KEY POINTS:
7PM, TV ONE
MUCKING IN
Jim mucks in for Ferne Rajanayagam, who since the death of her husband, has kept herself busy by doing Tsunami relief work and helping overseas families settle in Auckland.
7.30PM, TV2
NO OPPORTUNITY WASTED
In the Kiwiana Car Rally, 10 competitors race from Taupo to
Hokitika completing typical Kiwi challenges along the way.
7.30PM, TV3
SURVIVOR: COOK ISLANDS
This island is crazy and it just gets worse as both teams are called to Tribal Council.
7.35PM, PRIME
TOP GEAR
Jeremy drives an Aston Martin DB5 and dabbles with an E-Type Jaguar.
8.30PM, TV3
CSI: MIAMI
A white supremacist is acquitted of his wife's murder and the team must bring the true killer to justice. The problem is, the husband cannot be tried twice for the same crime.
8.30PM, TV ONE
DOUBLE TIME
TVNZ has canned what it called edgy movies in its troubled Sunday Theatre slot and this week fills it with a comedy-drama about an inept actor who switches places with a clever career criminal.
James Dreyfus (struggling gay actor Tom in Gimme, Gimme, Gimme) plays struggling actor Lawrence Nixon, who gets a part in a television reconstruction because he looks exactly like the subject of the show, imprisoned criminal George McCabe (also played by Dreyfus).
Desperate to impress now he has his acting break, Nixon hams it up, playing McCabe with a lisp and a camp walk. McCabe becomes a laughing stock in jail and vows revenge on Nixon. McCabe has Nixon kidnapped and forces him to swap places. Much to the surprise of both, the switch is a success and they take to their new lives with uncanny ease.
Next week, a new episode of Cracker screens in this slot.
MOVIES
[rated out of 5]
8.30PM, TV2
PAYCHECK
Herald rating: * * *
Sci-fi film about a work-for-hire reverse engineer, played by Ben Affleck, who acts as an industrial spy. After a three-year job, he receives an envelope with 20 household items. He must figure out the items and elude the FBI and the company that hired him. (2003)
10.55PM, TV2
MATRIX RELOADED
Herald rating: * * *
Sequel to The Matrix which suffers from the same syndrome that often affects second-in-a-trilogy films - moving beyond the set-up of the first film but sticking with an unresolved ending to set up the third film. (2003)
6PM, SKY MOVIES 2, 8.30PM, SKY MOVIES 1
WAR OF THE WORLDS
Herald rating: * * * *
Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning star in Steven Spielberg's adaptation of the H.G. Wells classic about Earth being invaded by Martian war machines. Genuinely scary. (2005)
8.30PM, MGM SKY DIGITAL
OVERBOARD
Herald rating: * * *
Very funny family comedy starring Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn and a boatload of children. (1987)
SPORT
10.30PM, TV3 LIVE
MOTORSPORT: A1GP
The track at the Beijing round made racing a lottery but at Sepang in Malaysia the New Zealand team should get a chance to renew their pre-season optimism.
9PM, SKY SPORT 1 LIVE
SOCCER: A-LEAGUE
NZ KNIGHTS V PERTH GLORY
The Knights' on-field woes have merely been overshadowed by their off-field problems. A revival looks unlikely.
4.55AM, SKY SPORT 2 LIVE
SOCCER: ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
MANCHESTER UNITED V CHELSEA
His is United's big chance to put some distance between them and Chelsea.