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Thursday, September 30, 2004
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This Week on TV

PBS, Thursday, 8:32 p.m.

Just when you're getting into that fascinating series about the nature of the time, space and the limits of the universe, a man with plastic hair and blindingly white teeth interrupts the program for the 10th goddamn time in the last half-hour to remind you to show your support for public television.