Blue Glow

Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Jan. 18, 2001

By Joyce Millman

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Jan 18, 2001 |

Series

(Note: Programming may be interrupted at 8 p.m. for President Clinton's farewell speech.)

Rory and Dean find a date for Lane on Gilmore Girls (8 p.m., WB). On a rerun of Will & Grace (9 p.m., NBC), three's company when Grace moves in with Will and Jack after her place is ransacked. Mystery! (9 p.m., PBS, check local listings) begins the four-part "Touching Evil, Series Three," starring Robson Green as intense detective Dave Creegan. In this one, Creegan is just back from psychiatric sick leave and itching to look into an old ritualistic murder case. Carter gets out of rehab and a custodial strike has the place looking messier than usual on a rerun of ER (10 p.m., NBC).

Sports

Basketball:
Heat at Trail Blazers (8 p.m., TNT)

Talk

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Neve Campbell, Javier Bardem
David Letterman (CBS) Neve Campbell, George Miller
Jay Leno (NBC) Guy Ritchie, Erika Christensen
Politically Incorrect (ABC) Tim Robbins, Bill Richardson
Conan O'Brien (NBC) Christopher Meloni
Craig Kilborn (CBS) Dan Patrick

All times Eastern unless noted.

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