Tonight in HD: October 7

Supernatural (TV2, 10.50)

Friends (TV2, 6.30, R) ✫✫✫

Rachel panics when she realises that she is not ready to take care of her baby; Joey has an audition to be the host of a quiz show that makes absolutely no sense.

Shortland Street (TV2. 7.00) ✫✫✫

Mona stays ahead of the game; Gabrielle gets a helping hand; Bella is confronted with a difficult truth.

Movie: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (TV2, 7.30) ✫✫✫

The second instalment of JK Rowling’s best-selling novel series. Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson star. (2002).

The X Factor USA (TV3, 7.30) ✫✫✫

The performance pressure cooker that is Boot Camp continues to put contestants’ nerves to the test. (Part two.)

Unzipped (TV One, 9.30) ✫✫

Trelise Cooper reveals the new Air New Zealand uniform in all its flamboyant glory.

Supernatural (TV2, 10.50) ✫✫✫✫✫

Sam and Dean are transported to an alternate reality where they are the stars of a TV show called Supernatural and actors named “Jensen Ackles” and “Jared Padalecki”. Johnny Galecki guest stars. Reviews: AV Club, ScreenRant.

Poking the Borax (TV3, 11.30, F) ✫✫

Pammie goes pro in Auckland; Didio continues her search for a husband and has a surprise gift for Farmer John; Titchy finds success with 1980s pop icon Boy George.

Season premiere: Human Target (TV2, 11.50) ✫✫✫✫

Chance and Guererro stage a daring rescue of Winston from the hands of his torturous kidnappers. Reviews: The Hollywood Reporter, New York Daily News, AV Club, What’s Alan Watching?

NCIS (TV3, 12.00, 5.1, R) ✫✫

McGee is held captive in a women’s prison after a guard’s murder leads to a takeover.

CSI: Miami (TV3, 12.55, 5.1, R) ✫✫

The CSIs recreate bachelor party debauchery to solve a murder and find a missing groom.