Sunday's TV Highlights

<i>Spartacus: Blood and Sand</i> 9.30pm, The Box. Photo / Supplied

Spartacus: Blood and Sand
9.30pm, The Box
Even before he gets his nickname in the first episode of this New Zealand-filmed TV series, Spartacus (Andy Whitfield) shows his form both in bed and on the battlefield. Based on the life of the Thracian warrior, slave and revolutionary from the first century BC, Blood and Sand, begins as Spartacus and his fellow fighters align with Rome to protect their homelands. When Roman army leader Glaber (Craig Parker) changes his battle plans, leaving Thracian villages vulnerable, Spartacus leads a rebellion and deserts the Roman army to return to his village and his wife Sura. But after a night of hot and heavy lovemaking Glaber captures them and separates the pair. And so Spartacus' fight for survival, and his search for Sura, begins.

Criminal Minds
8.30pm, TV One
The BAU team sure get around - last week they were in San Francisco tracking a serial killer targeting homeless people, and this week they're in Texas to find a killer who is preying on illegal immigrants attempting to make safe passage into the US.

America's Got Talent
8.45pm, Prime
In the return of this talent show judges Piers Morgan, Sharon Osbourne, and David "The Hoff" Hasselhoff cast their discerning eyes and ears over what the contestants have to offer. Also features new host Nick Cannon, the husband of singer Mariah Carey.

CSI: Miami
9.40pm, TV3
They know how to put on a show down in Florida. Tonight, when pop sweetheart Phoebe Nichols bursts into flames during a concert, the CSI team reveal the dark side of super-stardom. And it seems the prime suspects are her manager, her mum, and an obsessive fan.