ATV can pack the schedules with fascinating documentaries six days a week and undo all the good that does with one night of Macau Racing (World, 8pm). It doesn't matter that all three serials on the other side are flagging, what else is there to watch if you live far away from cable connections and resent having to get a satellite dish put in? The most interesting programme this evening is Hong Kong Connection (Pearl, 6.50pm) which considers the pace of economic reform in China.
In light of last week's remarkable announcement that the growth of the mainland economy has stayed right on track, bar less than a percentage point, despite the floods and the shambolic state of the rest of Asia's economies, the discussion has a particularly topical note.
Reform of China's state-owned industries has generated growth and also generated enormous social upheaval. The programme asks whether the government can be really as determined to persevere with this course as it seemed to be at the 15th National Congress, given how dangerous all that social upheaval can be.
There seem to have been several made-for-television movies recently about the blind being the only witnesses to murder, and saving the day by identifying a floor board squeaking or fending off a serial killer with a thing about sightless blondes.
The X-Files (Pearl, 8.30pm) features a blind woman called Marty, who has apparently been carrying out extremely efficient murders that would be tricky enough to commit with 20/20 vision, let alone no vision.
The police detective who arrests her is told by a District Attorney that he has two days to prove she did it, either by letting her kill someone else or proving that her blindness is not quite what it seems.
