KEY POINTS:
7PM, TV2
SHORTLAND STREET
Maia and Mark are forced to put their medical skills to the test when faced with a bad road accident.
8.30PM, MAORI
MARAE DIY
Nevak Ilolahia and Te Ori Paki take a look back at the highlights from the past two seasons in this
marae makeover programme.
7.30PM, TV2
MY HOUSE, MY CASTLE: HOUSE OF THE YEAR
Robert Harte and the team scour New Zealand for the Castle of the Year. From a recycled house in Wanaka to a straw house with a roof of grass, the team find visit the country's oddest homes in this special episode.
7.30PM, TV3
TOP CHEF
Things get heated when Tiffani Faison and Harold Dieterie go head-to-head in tonight's final. Up for grabs, a $100,000 prize and a spread in a leading culinary magazine.
MOVIES
[rating out of 5]
8.30PM, TV3
THE SAINT
Herald rating: * * *
Val Kilmer follows in Roger Moore's footsteps to play Simon Templar, master of disguise. Templar plans to pinch a formula for cold-fusion and sell it to a demented Russian billionaire. (1997)
7PM, SKY MOVIES 1
HAROLD AND KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE
Herald rating: * * * *
Funny stoner comedy in which two college roommates get the munchies and embark on an odyssey, driving across half a state to find their favourite hamburger, at American fast food chain White Castle. Along the way they run into Doogie Howser, Neil Patrick Harris, who mockingly plays a dangerous womaniser. (2004)
8.30PM, SKY MOVIES 1
DOOM
Herald rating: * *
Feature film based on the popular video game. Starring The Rock and Karl Urban, it is about marines dealing with monsters at a research station on Mars. Certain characters are named after the real-life game developers. (2005)
SPORT
10AM, SKY SPORT 1 LIVE
CRICKET: NEW ZEALAND V SRI LANKA
The much-maligned Black Caps' top order will again be under the microscope as they start the first of two tests against the Sri Lankans. The surface at Jade Stadium is normally great for batting so there should be no excuses.
7PM, SKY SPORT 1 LIVE
BASKETBALL: NBL NZ BREAKERS V CAIRNS TAIPANS
The Breakers are starting to fall out of the top eight so they'll have to make the most of their opponents' poor away form when they host the Taipans.