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"Survivor All Stars" (8 p.m., WWJ-TV, Channel 62, CBS). So who's gonna be the April Fool voted off tonight? I choose diva of whining Jerri or macho mook Boston Rob. If either goes, I grin. Meanwhile, as they anticipate a tribal merge, another crazy twist in the game rattles the castaways' cage.
"Wonderfalls" (9 p.m., WJBK-TV, Channel 2, Fox). New day. The best new series you're not watching? This clever and playfully surreal tale of Niagara Falls souvenir shop clerk Jaye Tyler (Caroline Dhavernas) and her witty, whimsical encounters with talking animal figurines. Say what? It could be God. It could be she's just wacko. Pink flamingos jabber as Jaye and her witty, cockeyed odyssey move to Thursdays. Totally cool.
"Frontline: Ghosts of Rwanda" (10 p.m., WTVS-TV, Channel 56, PBS). Haunted by inhumanity. A monsterous tragedy is recounted in this chilling report on the 1994 Rwandan genocide in which Hutu extremists killed some 800,000 Tutsis during a state-sponsored massacre in the African nation. Those interviewed include survivors of the genocide and humanitarian workers who begged for more help from the outside world.
"The Office" (10 p.m., BBC America). A work of sheer comic genius. That's the astonishing British workplace mockumentary of understated satiric brilliance, returning for a full encore run starting tonight. Set in the offices of Wernham Hogg paper supply merchants near London, "The Office" revolves around appalling middle manager David Brent and his staff. Brent, played to hilariously insufferable perfection by series creator Ricky Gervais, is a self-aggrandizing corporate twit who nervously wallows in delusions of his own management grandeur. "The Office" is a funny, stunning marvel.
"Penn & Teller: Bull----!" (10 p.m., Showtime). Season premiere. Righteous indignation with a sharp, funny edge. Self-styled pit bulls for truth, maverick magicians Penn Jillette and silent pal Teller skewer the lies and hypocrisies of cultural con artists, scientific quacks and other fun folk. The animal rights extremists of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and their radical, truth-ending tactics are targeted for subversively contrarian exposure on this wicked good season opener. Sacred cows? Sorry, PETA, not on this show. Let the muckraking begin!
"The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn" (12:37 a.m., WWJ-TV, Channel 62, CBS). Smart aleck's revenge. Who said it wouldn't last? Long, tall wiseguy Craig Kilborn celebrates the fifth anniversary of "The Late Late Show" with his "Old School" costar Luke Wilson and legendary TV mogul and sometime raconteur Merv Griffin. Hey, Merv invented "Jeopardy" and "Wheel of Fortune." He can be a raconteur if he wants to! |
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