Blue Glow

Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, June 26, 2001

By Joyce Millman

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Jun 26, 2001 |

Series

Gary Busey is profiled on a new Biography (8 p.m., A&E). Looks like NBC has a hit with the extreme "Candid Camera" pranks of Spy TV (8 p.m., NBC). Fish campaigns for student council on Go Fish (8:30 p.m., NBC). Dateline NBC (10 p.m., NBC) counts down the 10 worst intersections in the U.S. Is yours on the list? P.O.V. (10 p.m., PBS, check local listings) presents "The Sweetest Sound," Alan Berliner's documentary about names and what they say about us. Resurrection Blvd. (10 p.m., Showtime) begins a new season of family drama, East L.A. style.

Specials

Chuck Braverman's Oscar-nominated short Curtain Call (7 p.m., Cinemax) listens in as the residents of the Actors' Fund Home in Englewood, N.J., reminisce about their lives in showbiz.

Sports

Tennis
Wimbledon (10 a.m., TNT)

Baseball
Braves at Phillies (7 p.m., TBS)

Talk

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) LL Cool J, Mary Stuart Masterson (rerun)
David Letterman (CBS) Catherine Zeta-Jones, Depeche Mode
Jay Leno (NBC) Jet Li, Tyrese
Politically Incorrect (ABC) Michael McKean, Elizabeth Perkins
Conan O'Brien (NBC) Shawn Wayans, Poe

All times Eastern unless noted.

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