[Seven/9:00am] The Morning Show. Premiere. Live. Same day news and views, plus new music and a variety of regular segments covering health and fitness, astrology, celebrity gossip, cooking, counselling and fashion. Hosted by Larry Emdur and Kylie Gillies.
[Seven/8:30pm] Desperate Housewives. "God, That's Good." Gabrielle and Victor face a crisis when a sexy personal video is used for blackmail. Edie gets into a fight that will ruin her friendship with one of the ladies. Tom is furious when Lynette adds one of Rick's recipes to the menu without consulting him. A Wisteria Lane resident is suspected of murder. Guest starring JASON GEDRICK.
[Seven/9:30pm] Brothers and Sisters. GAME NIGHT. The Walkers challenge their all-too- perfect lifelong nemesis family, the Jones, to a long overdue game night rematch and cautiously begin to embrace Rebecca as their sister. Meanwhile, Kitty soon regrets introducing Kevin to the Senator's brother. Guest starring ROB LOWE and JENNA ELFMAN.
[Seven/10:30pm] Boston Legal. SON OF THE DEFENDER. Denny Crane is forced at gunpoint to re-try his very first murder case, but this time the lives of half the firm hang on the verdict. Alan defends a working girl, and ends up sharing a cell with her. Scenes from a 1957 episode of the superb anthology series Studio One featuring a young William Shatner (Denny Crane) are incorporated into the episode.
[Seven/11:30pm] Scrubs. MY WORDS OF WISDOM. After saying goodbye to Nurse Roberts, the Sacred Heart staff institutes some of her lessons into their lives. Dr. Cox takes time to reflect on his purpose, Elliot opens her heart to Keith and J.D. and Turk learn about compassion.
[Nine/8:35pm] 1 vs 100
[Ten/7:30pm] Big Brother. Live Nominations.
[Ten/8:30pm] Supernatural. “What is and What Should Never Be”
[Ten/9:30pm] Torchwood. Premiere. “Everything Changes.” When Gwen Cooper witnesses the resurrection of a murder victim, it begins her journey into a dangerous underworld of savage monsters and alien hunters. Her encounter with Captain Jack Harkness and the Torchwood team will change her life forever.
[ABC/8:00pm] Australian Story. This week’s Australian Story chronicles the life of John Wall, a man who's been described as the 'fastest baby boomer on earth'. Born in Dublin and raised in Hong Kong with parents who were both prisoners of war, Wall had a cosmopolitan childhood and spoke mainly Chinese until he was eight. His started his working life in the film industry on productions with stars like Steve McQueen and Sir Richard Attenborough.
[ABC/8:30pm] Four Corners
[ABC/9:20pm] Media Watch
[ABC/9:35pm] More than Enough Rope. This week: UNCOMMON WISDOM: Jane Goodall A selection of profound ENOUGH ROPE moments centred around a conversation with primatologist Jane Goodall, a woman whose work changed the way we look at human beings. With clips from Bill Clinton, Albie Sachs, Dave Grohl, Lee Stringer and Gabriel Byrne.
[SBS/7:30pm] Mythbusters - Brown Note - There's a Hollywood-created myth that a bullet would have enough kinetic energy to transfer this energy to a person and knock them back, whether or not they're wearing a bullet-proof vest. Adam and Jamie test it out, along with another myth that says there are subsonic frequencies you can play that can cause a human being to lose control of their bowels. Adam volunteers to test it out at an empty parking lot, helped by experts who bring 24 specially-modified speakers. Next up, Tory builds a rack and Carrie creates a dripping tap to test whether Chinese water torture does actually work. (From the US, in English) (Documentary Series) (Rpt) PG CC
[SBS/8:30pm] South Park - My Future Self N' Me - The boys find some marijuana joints in the forest, and that same evening a shabbily dressed man who claims to be Stan from the future arrives at his home. The older Stan has dabbled in drugs. Butter also has his future self living with him. The two boys look up the future Butters' home address. It's a place where they train actors to pose as future sons, whose role it is to talk to sons about drugs. Stan and Butters contact the Parental Revenge Centre, which happens to be run by Cartman. His idea of revenge is to smear the walls of their homes with poo. Stan pretends to cut off his own hand to prove that the future Stan is a fake, but his father quickly chops off the actor's hand too. (From the US, in English) (Animated Comedy Series) (Rpt) M (A,S) CC WS
[SBS/9:00pm] Drawn Together - Clara is depressed that her Octopussoir keeps interfering with her life, sprouting out and making people vomit. She starts looking and talking like Joan Rivers. Meanwhile, Toot is depressed that the housemates have forgotten her birthday and she is found trying to kill herself. Clara decides she could accept the "va-Joan-a" if she only had a way to make it shut up when needed, so Foxxy hands her a tampon. (From the US, in English) (Animated Comedy Series) MA (A,S) CC WS
[SBS/11:00pm] Oz - Capital P - State Governor Devlin has brought back capital punishment and declares that one of the blacks, Jefferson Keane, will be put to death. Lawyer-turned-prisoner Tobias Beecher asks for the transcript of Keane's trial because he's heard he was set up. Tim McManus tells Keane that Keane's sister Grace is seriously ill in hospital with kidney failure, and Keane offers to give her his kidneys. McManus then asks Ray to talk to the Cardinal to intercede on Keane's behalf. Keane is granted a 30-day stay to donate a kidney to his sister, and his father comes to see him in hospital. He asks his dad to make peace with Billy. (From the US, in English) (Drama Series) (Rpt) MA (L,V,A)
[Bio/7:30pm] This Is Your Life: Marcia Hines.
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