Blue Glow

Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, April 12, 2000

By Joyce Millman

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Apr 12, 2000 | Series

American Masters (check local times, PBS) presents "Isaac Stern: Life's Virtuoso," a profile of the master violinist narrated by Meryl Streep. On Felicity (8 p.m., WB), Sean films another documentary about the Felicity-Ben-Noel romantic mess, and Ben uncovers something incriminating about Felicity's latest obsession, Greg. You knew it would happen sooner or later: Cartman is sentenced to juvenile hall on South Park (10 p.m., Comedy Central). Errol Morris turns the camera on Yogi Berra for this week's First Person (10:30 p.m., Bravo).

Specials

The American Film Institute Salute to Harrison Ford (8 p.m., CBS) pays tribute to the ultimate good guy. Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Carrie Fisher and Brad Pitt are on hand to tell us how swell he is. Michelle Kwan, Brian Boitano, Oksana Baiul and Elvis Stojko perform in the exhibition Champions on Ice (8 p.m., TNT).

Sports

Baseball:
Dodgers at Giants (10 p.m., ESPN)

NHL playoffs:
Oilers at Stars (7 p.m., ESPN)
Sharks at Blues (7:30 p.m., ESPN2)

Talk

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Jenna Elfman, Josh Brolin
David Letterman (CBS) Paul Newman, Pearl Jam
Jay Leno (NBC) Robin Williams, No Doubt
Politically Incorrect (ABC) Holland Taylor, Jay Severin
Conan O'Brien (NBC) Claudia Schiffer

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