Blue Glow

Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2001

By Joyce Millman

Jan 30, 2001 |

Series

The Mole (8 p.m., ABC) is still on. A nation yawns and switches over to JAG (8 p.m., CBS). On a rerun of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (8 p.m., WB), Xander has an evil twin and everybody likes him better! Frasier and Niles get down and dirty at an auto repair class on Frasier (9 p.m., NBC). While Angel is away communing with a swami, Wesley impersonates his boss and scores with a babealicious client on a rerun of Angel (9 p.m., WB). Amy has to decide a custody case involving an HIV-positive mother on Judging Amy (10 p.m., CBS). Frontline (10 p.m., PBS, check local times) reports on four California criminal cases involving children being tried as adults. Diane and Danny investigate a rape at a hotel on NYPD Blue (10 p.m., ABC).

Specials

The two-part cable miniseries Attila (9 p.m., USA) tells the story of the excitable Hun who cut a wide swath through the Roman Empire. Gerard Butler and Powers Boothe star in this swordplay-filled "Gladiator" knockoff.

Sports

Basketball:
Pacers at Magic (8 p.m., TBS)

Talk

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Peter Jennings, Monica Potter
David Letterman (CBS) Dolly Parton, William L. Petersen
Jay Leno (NBC) Geena Davis, Steven Wright
Politically Incorrect (ABC) Anderson Cooper, Tina Sinatra
Conan O'Brien (NBC) Denise Richards, William Shatner
Craig Kilborn (CBS) Chi McBride

All times Eastern unless noted.

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