Blue Glow

Salon's TV picks for Monday, Sept. 27, 1999

Published September 27, 1999 4:00PM (EDT)

Series

Doug is jealous when Carrie starts spending time with her new friends on The King of Queens (8 p.m., CBS). Grow up, Doug! On Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (9 p.m., NBC), the squad has three possible suspects in a woman's murder: a shrink, a TV anchorman and her father. Ray and Debra's argument becomes a family affair on Everybody Loves Raymond (9 p.m., CBS). Matt Lauer hosts the new series Headliners and Legends (10 p.m., MSNBC), in which he profiles celebrities and newsmakers, living and dead. Yes, it's another "A&E Biography" knockoff. First subject: singer Martha Reeves. On Family Law (10 p.m., CBS), Lynn represents a couple suing their doctor for failing to tell them their child would be born with Down syndrome.

Sports

Football:

49ers at Cardinals (9 p.m., ABC)

Talk

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Brooke Shields

David Letterman (CBS) Kevin Pollak, Tom Waits

Jay Leno (NBC) Garth Brooks, Richard Simmons

Politically Incorrect (ABC) Jean Smart, D.L. Hughley

Conan O'Brien (NBC) Gina Gershon (rerun)


By Joyce Millman

Joyce Millman is a writer living in the Bay Area.

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