Blue Glow

Salon's TV picks for Thursday, June 17, 1999

Published June 17, 1999 4:00PM (EDT)

Series

Behind the Music (9 p.m., VH1) reruns its profile of Stevie Nicks. The booze, the dope, Lindsey Buckingham -- "Behind the Music" doesn't get any better than this. Followed by a rerun of Nicks in performance on Storytellers (10 p.m., VH1). Will & Grace (9:30 p.m., NBC) reruns the second part of the episode where Grace goes out with Will's brother. On a rerun of ER (10 p.m., NBC), Doug Ross makes a move that will come back to haunt him when he gives experimental pain medication to a patient who isn't part of the program. The replacement series Vanished (10 p.m., ABC), a production of ABC's news department, looks at real-life missing persons cases. So now what are they going to show on "20/20" every week?

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Specials

Just in time for Father's Day, The Story of Fathers and Sons (8 p.m., ABC) looks at the relationship between -- oh, it's self-explanatory. Followed by a rerun of The Story of Mothers and Daughters (9 p.m., ABC). Two consecutive episodes of The People's Century (check local times, PBS) examine the struggle for racial equality in the United States and South Africa, and the rise of feminism.

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Sports

Stanley Cup Finals:

Sabres at Stars, Game 5 (8 p.m., Fox)

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Talk

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Noah Wyle, Joanne Worley

David Letterman (CBS) Mike Myers, Rachel Hunter

Jay Leno (NBC) Adam Sandler, Madeleine Stowe, Richard Belzer

Politically Incorrect (ABC) Donny Osmond, Armin Brott

Conan O'Brien (NBC) Nathan Lane, Joe Distler


By Joyce Millman

Joyce Millman is a writer living in the Bay Area.

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