KEY POINTS:
6.30PM, PRIME
AIRPORT
In the return of this American show we follow journalists Steve and Russell who are on the trail of a 1970s superstar who has been banned from entering America.
7PM, PRIME
CAESAR'S 24/7
A new series looking at the highs and lows of Las Vegas' biggest and
most famous casino complex, Caesar's Palace. Tonight staff try to keep a pop star happy..
7.30PM, TV2
NO OPPORTUNITY WASTED
If Phil Keoghan has a comfort zone, it's not a place he visits often. The host of hit reality series The Amazing Race has made a living out of pushing himself - and others - to the limit, and he's offering Kiwis a chance to overcome their fears or fulfil a dream.
This reality show is based around Keoghan's No Opportunity Wasted (N.O.W.) philosophy (also featured in a self-help book he penned). In short, he believes people should live every day as if it is their last and pursue their dreams no matter what.
Keoghan had a successful career in television here before he decided he wanted to break into television in the United States. So in his 20s he left for Los Angeles and started knocking on doors until someone gave him a break. That determination has meant he has picked up a fistful of Emmys for The Amazing Race, which is coming into its 11th season.
He has also co-created and co-produced a number of other TV shows, including Keoghan's Heroes, which profiles thrill-seekers around the world, Phil Keoghan's Adventure Crazy for the Discovery Channel and The Human Edge, a technology series for the National Geographic channel.
In this show he tries to impart some of that go-getting attitude as each week a different group of challengers is given 72 hours to make the most of a life-changing opportunity. Tonight, three people with a shark phobia must overcome their fears when they take on a dive challenge in Fiji.
7.30PM, TV3
SURVIVOR: COOK ISLANDS
When will the tribe mates learn that there is a certain amount of team work involved in surviving on the island?
9.30PM, TV3
NUMB3RS
It's the maths whiz versus the psychic on this mathematical crime show. Charlie tries to discredit a psychic who may have helped his FBI agent brother and his team solve a crime.
MOVIES
[rated out of 5]
8.30PM, TV ONE
UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN
Herald rating: * * *
Diane Lane plays a divorced writer who buys an old do-up villa in Tuscany, hoping it will cure her of depression and writer's block. Sandra Oh (Sideways, Grey's Anatomy) also stars. (2003)
8.30PM, TV2
ENVY
Herald rating: * *
Ben Stiller becomes jealous of his best friend (Jack Black) when a far-fetched money-making scheme proves successful. A painful movie experience that is tempered only by good performances from Christopher Walken and Rachel Weisz. (2004)
10.30PM, TV2
JAWS: THE REVENGE
Herald rating: *
The last one before they sank the franchise. Pretty dire by this stage - sharks don't have vocal chords but this one manages a throaty roar. Only worth watching if you want to throw fish fingers at the screen. (1987)
6PM, SKY MOVIES 2, 8.30PM, SKY MOVIES 1
THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN
Herald rating: * * * *
Charming, well-executed comedy starring Steve Carell (The Office U.S., Little Miss Sunshine) as a nice guy who just hasn't got around to it. He hits it off with Catherine Keener and they mutually agree to abstain from sex until their 20th date, much to the dismay of his friends. (2005)
SPORT
8.55AM, SKY SPORT 1 LIVE; 2.30PM, PRIME
RUGBY: NEW ZEALAND V FRANCE
This is the first of two tests against the French and these are the games the All Blacks have been building towards all season as part of their Rugby World Cup rehearsal .
NOON, TV2 LIVE
TRIATHLON: ITU TRIATHLON WORLD CUP
The world's best athletes converge on New Plymouth for the last round in this global series. The women's elite race begins at 12.15pm, and the men's elite race starts at 2.15pm.
10.30PM, TV3 LIVE
MOTOR RACING: A1GP
New Zealand looked promising at the beginning of this series but need to make up some ground in this third round in Beijing.