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What to watch this week

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Thursday, July 22

HELL’S ANGELS ’69 (1969, dir Lee Madden, w/ Sonny Barger, Tom Stern) Low-budget Easy Rider rip finds the real motorcycle gang playing outlaw bikers staging a Vegas heist. 3 pm on Speed

LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN Matt Damon plugs the Bourne Supremacy and the Hives unveil their new Colonel Sanders look while performing their latest hit, Walk Idiot Walk. 11:35 pm on CBS/Omni1

Friday, July 23

ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS (1955, Douglas Sirk, w/ Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead) Respectable housewife has fling with hunky handyman. Remade by Fassbinder as Fear Eats The Soul and by Todd Haynes as Far From Heaven. Midnight on CBC

SOUNDSTAGE SOUNDSTAGE

A repeat of a 2002 concert by Elvis’s and Priscilla’s little girl, Lisa Marie, here showcasing her surprisingly solid debut CD, To Whom It May Concern. 1 am on PBS

Saturday, July 24

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE America’s sweethearts Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen host the season finale minutes before being rushed into rehab on this rebroadcast May 2004 episode. 11:30 pm on NBC/Global

Sunday, July 25

TOUR DE FRANCE The final day of spectacularly shot high-def coverage. Will Lance Armstrong make it number six, or has main squeeze Sheryl Crow sapped his strength? 9 am on OLN, repeated at 7 pm Monday, July 26

DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION Nightly three-hour coverage of the Kennedy, er, Kerry coronation begins. Musical guest: Bill Clinton. 8 pm on PBS, repeated at 2:30 am

PECKER (1998, dir John Waters, w/ Edward Furlong, Christina Ricci, Patricia Hearst and Waters’s voice as uncredited Pervert on Phone) Amateur photographer becomes art world sensation. After mainstream success with Serial Mom and Hairspray, the Pope of Puke returns to familiar territory. Watch for the tea-bagging scene. 11:05 pm on Showcase

Tuesday, July 27

SARAH HARMER LIVE AT THE REHEARSAL HALL The Kingston thrush and combo offer numbers from her recent All Of Our Names in front of an intimate studio audience. 7:30 pm on Bravo

Wednesday, July 28

CANADIAN EXPERIENCE: EXPO 67 Doc examines why the futuristic world fair continues to resonate with aging boomers. Hmm… maybe because they were 16 years old at the time? 8 pm on Newsworld, repeated at midnight

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