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Thursday, March 31
WORLD’S STRONGEST BOY Freak of the week. Following in Ahnold’s footsteps, 11-year-old Ukrainian body-builder Richard Sandrak sets his sights on Hollywood. 8 pm on TLC, repeated at 11 pm
THE WAVE THAT SHOOK THE WORLD Could an effective warning system have prevented last December’s tsunami disaster in the Indian Ocean? Followed at 1 am by Krakatoa , a CGI recreation of the volcanic eruption that destroyed a South Pacific island in 1883 and caused a similar catastrophic tidal wave. Midnight on PBS
Friday, April 1
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT The U.S. net hasn’t committed to a third season of the critically acclaimed but viewer-challenged serial sitcom, and dumping two back-to-back episodes on an off night doesn’t look good. Catch it while you can. 9 and 9:30 pm on Fox/Global
VIRGIN REPORT (1971, D: Jesus Franco, w/ Hans Hass Jr. and Diane Winter) Titillating sexploitation pseudo-doc from the maker of Vampyros Lesbos examines bizarre mating rituals to a wigged-out soundtrack. 1:20 am on Showcase
Saturday, April 2
DAVE CHAPPELLE: KILLIN’ THEM SOFTLY Filmed in 2000, this HBO special finds the acerbic comic riffing on Pepé Le Pew , rich crack addicts and white gangbangers. 10 pm on Comedy, repeated at 3 am
Sunday, April 3
2005 JUNO AWARDS Annual Canadian music biz bun-toss hosted by Corner Gas’s Brent Butt live from Winnipeg. Presenters include Jann Arden , Buck 65 , Buffy Sainte-Marie and Sarah Harmer, who inducts the Tragically Hip into the Hall of Fame. Billy Talent , Feist , k.d lang and Neil Young perform. 8:30 pm on CTV, repeated at midnight
CROSSING JORDAN Sandra Bernhard returns to the medical crime series as no-nonsense Boston detective Roz Framus. 10 pm on NBC/Global
Monday, April 4
CORONATION STREET In the first of three hour-long episodes scheduled this week, Todd finally tells pregnant Sarah he’s gay on the eve of their wedding. Next big scandal to rock the street: teenage Katy Harris murders her mechanic father Tommy – by mistake! – but it’s her 40-year old boyfriend Martin the nurse who gets fingered. 7 pm through Wednesday on CBC
Tuesday, April 5
POPCULTURED WITH ELVIRA KURT The sharp-tongued local comic launches a topical Daily Show-style lampoon of celebrity headlines. 10 pm on Comedy, continues Monday to Thursday
WITHOUT GOD WITHOUT GOD
Writer, broadcaster and well-known atheist Dr. Robert Buckman questions the roots of spiritual belief. 10 pm on Newsworld, repeated at 1 and 4 am
Wednesday, April 6
CRUMB (1994, D: Terry Zwigoff) Disturbing profile of sexually obsessed 60s cartoon artist R. Crumb by the director of Ghost World and Bad Santa. 1:30 am on TVO