7.30PM, TV2
SUPERNANNY
Supernanny works with the kids in the Wujcik family, only to discover their dad is the biggest part of the problem. Well, duh.
8.30PM, TV ONE
DRAGONS' DEN
The novel use of a cardboard box, an electronic business card and something truly worrying called tribal underwear. Should this show for budding entrepreneurs with wacky ideas be better for inventors than money-making types?
9.30PM, TV ONE
RESCUE ME
Tommy (Denis Leary) joins a barbershop quartet in the hope of reuniting with Colleen and the rest of the family. As long as he doesn't break into a rendition of Asshole he might have a chance.
9.30PM, TV3
PULP SPORT
Toni Marsh goes orienteering in the bush, the boys head to Brisbane for the league test wearing a paper bag, the mascot makes a surprise visit to the set of Campbell Live, and the Evers-Swindell twins star in 101 Uses.
10.30PM, TV2
CRIMINAL MINDS
The FBI profilers must track down a sniper who is preying on victims in the middle of the day.
MOVIES
[rated out of 5]
8.30PM, SKY MOVIES 1
STRIP SEARCH
Herald rating: * * *
A thought-provoking HBO film from director Sidney Lumet, examining the erosion of personal freedom in the name of national security in a post-9/11 America. Two main subplots involve an American woman detained in China and an Arab man detained in New York City. Glenn Close and Maggie Gyllenhaal star. (2004)
8.30PM, SKY MOVIES 2
THE FUGITIVE
Herald rating: * * * *
Outstanding remake of the old TV series, with Harrison Ford as Dr Richard Kimble, a man accused of murdering his own wife. The good doctor legs it to find the real villain, a one-armed man. Tommy Lee Jones plays lawman Marshal Sam Gerard, whose initial obsession with Kimble's capture turns to intrigue as he figures out something's not right with the picture. (1993)
SPORT
TENNIS: US OPEN
11AM, SKY SPORT 1 LIVE
We're at the quarter-finals stage of this event from Flushing Meadows. The women's final is on Sunday (noon, Sky Sport 1 live) and the men's on Monday (5am, Sky Sport 1 live).
Thursday's TV highlights
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