SMALL SCREEN.Byline: - Compiled by Valerie Kuklenski STILL AMAZING: The starting gun goes off tonight on ``The Amazing Race 3,'' which has 12 two-person teams on a mad 30-day dash around the globe with beaucoup beau·coup also boo·coo or boo·koo Chiefly Southern U.S. adj. Many; much: beaucoup money. n. pl. challenges along the way. The teams include the usual pairs of friends, lovers, marrieds and siblings, a couple of self-proclaimed soccer moms and identical twin brothers. May the best - fastest, wiliest, most geography proficient - team win. AMAZING RACE 3, 9 tonight, CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. , Channel 2. 'WING' ROCKING: Singer/songwriter Aimee Mann and Canadian rock band Barenaked Ladies Barenaked Ladies (often abbreviated BNL or occasionally BnL) is a Canadian alternative rock band currently composed of Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Steven Page, Ed Robertson, Tyler Stewart, and formerly Andy Creeggan. will get the joint jumping on tonight's episode of ``The West Wing.'' The installment, titled ``College Kids,'' takes place in part at a Rock the Vote event recognizing celebrities who have worked to inspire young voters to turn out at the polls. The story line was a win-win for ``West Wing'' creator Aaron Sorkin and Jehmu Greene, head of Rock the Vote. Both expressed hope of working together in the future. Rock the Vote representatives are so happy about the exposure that there will be a Rock the Vote fund-raiser and ``West Wing'' screening party, with some cast members on hand, at the home of producer Lawrence Bender. THE WEST WING, 9 tonight, NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. , Channel 4. SELZNICK SALUTE: David O. Selznick, one of old Hollywood's most powerful, most prolific and most micro-managing production executives, is the subject of a monthlong tribute on Turner Classic Movies. The screening series, set for every Monday and Wednesday through October, begins tonight with Katharine Hepburn's movie debut, the 1932 drama ``A Bill of Divorcement A Bill of Divorcement is a British play written by Clemence Dane that debuted in 1921 in London. Dane wrote it as a reaction to a law passed in Britain in the early 1920s that allowed insanity as grounds for a woman divorcing her husband. .'' John Barrymore stars as a father just released from a mental institution who returns to his wife (Billie Burke) and daughter. On Oct. 23, TCM (1) (Trellis-Coded Modulation/Viterbi Decoding) A technique that adds forward error correction to a modulation scheme by adding an additional bit to each baud. TCM is used with QAM modulation, for example. will run Selznick's best-known production, ``Gone With the Wind,'' which enjoyed box-office success and a significant place in film history despite his constant meddling med·dle intr.v. med·dled, med·dling, med·dles 1. To intrude into other people's affairs or business; interfere. See Synonyms at interfere. 2. To handle something idly or ignorantly; tamper. that resulted in a script by committee (15 writers) and three directors. A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT, 11 tonight, TCM. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) HEPBURN (2) DEREK AND DREW RIKER: Going for $1 million |
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