Blue Glow

Salon's TV picks for Monday, Oct. 11, 1999

Published October 11, 1999 4:00PM (EDT)

Series

On The King of Queens (8 p.m., CBS), Doug and Carrie agree to become godparents, then try to wriggle out. Stabler and Benson investigate the murder of a girl mistaken for a prostitute on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (9 p.m., NBC). On Everybody Loves Raymond (9 p.m., CBS), Debra learns that Frank and Marie only have sex once a year. Lynn represents a teenage actor who wants to divorce his new bride and Randi defends a prison guard accused of rape on Family Law (10 p.m., CBS).

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Specials

Biography of the Millennium: 100 People ... 1,000 Years (8 p.m. EDT/9 PDT, A&E) wraps up its countdown. Who will be No. 1? Mahatma Gandhi? Thomas Edison? Cindy Crawford? Oh, the suspense! The new cable movie My Little Assassin (9 p.m., Lifetime) stars Gabrielle Anwar as an American teen living in 1959 Havana who falls in love with and becomes pregnant by Fidel Castro (Joe Mantegna). Sigh. He's the dreamiest dictator!

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Sports

Football:

Jaguars at Jets (9 p.m., ABC)

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Talk

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Julie Andrews, Indigo Girls

David Letterman (CBS) Bruce Willis

Jay Leno (NBC) Judge Judy, Mena Suvari

Politically Incorrect (ABC) Dave Matthews, Joseph Califano

Conan O'Brien (NBC) John Leguizamo, Tom Green (rerun)


By Joyce Millman

Joyce Millman is a writer living in the Bay Area.

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