Blue Glow

Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, April 28, 1999

Published April 28, 1999 4:00PM (EDT)

Series

On Dawson's Creek (8 p.m., WB), Joey's father is paroled, Dawson learns about his dad and his film teacher and one character checks out of Capeside for good. Marie and Frank don't appreciate Ray's inspired Christmas gift on a rerun of Everybody Loves Raymond (8 p.m., CBS). Elliot Gould narrates Shrug's autobiography on It's like, you know ... (8:30 p.m., ABC). Seven of Nine has a night on the town, courtesy of the Doctor, who's teaching her about human dating and mating rituals, on Star Trek: Voyager (9 p.m., UPN). And speaking of human dating and mating, Party of Five (9 p.m., Fox) starts its long-rumored "Julia has a girlfriend" storyline. Olivia d'Abo guests as the object of her affection. There's also an appearance by R.E.M. Great Composers (check local times, PBS) profiles Tchaikovsky and Puccini. Norm has no problem with the new boss's lax supervision on The Norm Show (9:30 p.m., ABC).

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Sports

Baseball:

Yankees at Rangers (7:30 p.m., ESPN)

Blue Jays at Angels (10:30 p.m., ESPN)

NHL playoffs:

Maple Leafs at Flyers, Game 4 (7 p.m., ESPN2)

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Talk

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Martin Lawrence, Catherine Zeta Jones

David Letterman (CBS) Mary Steenburgen, Allen Iverson, Ben Folds Five

Jay Leno (NBC) Jon Voight, Melissa Joan Hart, Black Crowes

Charlie Rose (PBS) Larry Ellison, Freeman Dyson

Politically Incorrect (ABC) Rob Estes, Connie Stevens

Conan O'Brien (NBC) Tony Danza, George Stephanopoulos


By Joyce Millman

Joyce Millman is a writer living in the Bay Area.

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