Blue Glow

Salon's TV picks for Thursday, April 19, 2001

By Joyce Millman

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Apr 19, 2001 |

Series

The guys get all weak-kneed around a gorgeous Gellar relative (guest Denise Richards) on Friends (8 p.m., NBC). Tonight's Survivor: The Australian Outback (8 p.m., CBS) will decide the final four contestants. Let the back-stabbing begin in earnest. On Will & Grace (9 p.m., NBC), Karen can't get enough of Jack's hot novel-in-progress. Grissom probes the murder of a deaf man on CSI (9 p.m., CBS). On ER (10 p.m., NBC), it's Corday and Greene's wedding day, but all manner of mayhem might prevent them from making it down the aisle.

Specials

Steven Spielberg's 1993 Oscar winner Schindler's List (8 p.m., PBS, check local listings) has a Holocaust Remembrance Day airing. Don't quite get all the fuss about the passing of Joey Ramone? Then check out All Access: 25 Years of Punk (10 p.m., VH1), a look at the legacy and legends of the only music that mattered.

Sports

NHL playoffs:
Sharks at Blues, Game 5 (7:30 p.m., ESPN)
Sabres at Flyers, Game 5 (7:30 p.m., ESPN2)

Talk

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Camryn Manheim
David Letterman (CBS) Antonio Banderas, Nick Cave (rerun)
Jay Leno (NBC) Neve Campbell
Politically Incorrect (ABC)Tim Robbins, Beth Littleford (rerun)
Conan O'Brien (NBC) LL Cool J, Jeri Ryan
Craig Kilborn (CBS) Dave Grohl

All times Eastern unless noted.

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