SMALL SCREEN.Byline: - Compiled by Valerie Kuklenski REMOTE POSSIBILITIES: So many programs, so little time. If you don't have TiVo or a battery of VCRs, good luck tonight. On CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. , ``Survivor: Marquesas'' announces its winner in a two-hour episode, followed by the usual live (from Central Park) ``reunion.'' At the same time, NBC's ``The Cosby Show: A Look Back'' celebrates the beloved '80s sitcom and ``The Practice'' serves up its season closer on ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. with another murder trial that hits too close to home for its characters. And, once and for all, Fox's ``The X-Files'' tries to tie up its nine-year tangle of paranoid paranormal paranormal, adj 1. outside the realm of normal experience or scientific explanation. n 2. collective term for anomalous phenomena. story lines in a two-hour series finale. SURVIVOR: MARQUESAS, 8 p.m., CBS (Channel 2); THE COSBY SHOW: A LOOK BACK, 9 p.m., 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); THE PRACTICE, 9 p.m., ABC (Channel 7); THE X-FILES, 8 p.m., Fox (Channel 11). DEAD ON: When celebrities die, TV networks put together video biographies summarizing what made them important and why they'll be missed. But what about ordinary people? Why shouldn't they get the same treatment, screened at their memorial services if not on the evening news? Only in Hollywood would that happen. More accurately, only in Hollywood Forever Cemetery Hollywood Forever Cemetery is located at 6000 Santa Monica Boulevard in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California. It is adjacent to the north wall, or back, of Paramount Studios, who, with RKO Studios, bought 40 acres by 1920. , where Cecil B. DeMille Noun 1. Cecil B. DeMille - United States film maker remembered for his extravagant and spectacular epic productions (1881-1959) Cecil Blount DeMille, DeMille , Rudolph Valentino, Tyrone Power and Eleanor Powell own real estate. The former Hollywood Memorial Park, directly north of Paramount Studios, fell on hard times in the '90s and was on the verge On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning) is a play written by Eric Overmyer. It makes extensive use of esoteric language and pop culture references from the late nineteenth century to 1955. of financial and physical ruin until a young Midwestern cemeterian named Tyler Cassity bought it and brought it back to life, in a manner of speaking, with his entrepreneurial skills and modern take on the oldest inevitability. Sheri Springer Berman captures its past, present and a peek into its future in her documentary, ``The Young and the Dead,'' premiering tonight as part of HBO's ``America Undercover'' series. THE YOUNG AND THE DEAD, 10 tonight, HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy . 'FRIENDS' FIGURES: Who wants to give Rachel a ring? Joey? Ross? Neither one? Who cares? Rachel has her new daughter, Emma, and NBC has its ratings. The season finale of ``Friends'' Thursday night, when Jennifer Aniston delivered the baby and there was some big-time confusion over the intent behind a diamond ring, attracted 34.9 million viewers, second in the sitcom's history to a special episode aired after the 1996 Super Bowl. Nielsen estimates indicated that 44 percent of all adults 18-49 who were watching TV that night were watching ``Friends.'' CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) no caption (scene from ``The Cosby Show'') (2) TYLER CASSITY |
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