Psychologist and author Susan Forward joins Lindsay Wagner for a two-hour special Friday at 9 on NBC under the title, "Best-Sellers: Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them: The Relationship."

Forward said she believes the show to be first in a series featuring authors of non-fiction bestsellers. "This was made six or seven months ago," she said. "They didn't just rush it onto the air because of the O.J. Simpson case."

Maybe, but an NBC publicist said no others are made.

In 1992, Forward was a counselor for Simpson's late wife, Nicole, who had read Forward's 1986 book, "Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them."

"The timing was pretty fortuitous," agreed Forward. "What is ...