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Victoria Ahearn

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Here's what's happening today on the small screen:

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Cyndi Lauper performs on stage at the Avo Session in Basel, Switzerland, last month. The 1980s pop icon appears on tonight’s episode of ‘Gossip Girl.’

* The November "sweeps" ratings period heats up this week as networks pull out splashy storylines and celebrity guest spots to draw in more viewers. Christina Applegate's comedy series Samantha Who? has a cameo by one of the Olsen twins - Mary-Kate - who plays a troubled young woman Sam meets during her community service. (A, ABC)

* Lucy Lawless, who played a sexy warlord on TV's Xena: Warrior Princess, guests on CSI: Miami. (CTV)

* Gossip Girl has an appearance by 1980s pop icon Cyndi Lauper. (CW)

* And on Heroes, Eric Roberts is back to reprise his role of Thompson, one of the leaders of The Company. (NBC, Global)

* Hank, the playboy of Californication, has his sights set on yet another love interest: his daughter's English teacher, who is also the mother of his daughter's boyfriend. (The Movie Network, Movie Central)

* Ahead of the 60th birthday of Prince Charles this Friday comes a documentary on his sons on The Passionate Eye. Prince William & Harry - the Future delves into the privileged world of the royal brothers as well as their elite circle of friends and girlfriends. (CBC Newsworld)

* Tomorrow is Remembrance Day and History Television is marking the occasion with a week of related programming. It all starts with tonight's documentary Passchendaele: The Underground War, about the excavation of a military dugout in Belgium. (History Television)

Victoria Ahearn is a syndicated columnist.