Tue Nov 8 22:02:13 PST 1994
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Channel Surfing: Wednesday, Nov. 9

Celebs have it out on the ice -- and on "Jeopardy"

By Joyce Millman
Of the Free Press staff

So you thought you'd seen the last of whiny Olympic silver medallist Nancy Kerrigan and her weepy Ukrainian nemesis, Oksana Baiul? Ha! They face off again in the made-for-TV figure-skating competition Ice Wars: the U.S.A. vs. the World (7 p.m., channel 5), which pits Kerrigan, Kristi Yamaguchi, Brian Boitano and Paul Wylie against an international squad composed of Baiul (here's hoping she's retired that moth-eaten swan costume), Katarina Witt, Kurt Browning and Viktor Petrenko. What, no Tonya? "Ice Wars" must not have been sanctioned by the Worldwide Wrestling Federation.

Hey, forget "Ice Wars"; tonight's real competition takes place on Jeopardy! (7 p.m., channel 7), where Norman Schwarzkopf, Tony "Felix Unger" Randall and "Hart to Hart" star Stefanie Powers do battle in the annual celebrity tournament. Please, no wagering.

Dylan is in a coma on Beverly Hills 90210 (8 p.m., channel 2).

The new TV movie A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Grimacing Governor (8 p.m., channel 4), stars Hal Holbrook as Perry's pal, defense attorney "Wild Bill" McKenzie, who's probing a politician's murder. Isn't it about time NBC admitted that Mason isn't going to return from "vacation"?

Leslie Nielsen hosts the special The World's Funniest Commercials (9 p.m., channel 7).

Barbara Walters (10 p.m., channel 7) interviews Brett Butler, Kelsey Grammer and Heather Locklear in a new special.

On the talk shows: Sting and and actor Chazz Palminteri guest on Late Show with David Letterman (11 p.m., channel 5); William Shatner appears on The Jon Stewart Show (11:30 p.m., channel 44); The Tonight Show (11:35 p.m., channel 4) features John Larroquette.


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