Blue Glow

Salon's TV picks for Monday, July 19, 1999

Published July 19, 1999 4:00PM (EDT)

Series

Coverage of the Kennedy-Bessette tragedy continues on special
editions of 20/20 Monday (8 p.m., ABC) and 48 Hours (10 p.m.,
CBS)
. Robert Wagner, Dr. Evil's Number 2, is profiled on a new Biography (8 p.m. EDT/9 PDT, A&E). Ally has Greg Butters problems on a rerun of Ally McBeal (9 p.m., Fox).

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Specials

Ken Burns' Peabody Award-winning two-part documentary Frank Lloyd Wright (check local times, PBS) gets an encore showing. Wendie Malick stars as legendary newspaper columnists -- and feuding twins -- Ann Landers and Dear Abby in the new TV movie Take My Advice: The Ann and Abby Story (9 p.m., Lifetime). In case you missed it last week, you have another chance to catch Chris Rock: Bigger and Blacker (10 p.m., HBO), the comedian's stand-up show from Harlem's Apollo Theatre.

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Sports

Baseball:

Braves at Blue Jays (7 p.m., TBS)

WNBA:

Comets at Mercury (8 p.m., ESPN)

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Talk

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Wynonna (rerun)

David Letterman (CBS) Don Rickles, Patty Griffin

Jay Leno (NBC) Tori Spelling, Darrell Hammond, Luscious Jackson

Politically Incorrect (ABC) Richard Lewis, Patrick Duffy

Conan O'Brien (NBC) Jason Priestley, Los Super Seven (rerun)


By Joyce Millman

Joyce Millman is a writer living in the Bay Area.

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