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

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British actor Sacha Baron Cohen dressed in a bull costume arrives for the Spanish premiere of the film ‘Bruno,’ outside the bullring of Las Ventas in Madrid.

Saturday

* On Da Ali G Show, flamboyant fashionista Bruno - who is the subject of Sacha Baron Cohen's upcoming comedy film - has a hilarious chat with a Miami club owner about the time Matt Damon partied at the venue. The two also discuss the influence of clubbing on world politics. "Let me ask you a question," says Bruno. "The rise of club music, the fall of Apartheid - a coincidence or not?" The bold Austrian character later tries his hand at bouncing at a South Beach hot spot. (HBO Canada)

* John Cusack is featured in a double bill of his romantic comedies, starting with Serendipity followed by Must Love Dogs. (W Network) Not feeling the Cusack crush? The Batman marathon might appeal instead. It begins with the 1989 instalment in the super-hero franchise, starring Jack Nicholson as the Joker, Michael Keaton as the Dark Knight and Kim Basinger as Vicki Vale. Batman Returns from 1992 follows, with Keaton donning the black cape again. This time his character is battling the wicked Penguin (Danny DeVito) and the feline temptress, Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer). (Space)

Sunday

* In the world premiere of Hung, Ray Drecker (Thomas Jane) is banking on his... ahem... greatest asset to turn his bleak life around. A former hotshot in high school, Ray's life went into a tailspin when, as an underpaid, uninsured teacher, his wife left him after 20 years to marry a clean freak. Then, a fire damaged his Detroit home, forcing his kids to move in with their mom. Ray's only hope is self-help class where the mantra is to identify a personal "winning tool" to market for financial success. Anne Heche and Jane Adams co-star in this 10-part provocative comedy. (HBO Canada)

* Rumpled British chef Jamie Oliver is launching another healthy-cooking program in a bid to get the U.K. to slim down. Eat To Save Your Life is a one-hour special in which he recruits 18 volunteers with self-confessed bad diets. Using a series of dramatic demonstrations - including the autopsy of a 350-pound man who ate himself to death - Oliver and experts show the volunteers what harm their terrible diets are doing to them. Of course, they also help them change their ways and become healthier. (Food Network)

Victoria Ahearn is a syndicated columnist.