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Thursday, September 30
U.S. PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE Tonight’s topic: domestic policy or the lack thereof. Is it just me or does John Kerry sound exactly like 60s TV star and talking horse Mister Ed? Need proof? You’ll need rabbit ears, but Buffalo’s WNLO schedules that silly sitcom starring Toronto-born Alan Young Saturdays at 1:30 pm. 9 pm on NBC/ABC/PBS/Fox/CNN/Newsworld
Friday, October 1
GODS AND MONSTERS (1998, dir Bill Condon, w/ Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser and Lynne Redgrave) Fictionalized account of the last days of openly gay film director James Whale (Frankenstein, Bride Of Frankenstein) in 1950s Hollywood. 11:30 pm on CBC MR. SHOW WITH BOB AND DAVID A ratings bomb when it first broadcast on HBO in the mid-90s, this ensemble sketch review starring Bob Odenkirk (Crank Yankers) and David Cross (Arrested Development) has been called the American Monty Python. 2:15 am and 4:20 am on TBS
Saturday, October 2
SAMMY DAVIS JR: SINGING AT HIS BEST A career compilation of the Rat Packer’s greatest moments, from his debut at age three singing You Rascal You in 1933’s Rufus Jones For President to a closing glass-eyed Vegas version of his signature I Gotta Be Me. 9 pm on Bravo
Sunday, October 3
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES The launch of the much ballyhooed drama series finds a group of successful women reeling from the unexpected suicide of their best gal pal. From the creators of The Golden Girls and starring Knott’s Landing temptress Nicolette Sheridan , Lois & Clarke’s Teri Hatcher and Everwood’s Marcia Cross , whose character the producers describe as Martha Stewart on steroids. 7 pm on CTV, repeated at 9 pm on ABC
Monday, October 4
NICO AND DANI (2000 dir Cesc Gay w/ Fernando Ramallo and Jordi Vilches) Two teenage boys try to lose their virginity over a summer vacation, one to a pretty girl he meets on the beach, the other to his unknowing best friend. Original Spanish title: Krampack, slang for mutual masturbation. 12:05 am on Showcase
Tuesday, October 5
CORNER GAS Brent Butt ‘s hit Saskatchewan-set sitcom returns for a second season. 8 pm on CTV U.S. VICE-PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE Curious George’s organ grinder, Dick Cheney, takes on the Massachussetts senator’s motivational speaker, John Edwards, in their only mano-a-mano smackdown. 9 pm on NBC/ABC/PBS/Fox/CNN/Newsworld, repeated at 1 am Newsworld
Wednesday, October 6
ANGRY GIRLS Documentarian Shelley Saywell explores the increase of violence among young girls and the growth of anger management programs to handle it. 10 pm on TVO THE LATE LATE SHOW Montreal heart-throb Sam Roberts makes his U.S. network debut. 12:35 am on CBS/CHCH
