KEY POINTS:
8.30PM, TV2
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
Susan's love triangle comes to a head, Gabrielle's engagement party is upstaged by an unexpected announcement, and Wisteria Lane whips into gossip mode when a dead body is found.
9.30PM, TV3
MEDIUM
Allison discovers that Edward Cooper has a secret past with the suitcase killer. She's convinced that a woman found dead in the park was one of his victims.
9.30PM, MAORI TV
ITI POUNAMU (NZ SHORT FILMS)
Hosts Ainsley Gardiner and Tearepa Kahi korero with studio guest, writer and director Murray Keane about Falling Sparrows, a tale of war in the playground. The boys play it like they've seen it in the movies but they have no idea how real it's going to get.
10PM, TV ONE
FACELIFT
So we can't send TV cameras into Parliament to capture politicians in compromising positions and broadcast them for satire? At least we still have Facelift. Back for a fourth series, the sketch show takes the mickey out of MPs, sportspeople and celebrities.
MOVIES
8.30PM, SKY MOVIES 1
LEGEND OF ZORRO
Herald rating: * * *
Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta Jones are back as squabbling lovers Alejandro and Elena. When the future of California is jeopardised, Alejandro goes against Elena's wishes and dons the mask of Zorro once more. Light-hearted action romance from New Zealand-born director Martin Campbell. (2005)
9.45PM, RIALTO SKY DIGITAL
MYSTERIOUS SKIN
Herald rating: * * * *
About the troubled lives of two teenagers, Brian (Brady Corbet, Thunderbirds), who at eight years old awoke from a brief amnesia with a bleeding nose and remains convinced that he was abducted by aliens; and Neil (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Third Rock From the Sun), a teenage hustler who was sexually abused by his little league coach. (2004)
10.10PM, SKY MOVIES GREATS
MAVERICK
Herald rating: * * *
Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster and James Garner star in this remake of Garner's old TV western comedy. A great sense of fun and a big-name supporting cast, including James Coburn and Alfred Molina. (1994)