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A Hendrix experience

The Biography Channel turns its eye on '60s rock icon Jimi Hendrix for an evening sure to bring some hazy memories back into focus.

"Biography: Jimi Hendrix," airing at 9 tonight on the cable channel, highlights one of the world's best guitarists during his short, brilliant career.

Mr. Hendrix doubted his own talents and was shy at times, yet he would come to embody the hedonistic excesses of the era. The Seattle-born guitar slinger, who once opened for the Monkees to near universal boos, died at 27 from an accidental overdose in 1970.

Tonight's special features interviews with guitarist Pernell Alexander, a childhood friend of Mr. Hendrix; musicians Juma Sultan and Eric Burdon; and the late Noel Redding, a bassist with Mr. Hendrix's band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

New 'Wing' takes flight

TV veteran John Wells ("ER") insists it isn't time for a regime change in NBC's Wednesday 9 p.m. time slot.

For the past six years, "The West Wing" has ruled that roost, garnering Emmys and critical kisses along the way.

Now, as the show enters its seventh season amid declining ratings, Mr. Wells promises this year on NBC won't be its last.