Blue Glow

Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, June 23, 1999

Published June 23, 1999 4:00PM (EDT)

Series

On this week's rerun of The Sopranos (9 p.m., HBO), Christopher and Brendan feel the wrath of Uncle Junior (or is it the wrath of Livia?) over the truck hijacking, and Tony and Silvio get drawn into a family dispute involving a very tough Hasidic Jew. Behind the Music (9 p.m., VH1) gets happy with a David Cassidy rerun.

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Specials

The 1993 western Geronimo: An American Legend (8 p.m., Fox) has its TV premiere, mainly because one of its stars, Matt Damon, has become a wee bit popular. Wes Studi has the title role; Gene Hackman and Robert Duvall co-star. The new cable movie Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story (9 p.m., USA) stars Christine Lahti in the true story of a Northern California woman who murdered her son's molester, then stood trial for murder herself amid a media blitz of "heroine or vigilante?" stories.

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Sports

NBA Finals:

Spurs at Knicks, Game 4 (9 p.m., NBC)

Baseball:

Astros at Cardinals (7:30 p.m., ESPN)

Reds at Diamondbacks (10:30 p.m., ESPN)

Women's World Cup:

Norway vs. Canada (6 p.m., ESPN2)

Australia vs. Sweden (8:30 p.m., ESPN2)

Japan vs. Russia (10:30 p.m., ESPN2)

China vs. Ghana (12:30 a.m., ESPN2)

Wimbledon:

Early round play (9 a.m., HBO)

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Talk

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Hugh Grant, Christine Lahti

David Letterman (CBS) Richard Belzer, Geri Halliwell

Jay Leno (NBC) Kathy Ireland, Kenny G

Politically Incorrect (ABC) Chaka Khan, Morton Downey Jr.

Conan O'Brien (NBC) Sam Donaldson, Robert Cray


By Joyce Millman

Joyce Millman is a writer living in the Bay Area.

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