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What to watch this week

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Thursday, April 22

THE GREAT WARMING: THE HUMAN FINGERPRINT Hosted by Alanis Morissette and Keanu Reeves , this Earth Day episode is the first of a three-part documentary series examining climate change from the badlands of Alberta to the foothills of the Peruvian Andes. 8 pm on Discovery, repeats Friday 1 am, 5 am, 11 am and Sunday 3 pm. Part 2: The Age Of Uncertainty airs April 30, 8 pm Part 3: Our Children’s Planet airs May 7, 8 pm.

MAD MAD HOUSE Ten supposedly ordinary people battle for $100,000 by sharing a Big Brother house Survivor-style with a vampire, a voodoo priestess and Avocado , a clothing-optional raw chef who, coincidentally, performs with his band the Healing Waters at this Tuesday night (April 27) the 360 (326 Queen West, at Spadina, 416-593-0840). 9 pm on Space

THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO Political humourist Bill Maher joins offbeat 20-odd-member chorale the Polyphonic Spree , who perform their Volkswagen/iPod hit Light & Day. 10 pm on Star

Friday, April 23

ELLEN DeGENERES Saturday Night Live anchor Tina Fey and aging Anthony Newley impersonator David Bowie guest. 10 am on CBS/Toronto 1

KYLIE LIVE IN SYDNEY The antipodal thrush is caught in performance on the last night of her 2000 tour. Although most of the tunes are from her Light Years release, Minogue debuts a catchy new number called Can’t Get You Out Of My Head. 3 pm on MuchMoreMusic

AUSTIN CITY LIMITS This 2002 set features former Talking Head David Byrne in concert during his Look Into The Eyeball tour. 11:30 pm on PBS

LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN Courtney Love ‘s very public meltdown continues in this recent repeat. Watch the Widow Cobain attempt to be outrageous by flashing her tits at the gap-toothed host. 11:35 on CBS

Saturday, April 24

ALMOST FAMOUS (2000, dir: Cameron Crowe, with Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand and Kate Hudson) Crowe’s semi-autobiographical account of his days as a teenage cub reporter for Rolling Stone magazine in the 70s. Bonus: Philip Seymour Hoffman as Lester Bangs. 8 pm on ABC

Sunday, April 25

QUEER EYE FOR THE STRAIGHT GUY New time slot for the Fab 5 right after Trading Spaces, Clean Sweep and Date Patrol. 4 pm on Bravo

NANA (1926, dir: Jean Renoir, with Catherine Hessling and Jean Angélo) Slow-moving but ultimately rewarding rags to riches and – back again – morality tale set against the second Napoleonic empire. From the Emile Zola novel. Silent. 9 pm TFO

AMANDLA: A REVOLUTION IN 4-PART HARMONY (2002, dir: Lee Hirsch) This Sundance-winning doc examines the role music played in the overthrowing of apartheid in South Africa from the 1950s to Nelson Mandela’s triumph in 1990. 10 pm on Newsworld

Monday, April 26

GZOWSKI AND CO. Restaurateurs, set your VCRs. Ever wonder what the Globe’s Joanne Kates looks like? This 1985 episode sees the gnarly talk show host accompany the restaurant critic to one of Toronto’s trendy restaurants as she conducts one of her notorious reviews. Will they hang up her damned coat? 8 am on Bravo

Tuesday, April 27

ABBA: THE MOVIE (1977, dir: Lasse Hallström, with ABBA as themselves) The Swedish pop stars conquer Australia in this lightweight on-the-road concert flick. Hallström’s (My Life As A Dog, The Cider House Rules, Chocolat) first film. Bravo at 9 pm

IRISH MUSIC AND AMERICA Emmylou Harris narrates this 1999 Emmy Award-winning doc that traces the effect migration to North America had on Irish music on both sides of the ocean. With performances and commentary from U2’s Bono , Elvis Costello , Richard Thompson and Brothers Everly and Clancy . 1 am Bravo

Wednesday, April 28

BARRETT-JACKSON AUCTION Rich middle-aged men with too much money on their hands try to recapture their youth by bidding on classic European sports cars. 8 pm on Speed

ALPHAVILLE (1965, dir: Jean-Luc Godard, with Eddie Constantine and Anna Karina) Part film noir homage, part sci-fi comic, Godard’s most accessible film stars Constantine as private eye Lemmy Caution, an alien lost in future technology who travels through space in a 63 Valiant. En français. 9 pm on TFO, repeated Thursday at 12:30 am.

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