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What to watch this week

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Thursday, December 1

U2 VERTIGO: LIVE IN CHICAGO Bono and the boys knock off the hits during their latest mega-tour in front of an arena of rabid American fans. 9 pm on MuchMoreMusic, repeated at midnight and 2 pm Friday

THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN

In New York for the Broadway opening of her production of The Color Purple, Oprah Winfrey makes her first appearance on the show since Dave’s embarrassing 95 Oscar-night “Oprah, Uma” debacle.11:35 pm on CBS/Omni 1

Friday, December 2

CREAM AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL Eric Clapton , Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce re-form their super-group for a one-off reunion gig in London last summer. Warning: interminable pledge breaks. 8 pm on PBS

Saturday, December 3

THE NEW MUSIC

Broken Social Scene Broken Social Scene

, Death from Above 1979 , Stars , Metric and the Dears travel to Japan to demonstrate why Canadian indie rock is the hottest thing on the planet. 2:30 pm on City

THE KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE

02 doc chronicles the roller-coaster career of movie producer Robert Evans (The Godfather, Chinatown) from New York haberdasher to Hollywood major player. 10 pm on Newsworld, repeated at 1 am

Sunday, December 4

FASHION CARES: BOLLYWOOD COWBOY

Decide for yourself whether last year’s AIDS Committee of Toronto gala is a salute to South Asian glamour or a tasteless appropriation of culture. Jann Arden , Feist and Erasure perform. 8 pm on City

Monday, December 5

THE DAILY SHOW/THE COLBERT REPORT

Jon Stewart Jon Stewart

welcomes former peanut-farmer and U.S. president Jimmy Carter the Daily Show spinoff does the same for acidic political commentator Maureen Dowd . 11 pm on Comedy, repeated at 12:05 am on CTV

BLACK COFFEEBLACK COFFEE

Three-part doc spills the beans about the addictive beverage’s bitter legacy of slavery, colonialism and environmental devastation as well as its current role in brewing fair trade and globalization. 7 pm on TVO, continues next Monday at 7 pm

Tuesday, December 6

2005 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS

The U.S. music biz bible honours the year’s biggest unit-shifters, including 50 Cent , Kanye West and Linkin Park . Green Day , American Idol Carrie Underwood and R. Kelly take the stage. 8 pm on Fox

Wednesday, December 7

TOMSON HIGHWAY GETS HIS TROUT

Documentary follows the celebrated Toronto-based playwright in the days leading up to the world premier of Ernestine Shuswap Gets Her Trout , produced by Kamloops, BC’s Western Canada Theatre. 7:30 pm on Bravo

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