KEY POINTS:
7.30PM, TV3
TOP CHEF
In a quickfire challenge that sounds like a bid for best poor-man's gourmet meal, the contestants must create gourmet dishes after perusing just one specific aisle in the supermarket and spending only $10. But they don't get to cook it in a scarfie's kitchen. On the contrary, the budding top chefs have all the bells and whistles at their disposal.
8.30PM, TV2
LOST
Ben learns of an impending attack and prompts daughter Alex to escape from Locke's camp. On the freighter, Sayid confronts Ben's spy.
9.30PM, TV ONE
REAL CRIME: ICEMAN AND THE PSYCHIATRIST
Delve into the mind of serial killer Richard "Iceman" Kuklinski, the Mafia hitman who admits to killing more than 100 people. He's quite happy about spending time on the couch of top psychiatrist Dr Park Dietz to get to the bottom of his condition.
MOVIES
8.30PM, PRIME
ESCAPE FROM ABSOLOM
Herald Rating: * *
Ray Liotta and Lance Hendrikson star in a futuristic action film, set in the year 2022 and about an innocent marine imprisoned on secret island where prisoners are abandoned and left to die. Big on talk, very short on action. (1994)
8.30PM, SKY MOVIES
THE BREAK-UP
Herald Rating: * *
Over-hyped vehicle for Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston, in which they play live-in lovers who slowly discover that their lives and values are worlds apart. (2006)
8.30PM, RIALTO SKY DIGITAL
SWEETIE
Herald Rating: * * *
Jane Campion wrote and directed this one prior to filming An Angel At My Table and The Piano. It's about two sisters, but focuses mainly on the antics of Dawn, nicknamed Sweetie, who is both free-spirited and mentally ill. (1989)
