Blue Glow

Salon's TV picks for Thursday, March 9, 2000

By Joyce Millman

Mar 9, 2000 | Series

Ross is attracted to one of his students on Friends (8 p.m., NBC). The new animated series God, the Devil and Bob (8:30 p.m., NBC) premieres. Bob (French Stewart) is a regular guy whose soul becomes the prize in a bet between God (James Garner) and the Devil (Alan Cumming). In the show, God looks like Jerry Garcia, which was a funny gag -- when "Roseanne" did it five years ago. 48 Hours (10 p.m., CBS) has a show about "cold" murder cases that were eventually solved. From Springsteen's consigliere to Silvio on "The Sopranos": 20/20 Downtown (10 p.m., ABC) interviews the multifaceted Steve Van Zandt.

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Sports

College basketball:
Atlantic 10 Tournament (Noon, ESPN; 9 p.m., ESPN2)
Big East Tournament (Noon, 7 p.m., ESPN2; 2 p.m., 4 p.m., 9 p.m., ESPN)
ACC Tournament (7 p.m., ESPN)
Mountain West Tournament (Midnight, ESPN)

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Talk

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Judge Judy, Don Cheadle, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Charlie Rose (PBS) Roman Polanski
David Letterman (CBS) Dana Carvey hosts Cindy Margolis
Jay Leno (NBC) Rick Schroder, Eric Benet
Politically Incorrect (ABC) Penn Jillette, James "Spike" Marsters
Conan O'Brien (NBC) Jim Carrey, Tony Bennett (rerun)

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