If you can't wait for the Michael Jackson concert-rehearsal movie that opens next month, maybe the three-hour special, "Sekai no Chokettei-teki Shukan! Ai to Yuki no Maruhi Eizo" (World Super Decisive Moments! Secret Images of Love and Courage; Nihon TV, Tues., 7:58 p.m.), will hold you over a bit.
Buried somewhere in this hodgepodge of "shocking" and "dramatic" video footage from all over the world is a segment with psychic spoonman Yuri Geller, who shows some home videos he made with Jacko, a close friend of his. Supposedly, these videos have never been shown before, and Geller says he will reveal the "truth" behind Michael's death.
Most of the other videos are nature-oriented: lion versus giraffe, leopard versus zebra. However, the "exploding whale" sounds interesting. Veteran emcee-comedian Tamori hosts one of the longest-running shows on television, the ribald and racy "Tamori Club," aired late Friday night on TV Asahi. With his reputation for off-color humor, he's probably the last person you'd expect to see hosting a series on NHK, but on Thursday, he starts a new show for the public broadcaster called "Buratamori" (NHK-G, 10 p.m.).