In dogs we trust
❚ Undercover Boss Canada calls it a wrap, so to speak, on its fourth season with a look behind-the-scenes at the food-court eatery Wok Box. (W Network — 10 p.m.)
❚ It’s Thanksgiving, American-style, on The Big Bang Theory, as the gang gathers at Mrs. Wolowitz’s house to celebrate the occasion, over the strenuous objections of spoilsport Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons). (CBS, CTV — 9 p.m.)
❚ It doesn’t matter how many hit TV shows J.J. Abrams helped create, or how many hit movies he’s directed: he’s no match for Stephen Colbert, as he guest stars tonight on The Colbert Report.(Comedy Network — 12:30 a.m.) Dogs don’t just see the world from their lower-to-theground perspective, David Suzuki says in the opening moments of filmmakers Donna and Daniel Zuckerbrot’s charming A Dog’s Life, on The Nature of Things.
Dogs have an innate ability to read human emotions that dates back to humankind’s origins. Oddly, A Dog’s Life tells us, we may not be as astute at reading dogs’ behaviour.
“You’ll be amazed at what they can do, and what they can’t do,” Suzuki says.
There’s much in A Dog’s Life that will surprise and delight even the most wellinformed dog lovers.
As Western University PhD student and canine researcher Krista Macpherson points out, we have learned more about dogs in the past 10 years than in the previous 100. (CBC — 8 p.m.)