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Thursday, December 30
RAY CHARLES AND HIS TRIO, 40 YEARS AFTER: CONCERT AT OLYMPI Four decades after the legendary jazz great debuted at its famed concert hall, Charles returns to Paris for a historic performance recorded in 2000. 4 pm on TV5
Friday, December 31
NEW YEAR’S EVE Start early when a 13-hour marathon of What Not To Wear offers fashion advice for those going out on the town (from 2 pm on TLC), and join Dr. Phil as he gets his studio audience drunk (5 pm on CTV). After a couple of drinks, you won’t want to miss the girl-on-girl action between Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon in Bound from The Matrix’s Wachowskis (12:15 am on City), followed by nudie king Russ Meyer ‘s over-the-top Vixen! (3:15 am on Bravo). Hiphop heads and stoners can recite their favourite lines along with scenery-chewing Al Pacino in Scarface (midnight on Bravo). Count down the minutes to midnight with New Year’s Eve With Carson Daly (10 pm on NBC) with guests Conan O’Brien , Donald Trump and Duran Duran, and there’s always Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2005 (10 pm on ABC) with septuagenarian substitute host Regis Philbin and musical acts Ashlee Simpson , Billy Idol and Earth, Wind and Fire . You probably want to go local, but City’s 20th Annual New Year’s Eve Bash (11 pm), live from Nathan Phillips Square, featuring Gord Martineau , crooner Matt Dusk and paleontological pop stars Glass Tiger , is only for the teetotalers and the desperate.
Saturday, January 1
RAMSAY’S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES You can go b0th ways: four back-to-back episodes of the culinary curmudgeon’s hit Brit restaurant make-over program or football just about everywhere else. 9 pm on Food
Sunday, January 2
DYNASTY: THE MAKING OF A GUILTY PLEASURE TV flick examines how the glitzy 80s prime-time soap reflected the ersatz glamour of the Reagan era and introduced viewers to shoulder pads and muddy cat fights. 9 pm on ABC/City
Monday, January 3
WHO’S YOUR DADDY Former All My Children star Finola Hughes hosts this already controversial game show – the 90-minute debut attempts to reunite an adopted woman with her birth father. 8 pm on Fox
Tuesday, January 4
ORGAZMO (1997, dir Trey Parker, w/ Parker, Dian Bachar and Ron Jeremy) Pre-South Park, Parker portrays an innocent Mormon who unwittingly becomes a porn star. Midnight on Showcase
Wednesday, January 5
MOSES TV The indie station salutes its creator, Moses Znaimer, the broadcasting genius responsible for the 20 Minute Workout, Ziggy Lorenc’s Life On Venus Avenue and Boogie Junior, starring 12-year-old Mike Myers. With tributes from Maestro Fresh Wes , Garth Drabinsky and CBC programming honcho Slawko Klymkiw . 8 pm on City
