Blue Glow

Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, March 15, 2000

By Joyce Millman

Mar 15, 2000 | Series

On City of Angels (8 p.m., CBS), Ben is harassed by a white police officer who stopped him for a traffic violation. Norm tries to cheer up Laurie after she fails to win a coveted social worker award on Norm (8:30 p.m., ABC). The West Wing (9 p.m., NBC) reruns the one where the president has to deal with a siege involving militia members, a hurricane bearing down on American ships and a state dinner for the president of Indonesia, all at the same time. They don't call him the commander in chief for nothing. 20/20 (10 p.m., ABC) unveils a joint ABC News-New York Times investigation about a national company under suspicion for deceptive sales practices and its connection to Wall Street. On First Person (10:30 p.m., Bravo), documentarian Errol Morris profiles a woman in love with a suspected serial killer. The latest bit of reality silliness, Your Favorite Girl Next Door (10:30 p.m., FX), is a weekly beauty pageant in which a studio audience bestows the crown on "real" women who send in home videos of themselves. Yes, there is a swimsuit competition. No, Rick Rockwell isn't the host. Yet.

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Sports

College basketball:
NIT Tournament (7 p.m., 9 p.m., midnight, ESPN)

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Hockey:
Stars at Devils (7 p.m., ESPN2)
Blues at Coyotes (10 p.m., ESPN2)

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Talk

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Stone Phillips, D.L. Hughley
David Letterman (CBS) Julia Roberts (rerun)
Jay Leno (NBC) Camryn Manheim, Don Cheadle, Tom Waits
Politically Incorrect (ABC) Kristen Short, Super Dave Osborne
Conan O'Brien (NBC) Martin Sheen, Afro Celt Sound System
Craig Kilborn (CBS) Ben Affleck

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