KEY POINTS:
7.30PM, TV2
MCLEOD'S DAUGHTERS
Anyone who has seen the desperately raunchy TV ads will probably get the wrong idea about tonight's episode. The Drover girls are getting ready for the shearing season but that doesn't mean they'll necessarily be wearing sexy shorts and pouting seductively while they do it. Meanwhile, Regan has her hands full dealing with Tayler, and Jodi's organised day is thrown into chaos when Matt returns.
7.30PM, TV3
TOP CHEF
Last time sensuality and chocolate coincided on this show, Marcel came up with a dessert that had his competitors accusing him of being a prude. This time the cooks head to Santa Barbara to create a dish, sweet or savoury, featuring chocolate. Who will melt hearts with their choccie dish?
9.30PM, TV ONE
THE SOPRANOS
The temperature is soaring in Jersey so Tony and Paulie head south to cool off. Junior rekindles some of his old fire in a poker game.
MOVIES
8.30PM, TV3
SIDEWAYS
Herald rating: * * * *
Frustrated writer Miles (Paul Giamatti) joins his best friend Jack (Thomas Haden Church) on the Californian wine trail, expecting to drown his sorrows with wine and play some golf before Jack gets married. They meet wine industry workers Maya (Virginia Madsen) and Stephanie (Sandra Oh), share a few glasses of pinot noir and Miles and Maya fall for each other. (2004)
8.30PM, SKY MOVIES 1
THE SQUID AND THE WHALE
Herald rating: * * *
Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney and Anna Paquin star in a drama based on the childhood experiences of director Noah Baumbach, who witnessed his parents' marriage falling apart. A little sappy, but entertaining in a Wes Anderson-lite kind of way. (2005)
9.50PM, SKY MOVIES 1
CASANOVA
Herald rating: * * *
In Lasse Hallstrom's version of the Casanova story, the world's most legendary swinger tries to woo a feminist who wants nothing to do with him. The decadence of Fellini's Casanova is still hinted at here, but the emphasis is more on low-brow comedy, stunning locations, and a good helping of Vivaldi. Heath Ledger stars alongside Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons and Oliver Platt. (2005)
SPORT
7PM, SKY SPORT 1 AND RUGBY LIVE
AIR NEW ZEALAND CUP: TASMAN V MANAWATU
A chance for one of the minnows to grab some points, in what should be a closely fought match.