KEY POINTS:
2PM, TV2
GILMORE GIRLS
They're supposed to be best mates but Lorelai doesn't even know her daughter has decided to boycott the formal dance at Chilton. Could that be because she's yet to meet a guy who can talk as fast as she can?
7PM, TV ONE
KIWIS AT WAR
The final episode of the doco series tells the dramatic tale of Eric Batchelor, one of this country's best infantrymen who fought in World War II. Despite his impressive achievements, the man nicknamed The Ferret declined to be promoted. He now lives an equally humble life in the tiny south Canterbury town of Waimate.
7.30PM, TV ONE
FULL ON FOOD
Apparently New Zealand isn't the only place that considers barbecuing a sport. Find out where in the US they like to stand over the coals with Caveman-like competition. Richard Corrigan also heads to Ireland for the wild salmon. As opposed to the domesticated kind, we presume.
7.30PM, TV3
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE?
Only eight dancers are left and they'll do anything to avoid being eliminated. Hey guys - if you can make like K-Fed and score the attention of the judges, who knows how much of someone else's moola you could be up for?
MOVIES
10.45PM, TV ONE
DELIVERANCE
John Boorman's classic film about four city-dwellers who go on a canoeing trip in the Georgian mountains. Based on a best-selling novel by James Dickey, Deliverance was made when America was just waking up to issues surrounding conservation and the ecology.
In addition to the high adventure and deeply unsettling thriller elements of this film, larger themes are at work, like Western civilisation's interference with nature.
Burt Reynolds stars as the group leader, who has grandiose ideas about man conquering the elements. His three companions, played by Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox and Jon Voight aren't so cocky.
The men navigate their way through dangerous, white-water rapids, and encounter a group of savage hillbillies who turn their weekend away into a life-or-death struggle. (1972)
8.35PM, TV2
THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT
One of Australia's most loved comedies, about drag queens taking their show to Alice Springs on a lavender bus they call Priscilla. The contrast between their gaudy, over-the-top costumes and the barren Australian outback is unforgettable. Terence Stamp, Guy Pearce and Hugo Weaving star. (1994)
10.45PM, TV2
PATH TO WAR
Directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Michael Gambon, Donald Sutherland and Felicity Huffman, this TV drama is based in the White House during the 1960s, where President Lyndon B. Johnson (Gambon) debates whether to withdraw or escalate US involvement in Vietnam. (2002)
8.30PM, TV3
THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK
Riddick (Vin Diesel), captured by bounty hunters, arrives under escort on a planet where he finds himself up against an invading empire. Judi Dench adds a touch of class as an ambassador from an enlightened race called Elementals, who transport themselves around like wraiths. (2004)
