Blue Glow

Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, March 20, 2001

By Joyce Millman

Mar 20, 2001 |

Series

Biography (8 p.m., A&E) continues "Fashion Week" with a profile of Giorgio Armani. Classic TV stars return for another round of celebrity Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (8 p.m., ABC). Buffy the Vampire Slayer (8 p.m., WB) has another rerun; it's the one where Glory gets her hands on a transmogrification artifact while Buffy is preoccupied with her mom's condition. Angel (9 p.m., WB) repeats the episode in which an ancient shroud makes everybody act really weird. Frontline (10 p.m., PBS, check local listings) reruns "Secrets of the SAT," a report on the college entrance exam and how it affects the lives of high school seniors. Sipowicz is in the hot seat after a job-related shooting on NYPD Blue (10 p.m., ABC).

Specials

The new TV movie After the Storm (9 p.m., USA) stars Benjamin Bratt and Armand Assante as duplicitous fortune hunters after a sunken yacht's treasure. Based on a short story by Ernest Hemingway.

Sports

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

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

Hockey:
Sharks at Avalanche (9 p.m., ESPN2)

Talk

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Glenn Close, cast of "South Pacific"
David Letterman (CBS) Paul Simon, musicians Johnnie Johnson and James Burton sitting in with the band
Jay Leno (NBC) Sigourney Weaver, Colin Hanks
Politically Incorrect (ABC) Megyn Price, Adam Ferrara
Conan O'Brien (NBC) Denis Leary, Brooke Smith
Craig Kilborn (CBS) "Survivor" castoff Alicia Calaway

All times Eastern unless noted.

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