Blue Glow

Salon's TV picks for
Thursday, April 29, 1999

Published April 29, 1999 4:00PM (EDT)

Series

Chandler's feelings are hurt when Joey throws himself in front of Ross -- not him -- at the sound of "gunfire" on Friends (8 p.m., NBC). Also, Emily, who's about to be married again, leaves a frantic phone message for Ross. Grace uses Will as bait to attract a wealthy gay client (guest Miguel Ferrer) on Will & Grace (8:30 p.m., NBC). Christine Baranski plays Frasier's rival radio shrink "Dr. Nora" on Frasier (9 p.m., NBC). Behind the Music (9 p.m., VH1) reruns its 90-minute profile of Cher. Hathaway lets Greene in on her secret and Carter mentors a troubled high school student as ER (10 p.m., NBC) enters the homestretch with its final four new episodes this season. Fabio, Bono and Yoko Ono square (triangle?) off in a three-way Celebrity Deathmatch (10 p.m., MTV).

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Specials

Robbie Knievel: Grand Canyon Jump Live (8 p.m., Fox) finds the daredevil attempting a 250-foot leap across the chasm and, as the Fox promos say in gleeful anticipation, "One wrong move and it's a 1,000-foot drop."

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Talk

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Sarah Ferguson, Matt Lauer

David Letterman (CBS) Sarah Ferguson, Ted Danson

Jay Leno (NBC) David Spade, Catherine Zeta-Jones

Charlie Rose (PBS) George Stephanopoulos

Politically Incorrect (ABC) Jerry Springer, Don Novello

Conan O'Brien (NBC) Michael J. Fox, Kevin James


By Joyce Millman

Joyce Millman is a writer living in the Bay Area.

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