Tuesday's TV highlights

7.30PM, TV ONE
CORONATION STREET
Frankie and Jamie have to deal with a very drunk Carol, Jason finds Sarah too tempting to resist, a shocked Sunita tells Dev she wants an abortion, and Tracy enjoys embarrassing Claire by talking about her love life.

7.30PM, TV3
DOWNSIZE ME!
You might be able to resist those chocolate bars but there's something oddly addictive about this dieting show. Tonight, 26-year-old solo mum Heather Rowson has a food habit of an unusual kind: she barely eats, relying on energy drinks for stamina. Healthy.

8.30PM, TV3
NCIS
A topical episode tonight sees Gibbs and the team investigate when a Navy commander in charge of a shipment of nuclear weapons is abducted.

9.30PM, TV3
OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE
Wolf goes to work, Van goes to the rescue and Cheryl goes to purgatory. Which almost sounds like our favourite local drama is taking its cues from Lost.

9.30PM, TV2
SCU: SERIOUS CRASH UNIT
Auckland's North Shore Serious Crash Unit investigate a fatal crash, piecing together what happened . The team work backwards to discover why the crash happened.

9.30PM, PRIME
THE L WORD
Have a cold flannel on hand when you watch this TV show about a circle of lesbian friends in LA. In the first episode, Jenny's plans for her future are shaken when a beautiful woman makes a pass at her. Stars Jennifer Beals of Flashdance.

10.30PM, TV2
WAYNE ANDERSON - SINGER OF SONGS
It's time to say goodbye to Wayne, South Auckland's best unknown singer. In the series final Wayne and Orlando get some bad news about ticket sales at their Sky City gig.


MOVIES
[rated out of 5]

8.30PM, RIALTO SKY DIGITAL
LAST LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE
Herald rating: * * * *
A suicidal Japanese man living in Thailand meets a Thai woman. He is a conservative neat freak and the polar opposite of the woman, who dresses like a slob and smokes pot. Slowly, more is revealed about the man's past and why he's living in Bangkok. (2003)

10.30PM, SKY MOVIES 1
THE DUKES OF HAZZARD
Herald rating: * *
So-so rehash of the TV show, featuring cousins Bo and Luke Duke (Seann William Scott, Johnny Knoxville). With their cousin Daisy (Jessica Simpson) and Uncle Jesse (Willie Nelson), they provoke the Hazzard county authority figures, Boss Hogg (Burt Reynolds) and Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane. As with Starsky and Hutch, the car's the star. (2005)