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Thursday, February 10
2005 BRIT AWARDS UK music awards featuring five-time nominees Franz Ferdinand as well as the Streets , Green Day , Gwen Stefani , Scissor Sisters and Snow Patrol . 8 pm on CBC
CHISHOLM 72: UNBOUGHT AND UNBOSSED Documentary trails Shirley Chisholm , the first black woman elected to the U.S. Congress, as she runs for president in 1972. Richard Nixon won. 9:30 pm on PBS, repeated at 4 am
Friday, February 11
PUPPETS WHO KILL Cuddles, Buttons, Bill and Rocko return for a third season of mischief, murder and marionation. 10 pm on Comedy, repeated at 1:30 am
BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS (1970, dir Russ Meyer , w/ Dolly Read , Cynthia Myers and Marcia McBroom ) The nudie auteur’s big studio debut, scripted by Roger Ebert , follows big-busted all-girl combo the Carrie Nations’ rise to fame. 12:45 am on Bravo
BOB MARLEY: REBEL MUSIC Fire up the bong for insight into the music, politics and the spiritual inspiration of the world’s greatest reggae superstar. 3 am on PBS
Saturday, February 12
THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER Two teams of testosterone-fuelled knuckleheads beat the living daylights out of each other until only one remains conscious – well, standing. 7 pm on Spike, repeated Sunday at 5 pm, Monday at 11 pm and Friday at midnight
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
SNL has a Canadian connection. Musical guest Kelly Clarkson ‘s (American Idol) new disc, Breakaway, was produced by Chantal Kreviazuk and Raine Maida. Arrested Development’s Jason Bateman hosts.
11:30 pm on NBC/Global
Sunday, February 13
CARRY ON TEACHER Attention, Morrissey fans! Showcase brings back its weekly screenings of the Moz-loved 1959 Brit series of sexually repressed slapstick comedies. 2 pm on Showcase
47th GRAMMY AWARDS Newlywed nominees Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony perform, along with fellow nods Green Day , Alicia Keys and U2 . Bonnie Raitt and Billy Preston pay tribute to Ray Charles. 8 pm on CBS/Global
Monday, February 14
KINSEY Documentary assesses the Indiana University biology professor and original sexpert’s achievements while examining how his personal life shaped his career. 9 pm on PBS, repeated at 3:30 am
SEX, TRUTH AND VIDEOTAPE Six-part series examines the role of media in shaping women’s attitudes toward sex. Tonight, comics Mary Walsh and Sandra Shamas discuss how the limelight has effected their sex lives. 10 pm on Newsworld, repeated at 1 am and 4 am (continues following Mondays)
Tuesday, February 15
THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART Former Rutle and Monty Python mainstay Eric Idle talks about his upcoming Broadway musical adaption of The Holy Grail, Spamalot. 11 pm on Comedy, repeated at 12:05 am on CTV and 3 am on Comedy
LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O’BRIEN LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O’BRIEN
Offbeat actor Alan Cumming , Gwen Stefani squeeze Gavin Rossdale and They Might Be Giants appear.
12:35 am on NBC/CKVR, repeated Wednesday at 10 am on Star and 7 pm on CNBC
Wednesday, February 16
DESIGNED TO SELL Ostensibly a British home make-over show, this is really a fascinating anthropological critique of semi-detached suburbia. 8 pm on HGTV, repeated at 11 pm and Sunday at 7 pm
SLAVERY AND THE MAKING OF AMERICA Black History Month documentary continues with Seeds Of Destruction/ The Challenge Of Freedom. After 1800, the rift widens between the North – which largely outlawed slavery but continued to reap the economic benefits – and the South, now home to millions of slaves.
9 pm on PBS, repeated at 3:30 am (continues next Wednesday)
