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Thursday, June 17
2004 MTV MOVIE AWARDS Tune in at just past the one-hour mark when sultry Karen O and the brilliant Yeah Yeah Yeahs deliver a heart-stopping performance of her ballad Maps in a shower of rose petals. 8 pm on Much, repeated at midnight
OPEN SECRETS Combining archival footage and interviews with gay veterans, this doc examines how the Canadian military clamped down on homosexual conduct within its ranks during wartime. 10 pm on Vision
THE GAVIN CRAWFORD SHOW Local comic’s 2002 cable series gets even funnier with repeated viewing. 11:30 pm on Comedy, repeated at 3:30 am
DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART Very gay BBC talk show host Graham Norton makes a rare North American TV appearance. 11 pm on Comedy, 12:05 am on CTV, repeated Friday 9 am and 2 pm on Comedy
Friday, June 18
DOGMA (1999, dir Kevin Smith, w/ Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Chris Rock) Heavenly prophets Jay and Silent Bob bring the gospel to New Jersey. With Alanis Morissette as God. 11:30 pm on CBC
LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN
Fahrenheit 911 director Michael Moore joins comic Margaret Cho on the couch. 11:35 pm CBS/Omni 1
Saturday, June 19
WALKER TEXAS RANGER Why is Conan O’Brien obsessed with this lame action series starring tough guy Chuck Norris? He blows up real good. And often! Midnight on CKVR
BASQUIAT BASQUIAT
(1999, dir Julian Schnabel, w/ Jeffrey Wright, Christopher Walken, Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, Courtney Love, Tatum O’Neal and Willem Dafoe) Artist Schnabel’s directorial debut depicts Basquiat’s meteoric rise and demise in the cutthroat New York art world of the 80s. That’s David Bowie under the wig as Andy Warhol. Music by the Velvet’s John Cale . Midnight on Citytv
Sunday, June 20
I WAS A SLAVE LABOURER Rudy Kennedy documents the campaign to force German government and industry to acknowledge the slave labour used by companies like I.G. Farben and Volkswagen during the second world war and provide compensation for some 10 million people. Midnight on TVO
Monday, June 21
COLDPLAY LIVE IN SYDNEY 2003 Saving taxpayers’ money, the national net broadcasts a $29.95 concert DVD interrupted by commercials for its own programming. 9 pm on CBC
Tuesday, June 22
LIFE & TIMES: GLENN GOULD Series examines the career and mystique of the eccentric Toronto pianist. 4 pm on Bravo
TIPPING THE VELVET (2002, dir Geoffey Sax, w/ Rachael Stirling, Keeley Hawes, Johnny Vegas and Alexei Sayle) A made-for-TV adaptation of Sarah Waters’s hot period potboiler about lesbians in Victorian England. Parts 1 and 2 at 10 pm, Part 3 at 1 am, on Showcase
Wednesday, June 23
SHOW ME LOVE (1998, dir: Lucas Moodysson, w/ Alexandra Dahlström and Rebecka Liljeberg) Also known as Fucking Amål after the dead-end town where the pic takes place, this Swedish flick follows two bored teenage girls who form an unusual bond. 11 pm on Showcase
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW
(1964, dir Pier Paolo Pasolini, w/ Enrique Irazoqui and Margherita Caruso) Queer, Catholic, Marxist director interprets the messiah as a 60s political activist, to the music of Bach, Mozart and Billie Holiday. 1 am on Bravo