Blue Glow

Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, June 14, 2000

By Joyce Millman

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Jun 14, 2000 | Series

Will this be Rudy's last stand on Survivor (8 p.m., CBS)? I'm thinking yes. Jennifer Love Hewitt returns in never-aired episodes of Time of Your Life (9 p.m., Fox). America responds with a big yawn. Felicity (9 p.m., WB) reruns the clever "Twilight Zone" tribute episode, filmed in beautiful black and white. Janice plots to spring Livia from the hospital on a rerun of The Sopranos (10 p.m., HBO).

Specials

Two American icons get the TV movie treatment in reruns of The Mary Kay Letourneau Story: All-American Girl (9 p.m., USA), starring Penelope Ann Miller as the teacher who had two babies with an underage student, and Take Me Home: The John Denver Story (9 p.m., VH1), starring Chad Lowe as the bespectacled pop-folkie.

Sports

Baseball:
Red Sox at Yankees (1 p.m., ESPN2)
White Sox at Indians (7 p.m., ESPN)
Diamondbacks at Dodgers (10 p.m., ESPN2)

NBA finals:
Lakers at Pacers, Game 4 (9 p.m., NBC)

Talk

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Ricki Lake, Jon Secada
David Letterman (CBS) Calista Flockhart, Isaac Hayes
Jay Leno (NBC) Alicia Silverstone, Vitamin C
Politically Incorrect (ABC) Paul McCrane, Ananda Lewis
Conan O'Brien (NBC) Freddie Prinze Jr., Adam Carolla

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