KEY POINTS:
9.30PM, TV ONE
FEROCIOUS MR FIXIT
Workplace bullying wouldn't be so much of an issue these days if someone like Glaswegian tough-guy Alasdair Jeffrey were always lurking by the office water cooler. In this series, Jeffrey, a tough-talking corporate consultant, is on a mission to sort out Britain's
workers and companies with low morale.
His approach is a little unconventional - he installs secret cameras around workplaces to see exactly how staff interact and to find out who's backstabbing whom. Once he has some incriminating footage, he confronts the misbehaving workers then shows the video to the boss.
Only when they face up to their bad behaviour can Jeffrey start to fix it. Like television chef Gordon Ramsay, Jeffrey had a tough upbringing and is renowned for his colourful language. And he also believes in tough love - if workers aren't getting on, he's not afraid to handcuff them together.
7.30PM, TV3
TOP CHEF
Part one of the finale finds the finalists in Las Vegas where they're put to the ultimate culinary challenge. Could that be trying to convince Vegas regular Paris Hilton to eat something? The venue is practically asking you to place your bets on the outcome.
7.30PM, TV2
CORONATION STREET
You know it's nearly Christmas when it creeps into an episode of Coro, as Tracy and Steve argue over who's having Amy for Chrissy celebrations. Tyrone, Rosie and Craig, on the other hand, are too busy doing other kinds of celebrating.
8.30PM, TV2
MCLEOD'S DAUGHTERS
Nothing is ever restful on Drover's Run - least of all slumber. Jodi wakes from a terrible nightmare about Rob, Stevie wakes all on her lonesome, and Alex wakes up in his ute. Hopefully not in the back. Isn't that where the dogs go?
8.30PM, TV ONE
CRIMINAL MINDS
A timely episode given the death of a former Russian spy but with the added chill of terrorism, as the team investigate a mass poisoning.
MOVIES
8.30PM, TV3
JERRY MAGUIRE
Tom Cruise stars as the unstoppable sports agent who has a moral crisis, goes independent and is left with just one athlete to represent. Cameron Crowe (Almost Famous) directed this widely appreciated film, which also stars Cuba Gooding Jr. and Renée Zellweger, and is responsible for bringing the phrase
"Show me the money" into popular usage. (1996)
8.30PM, SKY MOVIES 1
DARK WATER
Jennifer Connelly stars in a drama with a supernatural twist, playing a single mother with issues of abandonment. Still reeling after a messy divorce, she struggles to get by and look after her daughter in a building troubled by spectres and a creepy lift. Directed by Walter Salles (The Motorcycle Diaries),
it's an American remake of a Japanese horror from Hideo Nakata (The Ring). (2005)
8.30PM, MGM SKY DIGITAL
SERPICO
True story of Frank Serpico, an undercover cop who discovers corruption in the police force and makes a stand against it. Director Sidney Lumet and Al Pacino worked together on this before making Dog Day Afternoon. (1973)
SPORT
11AM, SKY SPORT 1 LIVE
GOLF: NZ OPEN
The opening round of a tournament that has been beset by troubles, not least of which is attracting a quality field and sponsors. Michael Campbell will be the star turn at Gulf Harbour. Coverage continues daily.