Blue Glow

Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Aug. 4, 1999

Published August 4, 1999 4:00PM (EDT)

Series

CBS graces us with a bonus Everybody Loves Raymond (8:30 p.m., CBS) this week. It's a rerun (Marie is jealous when Debra hires a nanny for the kids), but what the heck. On a rerun of Norm (8:30 p.m., ABC), Mr. Sensitivity milks sympathy from the boss by pretending to be an alcoholic. The Sopranos (9 p.m., HBO) repeats the very instructive episode about the one thing that mafiosos won't admit they do in bed. Chazz Palminteri directed this week's episode of Oz (10 p.m., HBO), in which McManus is accused of sexual harassment and Schillinger's enemies hatch a plot against him. South Park (10 p.m., Comedy Central) begins "The Cartman Chronicles," a month of episodes revolving around you-know-who.

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Sports

Baseball:

Braves at Pirates (7:30 p.m., ESPN)

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

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Talk

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Dennis Franz, David Hyde Pierce (rerun)

David Letterman (CBS)Dave Foley, John Witherspoon

Jay Leno (NBC) Rene Russo, the Verve Pipe

Charlie Rose (PBS) David Broder

Politically Incorrect (ABC) Norm Macdonald, Arianna Huffington (rerun)

Conan O'Brien (NBC) Pierce Brosnan


By Joyce Millman

Joyce Millman is a writer living in the Bay Area.

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