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Thursday, November 10
THE COLBERT REPORT CTV was quick to grab the U.S. Comedy Central import featuring irreverent Daily Show reporter (and Amy Sedaris collaborator) Stephen Colbert , who now follows Jon Stewart nightly. Spoofing right-wing news pundits, tonight’s edition welcomes ABC news analyst Cokie Roberts . Monday to Thursday at 11:30 pm on Comedy, repeated at 12:35 pm on CTV
Friday, November 11
WHO THE FUCK IS PETE DOHERTY? Kate Moss ‘s junkie pop star boyfriend, that’s fuckin’ who. Here, a film crew trails the ex-Libertine on his 04 Babyshambles tour of the UK in the days before the unapologetic crackhead became the whipping boy of Fleet Street. 6 pm on MuchMoreMusic
AUSTIN CITY LIMITS AUSTIN CITY LIMITS
Former Las Vegas waiter Brandon Flowers and the Killers roll out their assembly line of Hot Fuss hits one more time. Austin’s own Spoon share the bill. Midnight on PBS
Saturday, November 12
TRACEY ULLMAN IN THE TRAILER TALES This spinoff special of the Brit comic’s Tracey Takes On series finds Ullman as retired makeup artist Ruby Romaine reflecting on her long show business career. Cameos by Debbie Reynolds , Jane Kaczmarek , Rose Marie (!) and Cheech Marin as themselves. 10 pm on Comedy, repeated at 2 am
SUSHI TV SUSHI TV
Wacky UK 10-parter looks at the crazy world of extreme Japanese game shows. 11 pm on Comedy, repeated at 3 am
Sunday, November 13
OPENING SOON Join raw restaurateur Jennifer Italiano as she prepares to launch Live Organic Food Bar while being stalked by a local TV production company. 1:30 pm on Food
HOW WILLIAM SHATNER SAVED THE WORLD HOW WILLIAM SHATNER SAVED THE WORLD
Trekkies, your devotion is not in vain. Find out how the sci-fi antics of Captain Kirk and company inspired the technology of today, from communicator-style cellphones to 3-D medical imaging and spacecraft propulsion. 8 pm on Discovery
Monday, November 14
LAS VEGAS: AN UNCONVENTIONAL HISTORY First of a two-part American Experience, tonight’s episode – produced to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of Las Vegas – documents its growth from remote frontier backwater to gangster-run gambling mecca and America’s fastest growing metropolis. 9 pm on PBS, continues Tuesday at 9 pm.
Tuesday, November 15
BANGKOK GIRL A portrayal of Thailand’s sex trade as seen through the eyes of a 19-year-old girl who, though she’s worked in bars since the age of 13, has so far avoided selling her body for sex to foreign tourists. Newsworld at 10 pm, repeated at 1 am and 4 am
Wednesday, November 16
RUSSIAN ARK (2002, D: Aleksandr Sokurov, w/ Sergei Dontsov and Mariya Kuznetsova) Shot in digital high-def in one continuous take in St. Petersburg’s Hermitage Museum, this astonishingly beautiful and often baffling film compresses 400 years of Russian history into one seamless tableau. 11:25 pm on CBC
