.  Using her position on the Intelligence and Judiciary Committees, she was the key Democrat who twice voted to legalize Bush's warrantless eavesdropping program -- first with the Protect America Act (which Obama opposed) and then with the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, which also immunized lawbreaking telecoms.  She led the Senate effort to confirm Gen. Michael Hayden as CIA Director even after he had been caught presiding over the illegal surveillance program (confirmation which Obama opposed), and she then joined with Chuck Schumer to single-handedly assure Michael Mukasey's confirmation as Attorney General even after he refused to answer basic questions about torture and indefinite detention of U.S. citizens (confirmation which Obama also opposed).  In 2006, she proudly described herself as the "main Democratic sponsor" of a Constitutional amendment to criminalize flag burning.  Just this past week, she used her position as Chair of the Intelligence Committee to gut virtually every proposed reform to the Patriot Act. 

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2009/10/13/afghanistan_18/feed/ 386 I Like to Watch http://www.salon.com/2009/05/10/madoff_2/ http://www.salon.com/2009/05/10/madoff_2/#comments Sun, 10 May 2009 11:12:00 +0000 http://www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/i_like_to_watch//2009/05/10/madoff There's nothing worse than being robbed of your memory. Not being able to recognize your wife or children, becoming a ghost who haunts your family with your uncomprehending, confused stares? Most of us can't imagine anything worse. "I'd rather take a bullet to the head," my mom often tells me, in a tone that suggests that she expects me to do the honors. I am the executor of her estate, after all -- and apparently her executioner, too, if need be.

Others would argue that there's nothing worse than being robbed of your money. Not being able to purchase things for your wife or children, becoming a ghost who haunts your family with your empty pockets? Some of us can't imagine anything worse. "I can always live in a tent in your backyard," my mom often tells me when she reviews her decimated retirement savings, in a tone that suggests she might actually enjoy it, particularly compared to living in my house with me and my (screaming) baby and (magical fairy princess) toddler and two (barking, stinky) dogs.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2009/05/10/madoff_2/feed/ 13 Still flailing in Katrina’s wake http://www.salon.com/2009/01/06/frontline_2/ http://www.salon.com/2009/01/06/frontline_2/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:34:00 +0000 http://www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/review/2009/01/06/frontline "Why am I back here? Man, I'm back here trying to clear my place up. It took me too long and I worked too hard to build what I have here to just pick up and leave like that."­ -- Herbert Gettridge

After Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in August of 2005, all 82-year-old Herbert Gettridge could think about was returning home again. He watched the devastation from the safety of his daughter Cheryl's house in Madison, Wis., straining his eyes for a glimpse of his own house all the while.

"He was outta his mind, worried about when he was gonna be able to get back to the house,"  Cheryl told the filmmakers behind Frontline's "The Old Man and the Storm" (premieres at 9 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6, on PBS; check local listings). At first glance, the documentary looks like another uplifting, ultimately hopeful story about how Hurricane Katrina laid bare one man's will to persevere against all odds.

Sadly, though, Gettridge's experience is anything but positive. First there's the heart-wrenching discovery that his house has been all but destroyed by floodwaters. Even so, Gettridge gets to work, living without electricity, drinkable water or a bed. His wife is still in Wisconsin and longs to be home with him, but the house isn't ready for her yet, and since she's in poor health, it makes more sense for her to stay with her daughter.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2009/01/06/frontline_2/feed/ 15 I Like to Watch http://www.salon.com/2007/04/01/the_shield_2/ http://www.salon.com/2007/04/01/the_shield_2/#comments Sun, 01 Apr 2007 13:00:00 +0000 http://www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/i_like_to_watch//2007/04/01/the_shield I've always had a soft spot for the Misguided Idealist. In a world filled with Lukewarm Layabouts, Pessimistic Hem 'n' Hawers, Wishy-Washy Whatever-heads, Equivocating Eye-Rollers and "I Told You" So-and-So's, the Misguided Idealist leaps without looking, then chases his big dreams up the wrong tree. While the rest of us dilly-dally and second-guess, the Misguided Idealist throws himself behind his cause, proselytizing shamelessly and endorsing a utopian vision that's impossible, costs too much, lacks common sense and won't work on any level.

But for all of his countless flaws and terrible ideas, the Misguided Idealist has more passion in his little finger than a roomful of Passive-Aggressive Worrywarts, Self-Conscious Ironists, Bloviating Blowhards and Naysaying Neurotics combined. While the rest of us can list a million reasons to do nothing and keep quiet, to sit on the sidelines and whine softly until it's all over and there's nothing left to hope for anyway, the Misguided Idealist sticks his neck out, and this hard, cold world does the chopping. But even as the realities and facts come crumbling down around him, even as his big head rolls across the chopping block, he offers us a brief reprieve from our stagnant lives, where we toe the line and act appropriately and do what's done, all without an original thought in our big, empty heads.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2007/04/01/the_shield_2/feed/ 22 Arming our enemies? http://www.salon.com/2007/02/06/smith_28/ http://www.salon.com/2007/02/06/smith_28/#comments Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:26:00 +0000 http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/06/smith Our strategy in Iraq has long been based on training homegrown security forces there; in the formulation of the president, "As the Iraqis stand up, we will stand down." But what happens if the Iraqi soldiers and police we stand up have their own agenda, not that of a unified Iraq but that of the sectarian militias that are tearing apart the country, and especially of Muqtada al-Sadr, the radical Shiite cleric who controls the powerful Mahdi Army? According to some observers, including Tom Lasseter, a reporter for the McClatchy chain of newspapers, that's what's happening.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2007/02/06/smith_28/feed/ 21 “They didn’t see us as humans” http://www.salon.com/2006/02/07/sex_slaves/ http://www.salon.com/2006/02/07/sex_slaves/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2006 12:00:00 +0000 http://www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/review/2006/02/07/sex_slaves The notion of being sold into sexual slavery is little more than a punch line here in the States, but it's a real problem in eastern Europe, where sex trafficking is considered the fastest-growing form of organized crime. Frontline's "Sex Slaves" (9 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 7, on PBS; check local listings) highlights the horrific stories of women in Odessa, Ukraine, who are sent to Turkey for what they think are jobs "working in a shop" as one woman puts it, only to be forced into prostitution. For days they're inaugurated into their new lives by the men who own them: humiliated, intimidated and raped. Later, they're sent to clubs or apartment buildings where they meet with clients, and they're threatened with death if they say no. Despite highly publicized raids, the film's producers suggest that those responsible for these atrocities are rarely prosecuted. Victims report that they escaped and told the Turkish police, who send them back to their brothels without help.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2006/02/07/sex_slaves/feed/ 31 Welcome to no-choice America http://www.salon.com/2005/11/08/last_abortion/ http://www.salon.com/2005/11/08/last_abortion/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2005 18:45:00 +0000 http://www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/review/2005/11/08/last_abortion Every month, I get letters in the mail from NARAL Pro-Choice America, Planned Parenthood and NOW telling me that abortion rights are being threatened and my $50 pledge is necessary to wage this important fight. Every year or so I read the letters and then write a check, but most months I throw all that paper into the recycling bin without scaring myself over the latest threat to choice. Hasn't Roe v. Wade been under attack for decades now? Regardless of the Roe foes Bush packs onto the Supreme Court, a return to the dark ages of underground abortions has always seemed -- despite all the reports to the contrary -- too fantastical to warrant a constant state of fear.

PBS's "The Last Abortion Clinic" (9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8; check listings) shook me out of my stupor. As this "Frontline" special clearly and carefully explains, whether or not Roe v. Wade is repealed, the antiabortion agenda in many states has already made it nearly impossible for a poor woman to get an abortion.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2005/11/08/last_abortion/feed/ 31 The passion of the Bush http://www.salon.com/2004/04/30/jesus_factor/ http://www.salon.com/2004/04/30/jesus_factor/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2004 16:36:00 +0000 http://www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/review/2004/04/30/jesus_factor As long as the topic is the Christian right, it's easy for those of us on the left to insist on the separation between church and state. But there's at least one example that makes mush of our certainty that religion should never play a role in politics: the civil rights movement. A liberal who argues that religion should always stay out of politics is basically arguing that America could have gone for years without a civil rights act, a voting rights act, a fair housing act: There is no reason to believe any of those gains, nor dozens more, would have happened when they did without the influence and organizational power of the black church.

Given that, how does a liberal agnostic who's convinced that more than a fair share of what's wrong with the world has to do with religion watch "The Jesus Factor," the PBS "Frontline" documentary about the part religion plays in the life and politics of George W. Bush? (The "Frontline" Web site says the full program will be available for viewing online starting Saturday, May 1.) For me, the answer is ... uneasily. "The Jesus Factor," which was written, produced and directed by Raney Aronson, makes a compelling case that Bush's born-again Christianity is sincere. Which is not to say that he doesn't know how to use it for political purposes. Doug Wead, who served on George H.W. Bush's 1988 campaign as a liaison to the evangelical community, says at one point in the documentary that Bush's religion is absolutely calculated and absolutely sincere and even Bush himself can't tell which impulse is which.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2004/04/30/jesus_factor/feed/ 0 The “unconscionable” death of Mazen Dana http://www.salon.com/2003/08/21/photographer/ http://www.salon.com/2003/08/21/photographer/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2003 00:52:00 +0000 http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/08/20/photographer On Aug. 17, Palestinian cameraman Mazen Dana became the second Reuters journalist to be killed by U.S. soldiers since the start of the Iraq war in March. Dana, who had been filming outside a U.S.-controlled prison in Baghdad following the death of six Iraqis the previous day, was fatally shot through the chest when an American tank crew mistook his camera for a rocket-propelled grenade launcher and opened fire. The American military has called the incident "a terrible mistake" and promised to investigate, but some observers now speculate that the shooting was reckless, at best.

"From the eyewitness accounts, it appears that Dana was fired on without warning," wrote the Committee to Protect Journalists in an open letter to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. "He was filming in an area where no hostilities were taking place, raising questions about whether U.S. troops acted recklessly in targeting him."

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2003/08/21/photographer/feed/ 0 “American Porn” http://www.salon.com/2002/02/11/frontline_3/ http://www.salon.com/2002/02/11/frontline_3/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2002 20:34:00 +0000 http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2002/02/11/frontline Most mainstream reporting on pornography makes me cringe. For too long, reporters and broadcasters have seized on porn as a chance to display predictable shock, to treat the porn world as if it's the modern equivalent of those ancient stories of girls being sold into the "white slave trade," to describe porn in terms usually reserved for disease, a scourge creeping unchecked into our nice, clean suburban communities. Frank Rich's piece on porn that ran in the New York Times Magazine last year was a notable exception; and Rich took to task writers like Martin Amis and David Foster Wallace for using it to score some easy moral indignation.

The PBS "Frontline" documentary "American Porn" (which aired in many cities Thursday night), produced and directed by Michael Kirk, and written by Kirk and Peter J. Boyer, didn't exactly fall into the usual porn-exposé clichés, and it even contained some real information on what the state of porn prosecution might be under a new conservative Republican administration. It made distinctions between the softcore porn of Internet entrepreneur Danni Ashe, the upscale "couples" porn produced by Vivid Video and the no-taboos-unviolated porn produced at Extreme Associates by Rob Black and his wife, Lizzie Borden. Just the fact that Kirk and Boyer made those distinctions is unusual compared with most media coverage of porn, but it wasn't enough to stop the show from being earnest and dull.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2002/02/11/frontline_3/feed/ 0 Blue Glow http://www.salon.com/2001/10/18/glow_594/ http://www.salon.com/2001/10/18/glow_594/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2001 16:23:00 +0000 http://www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/glow/2001/10/18/glow Series

Rachel and Ross reveal what happened that night on Friends (8 p.m., NBC). The reality series Popstars 2 (8 p.m., WB) re-applies the "Popstars" formula, this time to a coed singing group. The thrill is gone, but Survivor: Africa (8 p.m., CBS) remains. CSI (9 p.m., CBS) has a case about the shooting death of a high school jock, seemingly by a tormented classmate. Will takes an acting class on Will & Grace (9 p.m., NBC). Sherry Stringfield rejoins the cast of ER (10 p.m., NBC) as Dr. Susan Lewis, Mark Greene's ex-girlfriend. Frontline (10 p.m., PBS, check local listings) presents "Dangerous Straits," a look at the United States' precarious relationship with China.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2001/10/18/glow_594/feed/ 0 Blue Glow http://www.salon.com/2001/06/05/glow_520/ http://www.salon.com/2001/06/05/glow_520/#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2001 17:49:00 +0000 http://www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/glow/2001/06/05/glow Series

Continuing its quest for total rerun domination, Law & Order (8 p.m., TNT) begins airing syndicated reruns on Tuesdays on TNT, in addition to round-the-clock on A&E. The TNT run kicks off with the one where Julia Roberts drops by to play footsie with Ben Bratt. The new sitcom Kristin (8:30 p.m., NBC) stars Broadway baby Kristin Chenoweth as a sunny gal from Oklahoma who goes to New York to be an actress, but ends up working as a personal assistant to a womanizing real-estate developer (Jon Tenney). On a rerun of NYPD Blue (10 p.m., ABC), Diane and Danny have some awkward moments, Denby gives Diane a false lead and Andy gets the word on Theo's condition. It seemed a little odd that Rick Schroder's Danny Sorenson didn't appear in the "Blue" season finale (he went missing after going on a bender and having a stripper turn up dead in his apartment). But now it all makes sense: Schroder announced over the weekend that he was following in the footsteps of David Caruso, Amy Brenneman, Jimmy Smits, Sharon Lawrence, Gail O'Grady, Nicholas Turturro, James McDaniel and Kim Delaney and leaving the show. At this point, Dennis Franz has got to be wondering, "Was it something I said?" Frontline (10 p.m., PBS, check local listings) presents "Blackout," a report on the energy crisis in California, coming soon to a deregulated state near you.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2001/06/05/glow_520/feed/ 0 Blue Glow http://www.salon.com/2001/05/15/glow_506/ http://www.salon.com/2001/05/15/glow_506/#comments Tue, 15 May 2001 17:26:00 +0000 http://www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/glow/2001/05/15/glow Series

On the next-to-last Buffy the Vampire Slayer (8 p.m., WB) of the season, the gang searches for a way to bring Buffy out of the catatonic state she fell into when Glory snatched Dawn. Angel (9 p.m., WB) also has its next-to-last episode of the season. The guys are still in Pylea, trying to persuade newly crowned Princess Cordelia to come home. The WB will announce its fall schedule Tuesday, and reportedly will keep "Angel" on the Frog, even though mate "Buffy" has jumped ship to UPN. This astonishing news is made even more astonishing by the WB's plan to move "Angel" out of its Tuesday time slot to Monday at 9, where it will have nothing in common with its lead-in, the squeaky-clean family show "7th Heaven." Can you say "spite"? On Part 1 of a two-part season finale of Dharma & Greg (9 p.m., ABC), the couple sees a marriage counselor (guest Kirstie Alley) after Dharma admits she's attracted to her old flame (Kevin Sorbo). Can you say "'Mad About You' -- the sweeps separation"? Frontline (10 p.m., PBS, check local listings) presents "LAPD Blues," a look at the recent corruption scandals within the Los Angeles police force. Danny Sorenson is doing a lot of self-corrupting on NYPD Blue (10 p.m., ABC) as he continues to fall apart in slow motion.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2001/05/15/glow_506/feed/ 0 Blue Glow http://www.salon.com/2001/03/27/glow_476/ http://www.salon.com/2001/03/27/glow_476/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2001 18:01:00 +0000 http://www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/glow/2001/03/27/glow Series

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (8 p.m., WB) is still in reruns; this is the one where a meteorite unleashes a crawly thing and Joyce prepares for brain surgery. Nova (8 p.m., check local listings, PBS) presents "Survivor M.D.," a three-part profile of members of Harvard Medical School's Class of '91, 10 years into their careers. On a rerun of Angel (9 p.m., WB), our boy engages in some gladiatorial trials to save Darla's life. The new sitcom What About Joan (9:30 p.m., ABC) stars the lovable Joan Cusack (a supporting actress Oscar nominee for "In & Out" and "Working Girl") as a Chicago teacher on the verge of marriage. Kyle Chandler, Wallace Langham and Jessica Hecht round out the cast. Andy frets over Fancy's possible transfer and Diane and Connie search for a killer who dismembered his victim on NYPD Blue (10 p.m., ABC). Frontline (10 p.m., check local listings, PBS) presents the two-part "Organ Farm," a report on animal-to-human organ and cell transplants.

Sports

Basketball:
Raptors at Heat (8 p.m., TBS)

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2001/03/27/glow_476/feed/ 0 Blue Glow http://www.salon.com/2001/02/13/glow_447/ http://www.salon.com/2001/02/13/glow_447/#comments Tue, 13 Feb 2001 18:41:00 +0000 http://www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/glow/2001/02/13/glow Series

And then there were five ... The Mole (8 p.m., ABC) trudges onward, with the remaining contestants forced to defend their fortress against "foreign aggressors." On a Valentine's Day episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (8 p.m., WB), lovelorn Spike is rejected by Buffy, but that's cool, because a certain nutty ex of his has just come back to town. Clothing-optional rapper Lil' Kim guests on DAG (8:30 p.m., NBC). Frasier (9 p.m., NBC) does its version of the Gwyneth Paltrow movie "Sliding Doors," with Frasier meeting the same woman under two different scenarios. Angel and his former posse are both investigating the same case on Angel (9 p.m., WB). Frontline (10 p.m., PBS, check local listings) presents "Hackers," a look at the vulnerability of the Internet.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2001/02/13/glow_447/feed/ 0 Blue Glow http://www.salon.com/2001/01/16/glow_427/ http://www.salon.com/2001/01/16/glow_427/#comments Tue, 16 Jan 2001 18:04:00 +0000 http://www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/glow/2001/01/16/glow Series

On The Mole (8 p.m., ABC), one of the players is "kidnapped" and the others have to mount a rescue mission. Ben Stein is profiled on a new Biography (8 p.m., A&E). Buffy the Vampire Slayer (8 p.m., WB) reruns the one where we find out where Dawn came from. Nova (8 p.m., PBS, check local listings) presents "The Sultan's Lost Treasure," chronicling the excavation of a treasure-laden 15th century Chinese junk at the bottom of the South China Sea near Brunei. On Frasier (9 p.m., NBC), the doc's video-game-addicted son Frederick comes to visit. Frontline (9 p.m., PBS, check local listings) takes a two-hour look at the Clinton years, hosted by Ted Koppel. (It's a joint production of "Frontline" and ABC's "Nightline.") On a new Angel (9 p.m., WB), it turns out our boy was serious when he fired Cordelia, Wesley and Gunn -- he's gone bad again! On NYPD Blue (10 p.m., ABC), Diane and Danny face the morning after, and we learn the prognosis for Andy's son.

Sports

Basketball:
Raptors at Rockets (8 p.m., TBS)

Talk

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Barbara Walters, Lena Olin
David Letterman (CBS) TBA
Jay Leno (NBC) Cameron Diaz, Donal Logue, Shelby Lynne
Politically Incorrect (ABC) Ron Reagan, Jane Seymour
Conan O'Brien (NBC) Marla Sokoloff, Linkin Park

All times Eastern unless noted.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2001/01/16/glow_427/feed/ 0 Blue Glow http://www.salon.com/2000/11/14/glow_391/ http://www.salon.com/2000/11/14/glow_391/#comments Tue, 14 Nov 2000 18:40:00 +0000 http://www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/glow/2000/11/14/glow Series

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (8 p.m., WB) begins a flashback episode that crosses over into Angel (9 p.m., WB); Buffy learns all the sordid details about when Spike and Angel were pals, before an undead woman came between them. Juliet Landau returns as Drusilla. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (8 p.m., ABC) continues its celebrity week, with Jon Stewart in the hot seat. Somehow, it's not as fun this time around, now that we know they're allowed to cheat. On Frasier (9 p.m., NBC), Frasier is not flattered when his boss begins imitating him. The new sitcom DAG (9:30 p.m., NBC) limps out of the gate. David Alan Grier (get it?) plays an inept Secret Service agent reassigned to the less important job of guarding first lady Delta Burke. Frontline (check local times, PBS) presents "Real Justice," a two-part documentary chronicling the day-to-day operations of a Boston county courthouse. On Once & Again (10 p.m., ABC), Eli wants to forget about the SATs and play in his garage band, but his parents have other ideas.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2000/11/14/glow_391/feed/ 0 Blue Glow http://www.salon.com/2000/10/24/glow_376/ http://www.salon.com/2000/10/24/glow_376/#comments Tue, 24 Oct 2000 17:10:00 +0000 http://www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/glow/2000/10/24/glow Series

Ready or not, The Michael Richards Show (8 p.m., NBC) finally debuts, after numerous rewrites and reshoots. Richards plays a goofy private eye working for an investigative firm run by William Devane. Tim Meadows, Bill Cobbs and Amy Farrington costar. On Buffy the Vampire Slayer (8 p.m., WB), a time-traveling nemesis keeps Buffy busy, but also has some interesting information about Li'l Sis. The new animated series Pelswick (8 p.m., Nickelodeon) follows the adventures of a 13-year-old boy who gets into plenty of trouble, even though he's quadriplegic. 3rd Rock from the Sun (8:30 p.m., NBC) creaks into its sixth season with a visit from Mary's scheming sister (guest Megan Mullaly). Frasier (9 p.m., NBC) begins its new season with a one-hour episode that picks up after Niles and Daphne re-enacted the last scene from "The Graduate" in a Winnebago. The 27th season opener of Nova (check local times, PBS) examines "Lincoln's Secret Weapon," the armored battleship the Monitor. On Angel (9 p.m., WB), our boy finally meets Darla outside of his dreams and, man, is she dangerous. Frontline (check local times, PBS) presents "The Future of War," a report on efforts to speed the response time of the U.S. Army. Once and Again (10 p.m., ABC) opens another season of furtive post-divorce sex and teen angst.

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