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SALON'S TV PICKS FOR
WEEKEND, SEPT. 11-13, 1998
BY JOYCE MILLMAN

S E R I E S

Geraldo Rivera is profiled on a new Biography (8 p.m. EDT/9 PDT, Fri., A&E). The new sitcom Living in Captivity (8 p.m. Fri., Fox) premieres. Diane English ("Murphy Brown") created this show about a middle-class black couple who move to the suburbs and meet their eccentric neighbors. The buzz: Not good. The sitcom Getting Personal (8:30 p.m. Fri., Fox) begins its second season. Vivica A. Fox, Duane Martin and Jon Cryer star as co-workers and friends. On a rerun of Homicide (10 p.m. Fri., NBC), Pembleton flexes his moral muscles when he suspects a doctor (guest Alfre Woodard) of euthanasia. Cops (8 p.m. Sat., Fox) has its season premiere, as does Mad TV (11 p.m. Sat., Fox). And the new sitcom The Army Show (9:30 p.m. Sun., WB), about a bunch of goofballs playing "Sgt. Bilko" at a forgotten military base, debuts. The buzz: Dismal.

S P E C I A L S

There's an encore airing of Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You for the Last Time (9:30 p.m. Sat., HBO), in which Seinfeld takes to the Broadway stage to put his most familiar material to rest. The filmed funeral bit at the beginning, with cameos by Garry Shandling, Robert Klein, Alan King and a slew of other comedians, is funnier than Seinfeld's dated jokes. To celebrate the 50th Annual Emmy Awards (7 p.m. Sun., NBC), NBC is airing a four-hour telecast that also pays tribute to great moments in the history of television. There's no host; presenters include Bob Costas, Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, Tom Hanks, Chris Rock, Dennis Franz, Noah Wyle and many, many more. Who will win? If I could predict the future, I could retire right now. Who would I like to win? Andre Braugher and Gillian Anderson for drama leads; Garry Shandling for comedy lead. I am underwhelmed by all of the actresses in the lead comedy actress category; Patricia Heaton of Everybody Loves Raymond deserves this one, but she wasn't nominated. NYPD Blue for drama series; The Larry Sanders Show for comedy series. And Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Gloria Reuben (ER) and Gary Basaraba of Brooklyn South (a write-in vote) for supporting players. CBS attempts to counter-program the Emmy extravaganza with the broadcast premiere of GoodFellas (8 p.m. Sun., CBS), Martin Scorsese's 1990 mob drama. Scorsese is slated to introduce the film and explain why it's so violent. Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta and Joe Pesci ("Do I amuse you?") star. The three-hour documentary Ancient Inventions (8 p.m. Sun., Discovery Channel) looks at the forerunners of everything from modern weaponry to home pregnancy tests. Monty Python's Terry Jones hosts. The documentary series The U.S.-Mexican War (check local listings Sun., PBS) examines the reasons for and consequences of the 1846-48 conflict. The new two-part adaptation of Tess of the D'Urbervilles (9 p.m. EDT/10 PDT Sun., A&E) stars Justine Waddell as Thomas Hardy's doomed heroine. In the documentary Dying to Tell the Story (9 p.m. EDT/6 PDT Sun., TBS), the sister of war photographer Dan Eldon, who was stoned to death by a mob in Somalia, interviews journalists who put themselves in harm's way to get the story.

S P O R T S

Baseball:
Marlins at Braves (7:35 p.m. Fri.; 7:05 p.m. Sat.; 1:05 p.m. Sun., TBS)

Football:
Buccaneers at Packers (1 p.m. Sun., Fox)
Chargers at Oilers or Chiefs at Jaguars (1 p.m. Sun., CBS)
Cowboys at Broncos (4:15 p.m. Sun., Fox)
Colts at Patriots (8 p.m. Sun., ESPN)

Tennis:
U.S. Open (women's final, 11 a.m. Sat., CBS; men's final, 4 p.m. Sun., CBS)

T A L K

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Barbara Walters, Luther Vandross
David Letterman (CBS) Gretchen Mol, Nick Cave
Jay Leno (NBC) Timothy Hutton, Dedee Pfeiffer
Chris Rock (HBO) Jerry Springer
Politically Incorrect (ABC) Cindy Crawford, Helen Gurley Brown
Conan O'Brien (NBC) Alan Alda, Ana Gasteyer (rerun)
SALON | Sept. 11, 1998

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