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UPDATED 01/20/1986 at 01:00 AM EST Originally published 01/20/1986 at 01:00 AM EST

>CINEMAX COMEDY EXPERIMENT: THE CANADIAN CONSPIRACY Cinemax (Wed., Jan. 15, 10:30 p.m. ET)

C-

A good idea: You think of all the Canadians entertaining us—John Candy, Lorne Greene, Margot Kidder, William Shatner, Leslie Nielsen, Rich Little—and you start to wonder whether there isn't a conspiracy from up North to take over our minds. But the execution of that idea never rises above a chortle before it sinks to a snore.

AN ALL-STAR CELEBRATION HONORING MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. NBC (Mon., Jan. 20, 9 p.m. ET)

More than two dozen stars—Stevie Wonder, Bill Cosby, Liz Taylor, Eddie Murphy and Joan Baez among them—mark the first national holiday honoring King in a special not available for review.

THE MUPPETS: A CELEBRATION OF 30 YEARS CBS (Tues., Jan. 21, 8 p.m. ET)

B-

Too many clips. Too much laughter from the can. But they're still cute.

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