Friday's TV highlights

7.30PM, TV3
PROJECT RUNWAY
Guess who's back? Jay MacCarroll, the flamboyant winner of the previous series, who is on the show as a guest judge. Tonight the contestants go to the showroom of designer Michael Kors who teaches them a thing or two about inspiration.

8PM, TV ONE
KIWI KITCHEN
From bombe Alaska to barbecueing, and muttonbirds to meringues, this show is a celebration of New Zealand food. Tonight Richard Till does a spot of floundering then rustles it into a feast.

9.30PM, TV3
ROVE LIVE
Heart-throb Nick Lachey, better known as Jessica Simpson's ex, goes one-on-one with Rove, plus the lovely Mischa Barton, star of The O.C., is also in the hot seat. And Rove just gets hotter because Nelly Furtado closes the show with her song Promiscuous.

10PM, TV2
NO ANGELS
A Brit series set in Leeds about a group of feisty young nurses (Sunetra Sarker, Jo Joyner, Louise Delamere and Kaye Wragg) who deal with the pressures of work by drinking and shagging.


MOVIES
[rated out of 5]

8.40PM, PRIME
VIRUS
Herald rating: * *
Below average sci-fi thriller set in the Atlantic, where passengers of a tugboat are waiting for a storm to pass on an abandoned Russian research vessel. Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Sutherland star. (1998)

11.30PM, TV3
A ROOM FOR ROMEO BRASS
Herald rating: * * * *
Charming British drama from director Shane Meadows about 12-year-old boys Romeo and Gavin, who meet an eccentric stranger. At first the stranger is a friend, but he becomes obsessed with Romeo's sister and eventually causes a rift in their friendship. Character driven and unsettling in parts, at times it borders on Ken Loach or Mike Leigh territory. (1999)

8.30PM, SKY MOVIES 1
THE VERDICT
Herald rating: * * * *
Paul Newman plays an old-soak attorney looking for redemption. He must decide whether to take an out of court settlement or pursue real justice and take a highly regarded citizen to trial. (1982)

8.30PM, RIALTO SKY DIGITAL
PRIZZI'S HONOR
Herald rating: * * * *
Jack Nicholson plays a hit-man who works for the Prizzi crime syndicate. He meets Irene (Kathleen Turner) and they fall for each other, making their jobs way too complicated. Dark, suspenseful comedy, directed by John Huston. Anjelica Huston also stars. (1985)


SPORT

AIR NEW ZEALAND CUP: WAIKATO V CANTERBURY
7.30PM SKY SPORT 1
A good chance to check the form of Waikato's All Black winger Sitiveni Sivivatu as he returns from injury.