Televised Tune: On The Tube This Week

Two of the better documentaries released this decade will be broadcast on Thursday afternoon. IFC shows 2003’s Tom Dowd and the Language of Music – the story of innovative producer/recording engineer Dowd – at 1:15PM, while Sundance presents 2007’s Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten – Julien Temple’s documentary about the leader of The Clash – at 3PM.

Monday, October 12

• Documentary: U2 – Rattle and Hum [VH1C 11PM]
• Conan O’Brien: Grizzly Bear [NBC 11:35PM]
• Jimmy Kimmel: Kid Cudi [ABC Midnight]
• Jimmy Fallon: Love & Theft [NBC 12:35AM]

Tuesday, October 13

• Dave Letterman: Dead By Sunrise [CBS 11:35PM]
• Conan O’Brien: Flaming Lips [NBC 11:35PM]
• Jimmy Fallon: Brazilian Girls [NBC 12:35AM]
• Carson Daly: Lily Allen [NBC 1:35AM]

Wednesday, October 14

• Storytellers: David Bowie [VH1C 11AM]
• Jools Holland: Blur [Ovation 4PM]
• Unplugged: Paramore [Palladia 10:30PM]
• Dave Letterman: Mika [CBS 11:35PM]

Thursday, October 15

• Tom Dowd & The Language of Music [IFC 1:15PM]
• Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten [Sundance 3PM]
• Johnny Cash: Live at Montreux [Ovation 3PM]
• Dave Letterman: Built to Spill [CBS 11:35PM]