Tonight in HD: August 28

Bliss (TV One, 8.30)

Cafe Secrets (TV3, 5.00) ✫✫✫

When Julie Le Clerc visits Biscotto and Caffetteria Allpress, she gets a behind-the-scenes look at hot air roasting and learns the secret to making delicious Italian biscuits called ricciarelli.

World Kitchen (TV3, 5.30) ✫✫✫

In Sichuan, Nici Wickes experiences the unusual effects of hot and numb Sichuan peppers, cooks red-hot Kung Pao chicken, and cools off with a tofu mango whip.

Joey (TV2, 6.30, R) ✫✫

Joey decides to buy a house now that he is bringing in big bucks from the movie, but can he convince the owner of the house that he should get it?

Global Radar (TV One, 7.00) ✫✫✫

It’s a messy business but Te Radar finds there is value in what we flush or toss away, as he tracks down a man who has made over 60 robots from rubbish.

Raising Hope (TV3, 7.00, 5.1) ✫✫✫✫✫

When Sabrina’s boyfriend can’t make it to the deli guy’s Halloween party, Jimmy offers to don his own Batman costume and go in his place. Reviews: AV Club, TV Surveillance.

Sunday Theatre – Audi NZ Season: Bliss (TV One, 8.30) ✫✫✫✫

The true story of 19-year-old Katherine Mansfield’s escape from New Zealand, and the fast and furious beginning of her life as a writer. Preview: NZ Herald.

The Good Wife (TV3, 10.55, 5.1) ✫✫✫✫

The firm represents a patient in a liver-transplant case against rival attorney Patti Nyholm, but when Patti is fired from her law firm she asks Lockhart/Gardner to defend her. Raising Hope’s Martha Plimpton guest stars. Reviews: Wall Street Journal, Entertainment Weekly, AV Club, What’s Alan Watching?

The Pacific (TV One, 12.05, R, F) ✫✫✫✫