Blue Glow

Salon's TV picks for Thursday, June 28, 2001

By Joyce Millman

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Jun 28, 2001 |

Series

Jason Alexander guests on a rerun of Friends (8 p.m., NBC). Will & Grace (9 p.m., NBC) reruns the one with Cher. On a rerun of CSI (9 p.m., CBS), a disruptive airline passenger dies in flight and Grissom thinks it was murder. Weaver inadvertently puts sweatshop workers in danger on a repeat of ER (10 p.m., NBC). 48 Hours (10 p.m., CBS) profiles celebrity offspring, including Laila Ali, Victoria Gotti and Pete Rose Jr. All Access (10 p.m., VH1) presents "Struggling Singer Songwriter," a look at the tough road facing troubadours in the age of pop. Dave Matthews, Alanis Morissette and James Taylor are among those interviewed.

Specials

Jackie Chan goes after Nazi gold in the 1992 Hong Kong actioner Operation Condor (8 p.m., Fox).

Sports

Baseball:
Cubs at Reds (7 p.m., Fox Family)
Mets at Braves (7:30 p.m., TBS)

Tennis:
Wimbledon (11 a.m., TNT)

Talk

Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) James Van Der Beek (rerun)
David Letterman (CBS) Sean Hayes, Brian Wilson
Jay Leno (NBC) Kobe Bryant, William H. Macy
Politically Incorrect (ABC) Joe Queenan, Tavis Smiley
Conan O'Brien (NBC) Marlon Wayans, Green Day
Craig Kilborn (CBS) Kirsten Dunst

All times Eastern unless noted.

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