Blue Glow

Salon's TV picks for
Thursday, Dec. 23, 1999

Published December 23, 1999 5:00PM (EST)

Series

Investigative Reports (9 p.m. EST/10 PST, A&E) looks at the efforts of Ugandan veterinarians to save their country's wildlife population, decimated by war. ER (10 p.m., NBC) reruns the episode where Carter has a chance meeting with the sexy former wife (Rebecca DeMornay) of his cousin. 48 Hours (10 p.m., CBS) reports on binge drinking. Natalie Cole talks about her father on 20/20 Downtown (10 p.m., ABC).

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Specials

Celebrities raise awareness of adoption in A Home for the Holidays (8 p.m., CBS). Rene Russo, Faith Hill, Stevie Wonder, Gerald Ford, Candice Bergen, 'N Sync, Scott Hamilton and Steven Spielberg are among the participants. TNT is rerunning Christmas in Washington (8 p.m., TNT), this year's holiday gala that took place earlier this month. Brendan Fraser hosts; Jewel and B.B. King are among the performers.

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Sports

Hockey:

Avalanche at Sabres (7:30 p.m., ESPN2)

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Talk

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Hillary Rodham Clinton, Alanis Morissette

David Letterman (CBS) John Witherspoon, Darlene Love

Jay Leno (NBC) Jennifer Love Hewitt, Smokey Robinson

Politically Incorrect (ABC) Enrico Colantoni, Mackenzie Phillips

Conan O'Brien (NBC) Carolyn Rhea, Sloan


By Joyce Millman

Joyce Millman is a writer living in the Bay Area.

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