Blue Glow

Salon's TV picks for Thursday, March 2, 2000

By Joyce Millman

Mar 2, 2000 | Series

Raymond "Ironside" Burr is profiled as "Watching the Detectives Week" continues on Biography (8 p.m. ET/9 PT, A&E). Friends (8 p.m., NBC) reruns the Thanksgiving episode in which Chandler discovers the reason why Monica's parents dislike him. On a rerun of ER (10 p.m., NBC), Greene clashes with Gabe Lawrence (guest Alan Alda) and Hathaway tries to help a pregnant waitress who has no insurance. 48 Hours (10 p.m., CBS) gets up close and personal with killer viruses, fungi and bacteria. 20/20 Downtown (10 p.m., ABC) has a report on date rape drugs. Turn Ben Stein On (10:30 p.m., Comedy Central) has a show about power in Washington.

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Sports

Hockey:
Devils at Avalanche (9 p.m., ESPN2)

College basketball:
Minnesota at Michigan State (7 p.m., ESPN)
Wake Forest at Virginia (7 p.m., ESPN2)
Cincinnati at DePaul (9 p.m., ESPN)

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Talk

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Danny DeVito, Mary J. Blige (rerun)
David Letterman (CBS) Nathan Lane hosts Mel Brooks
Jay Leno (NBC) Garry Shandling, Tyra Banks
Politically Incorrect (ABC) Arianna Huffington, Nora Dunn
Conan O'Brien (NBC) Rupert Everett, Ainsley Harriott

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