Gladiator 9 p.m. on HBO Russell Crowe stars as a general whose family is murdered by a corrupt prince. He embarks on a desperate quest for revenge that sees him fighting in front of thousands of Romans in the Coliseum. Red Planet 5:35 p.m. on HBO With Earth dying, humanity’s only hope lies in the colonization of Mars. But when a crew of six heroic astronauts embarks on the most important space mission of the 21st century, they make the shocking discovery: The red planet may be barren, but it is not deserted. Center Stage: On Pointe 4 p.m. on HBO Jonathan Reeves is tasked with infusing more contemporary styles and modernism into the American Ballet Academy, and enlists his top choreographers Charlie, Cooper and Tommy to recruit dancers to compete at a camp where the winners will be selected to join the academy. Bella Parker, who has always lived in the shadow of her hugely successful sister Kate, finally gets her chance to step into the limelight as one of the dancers recruited for the camp. TVB Pearl ——————— 7:30 a.m. NBC Nightly News 9:00 ETV 9:30 Thomas & Friends 10:00 Market Update 12 p.m. CGTN Global Watch 1:00 Market Update 2:00 Inside the Stock Exchange 4:00 Sesame Street 4:30 Mike the Knight 5:00 The Jungle Bunch to the Rescue! 5:30 Paper Port 6:05 Adam Ruins Everything 6:35 Dogs Might Fly 7:25 Today in History 8:00 Making Armed Forces Powerful 9:00 Dolce Vita 9:30 Today in History 9:35 Art of France 10:35 Marketplace 10:40 Bull HBO ——————————— 8:55 a.m. Mr. & Mrs. Smith 10:55 Spielberg 1:20 p.m. The English Patient 4:00 Center Stage: On Pointe 5:35 Red Planet 7:20 The Program 9:00 Gladiator 11:30 Divorce National Geographic ——————————— 8 a.m. Woman Raised By Monkeys 9:00 Mega Breakdown S2: EP2: Miami Super Stadium 10:00 Engineering Connections S2: EP6: Guggenheim Bilbao 11:00 Ultimate Survival Alaska S2: EP1: Arctic Battleground 12 p.m. Science of Stupid S5: EP19 12:30 Science of Stupid S5: EP13 1:00 Fish Tank Kings S2: EP12: The Fish Whisperer 2:00 Engineering Connections S2: EP5: Hms Illustrious 3:00 Nazi Megastructures Compilations: EP4: Vengeance Weapons 4:00 Mega Factories S1: EP11: Apache Helicopters 5:00 Somewhere in China: EP2: Three Gorges Dam 6:00 Ultimate Survival Alaska S2: EP2: Savage Beasts 7:00 Fish Tank Kings S2: EP13: Go Fish! 8:00 Science of Stupid Compilations: EP6: Science of Stupid Extreme Sports 80:30 Science of Stupid Compilations: EP7: Science of Stupid on Snow 9:00 Battle for Iwo Jima 10:00 Apocalypse: The Second World War: EP1: Agression 11:00 Chain of Command: EP4: Part 4: The End of the Beginning Discovery Channel —————————— 6:15 a.m. Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown 7:15 Railroad Australia 8:10 The Last Alaskans 9:05 Strangest Weather on Earth 10:00 How Do They Do It? 10:25 How It’s Made 10:55 Todd Sampson’s Body Hack 11:50 Chaos Caught on Camera 12:45 I’d Kill for You 1:40 p.m. How Do They Do It? 2:05 How It’s Made 2:35 Wheeler Dealers 3:30 Deadly Dilemmas 4:25 Todd Sampson’s Body Hack 5:20 How Do They Do It? 5:45 How It’s Made 6:15 Wheeler Dealers 7:10 Chaos Caught on Camera 8:05 Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown 9:00 Wheeler Dealers 9:55 Speed Is the New Black 10:50 Diesel Brothers 11:45 I’d Kill for You Star Sports ——————— 8 a.m. Santos Tour Down Under 2018 9:00 Bundesliga 2017/18 Freiburg vs. Bayern 10:00 ABB FIA Formula E Championship: Highlights Mexico City Eprix 11:00 Sports Unlimited 12 p.m. Cape to Cape 2017 1:00 Bundesliga 2017/18 M’gladbach vs. Bremen 2:00 ITTF Team World Cup 2018 H/Ls 5:00 Sports Unlimited 6:00 Bundesliga 2017/18 Freiburg vs. Bayern 7:00 Bundesliga 2017/18 Weekly 7:30 World’s Strongest Man Botswana 2017 8:00 FIM Motocross World Championship 2018 Race 2 9:30 Autospeed 2017/18 10:00 Gillette World Sport 2018 10:30 FOX College Basketball 2017/18 (Women) Cinemax ——————— 9:30 a.m. The Enemy Within 10:55 Batman: The Killing Joke 12:15 p.m. Bleed for This 2:15 Lethal Weapon 4:00 Tank 5:50 The Ladies Man 7:15 Assault on Precinct 9:00 Rellik 10:00 Strike Back 10:50 On Deadly Ground CCTV News ——————— 8 a.m. Global Business by CCTV America 9:00 News Desk 10:00 News Desk 11:30 Dialogue 12 p.m. News Hour 1:00 Global Business by CCTV America 2:00 News Desk 3:30 Sports Scene 4:00 Global Business 5:00 News Desk 5:30 Culture Express 6:00 Africa Live 7:00 Asia Today 7:30 Dialogue 8:00 News Desk 8:15 China 24 9:00 News Desk 9:15 Global Business 10:00 News Desk 10:15 World Insight 11:00 News Desk 11:30 Culture Express For full listings visit pearl.tvb.com, tv.foxsportsasia.com, www.hboasia.com, natgeotv.com/asia, english.cntv.cn and www.discoverychannelasia.com. Program schedule correct at the time of going to press. | 