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SALON'S TV PICKS FOR
MONDAY, SEPT. 21, 1998
BY JOYCE MILLMAN

N E W S H O W S

NBC and CBS debut their new Monday lineups tonight. NBC plugs two holes in its schedule with Conrad Bloom (8:30 p.m.), an ensemble comedy set in a New York ad agency and revolving around the young, single title character (star Mark Feuerstein), and Will & Grace (9:30 p.m.), a sitcom about a gay man (Eric McCormack) and a straight woman (Debra Messing) who are best buddies and roommates. CBS premieres the sitcoms The King of Queens (8:30 p.m.), starring Kevin James as a blue-collar guy whose wife's flaky sister and widowed dad (Jerry Stiller) move in with them, and The Brian Benben Show (9:30 p.m.), in which the former "Dream On" star plays a local TV newsman. CBS's new drama L.A. Doctors (10 p.m.) stars Ken Olin, Sheryl Lee and Matt Craven as private practice docs struggling with Big Issues.

S E R I E S

Suddenly Susan (8 p.m., NBC) has suddenly made it to three seasons; the opener picks up from last season's wedding finale. Cosby (8 p.m., CBS) also has its season premiere, as does Caroline in the City (9 p.m., NBC). On the season opener of 7th Heaven (8 p.m., WB), somebody in the Camden household is pregnant. Everybody Loves Raymond (9 p.m., CBS) starts off its third season with Debra's worst nightmare: She and Ray and the kids have to stay with his parents while their house is being sprayed for a bug infestation. Frontline (check local times, PBS) begins the six-hour documentary series "The Farmer's Wife," filmmaker David Sutherland's study of one year in the life of a Nebraska farm family struggling to overcome crop failure and debt.

S P O R T S

Football:
Cowboys at Giants (8 p.m., ABC)

T A L K

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Michael J. Fox, Natalie Merchant
David Letterman (CBS) Michael J. Fox, Dixie Chicks
Jay Leno (NBC) Tim Allen, Christina Applegate
Charlie Rose (PBS) TBA
Politically Incorrect (ABC) Robert Townsend, Joe Queenan
Conan O'Brien (NBC) Chris Elliott (rerun)
SALON | Sept. 21, 1998

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