KEY POINTS:
7PM, TV2
SHORTLAND STREET
The great Shortland Street season finale screens tonight but can they top previous years' explosions, car crashes and clifftop falls? Is it time to say goodbye to yet another cast member? Tune in to find out.
7.30PM, TV3
AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL
Things start to get
heated as the final four face off on tonight's show. The girls embark on a day of go-sees but come unstuck in Thailand's notoriously bad traffic. Plus, catch what happens when the contestants fly to Phuket for a swimwear shoot.
9.40PM, TV2
EATING MEDIA LUNCH
Jeremy Wells presents the third annual Eating Media Lunch Awards tonight. The awards recognise people and events overlooked by other awards, including the best and worst moments on reality television and the coveted New Zealander of the Year award.
MOVIES
[rated out of 5]
7.30PM, TV2
WHAT A GIRL WANTS
Herald rating: * * *
Family film about Daphne (Amanda Bynes), a young American girl who visits her father, a stuffy British politician played by Colin Firth. She brings some much-needed fun and joy into his life while discovering that she is happiest at home. (2003)
11.15PM, TV3
THE ALIEN SAGA
Herald rating: * * * *
When Ridley Scott's Alien burst on to screens in 1979, it squashed many of the traditional notions of the sci-fi bug-eyed-monster movie.
For one, instead of being attached to a government project or the military, the crew of the spaceship Nostromo are all employees working for a commercial mining company.
Second, the hero of the piece is female, Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley, played by Sigourney Weaver. And third, the alien itself, designed by Swiss artist and sculptor H.R. Giger, remains one of the scariest monsters ever seen in cinema.
Using crew member Kane (John Hurt) as its host, the creature grows through its various forms, including the face-hugger and chest-burster, before its anthropomorphic adult form is finally revealed.
As if that's not enough to scare you witless, it's followed by Aliens, Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection. (2002)
8.30PM, SKY MOVIES 1
MEET THE FOCKERS
Herald rating:* * *
The sequel to Meet The Parents is basically a retread of the first movie, reinforced by the inclusion of Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand as Gaylord's (Ben Stiller) parents. Two very liberal, free-thinking ex-hippies, they are at odds with Gaylord's soon-to-be father-in-law, ex-CIA operative Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro). (2004)
8.30PM, RIALTO SKY DIGITAL
NEW YORK STORIES
Herald rating: * * *
Three tales from the Big Apple, by hree respected directors. Martin Scorsese splashes vibrant colours around the screen in Life Lessons, Francis Ford Coppola presents a rich kids' fantasy in Life Without Zoe - and in Oedipus Wrecks, Woody Allen plays a browbeaten son whose mother vanishes at a magic show. (1989)
SPORT
10AM, SKY SPORT 1 LIVE
CRICKET: NEW ZEALAND V SRI LANKA
Wellington's Basin Reserve hosts the second and last test before the Sri Lankans take on the Black Caps in limited-overs matches.
11PM, SKY SPORT 1 LIVE
SOCCER: FIFA CLUBWORLD CUP
AUCKLAND FC V JEONBUK/CLUB AMERICA
Having lost in the quarter-final to Al Ahly, Auckland will play the loser of the other quarter-final - between Korea's Jeonbuk and Mexico's Club America - to see who grabs fifth spot at this Japan-based tournament.