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Movies & TV

What to watch this week

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Thursday, August 19

THE L WORD As accurately as Trading Spaces or Queer As Folk, this racy Showtime soap brings glamorous urban dykes to prime time. With Flashdance’s Jennifer Beals and Tarantino muse Pam Grier . 10 pm on CHCH weeknights through Friday (August 27)

Friday, August 20

AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL Who will Miss Tyra (love your debut CD, Shake Ya Body, girl!) anoint in the series finale as this season’s it girl: insecure former fatty Yoanna or geeky tomboy-turned-glamazon Shandi ? 3 pm on Life, repeated at 9 pm and 2 am

Saturday, August 21

BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER (1999, dir Jamie Babbit, w/ Natasha Lyonne, RuPaul, Bud Cort and Mink Stole) Bible-thumping parents send their teenage tomboy to heterosexual conversion camp in this John Waters-style gender-role reversal romp. Soundtrack by the Contortions’ Pat Irwin . 10 pm on Showcase, repeated at 1 am

Sunday, August 22

THE ACTOR’S STUDIO: BARBARA STREISAND Babs reflects on her stage and screen career in front of a fawning Noo Yawk audience for two hours. Ten bucks says she bashes Bush in the first 10 minutes. 5 pm on Bravo

Monday, August 23

CLIPTRIP Legendary Japanese trio Shonen Knife host an hour of offbeat videos chosen by the riot grrls themselves. 12:30 pm on MuchMoreMusic, repeated at 2 am

Tuesday, August 24

TRADING SPOUSES Two very different families – one rich and privileged, the other poor and working-class – swap moms for a week with a film crew in tow. The twist? At the end of their stay, the until then unknowing matriachs decide how the 50 grand both families get for appearing on the show will be spent. 8 pm on Global/Fox

THE LAST POETS The largely forgotten but revolutionary late-60s political rappers get their deserved time in the spotlight in this hour-long doc. With Public Enemy’s Chuck D , Isaac Hayes , KRS-One and Gil Scott-Heron . 3 am on Bravo

Wednesday, August 25

McENROE Be one of the few (last Nielsen rating: 0.0) to catch this train wreck of a talk show starring the annoying former tennis champ before the network pulls the plug. CNBC at 10 pm, repeated at 1 am

FAMILY GUY After its unexpected success on DVD and late nights on ‘Toon, Fox revives the hip observational cartoon series it’s already cancelled twice, airing four back-to-back episodes. 8 pm on Fox

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