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8:30pm Sunday, May 20 on TV2

In her Oscar-winning role, Sandra Bullock stars in an adaptation of the Michael Lewis bestseller about a young man whose size and sporting ability help him attain an education in school and in life, in the The Blind Side.

Teenager Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) is surviving on his own, virtually homeless, when he is spotted on the street by Leigh Anne Tuohy (Bullock). Learning that the young man is one of her daughter’s classmates, Leigh Anne insists that Michael-wearing shorts and a t-shirt in the dead of winter-come out of the cold.

Without a moment’s hesitation, she invites him to stay at the Tuohy home for the night. What starts out as a gesture of kindness turns into something more as Michael becomes part of the Tuohy family despite the differences in their backgrounds.

Living in his new environment, the teen faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome. And as the family helps Michael fulfil his potential, both on and off the football field, Michael’s presence in the Tuohys’ lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own.

Also starring country singing star Tim McGraw and Oscar-winner Kathy Bates.

8:30pm Saturday, May 19 on TV2

Academy Award-winner Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump) stars as Robert Langdon, a man trying to solve a murder and unravel a plot by an ancient group to blow up the Vatican in this week’s Sunday Premiere Movie: Angels And Demons.

Angels And Demons was reclusive author Dan Brown’s third novel after he gave up his job as an English teacher. It tells the story of Langdon’s brush with a shadowy secret society, the Illuminati, and his frantic quest for the world’s most powerful energy source, in the company of a beautiful Italian physicist(Ayelet Zurer), whose father, a brilliant physicist, has been murdered.

Also starring Ewan McGregor (Trainspotting), Stellan Skarsgard (Good Will Hunting) and David Pasquesi (Groundhog Day).

1:00pm Monday, May 21 on TV2

Head back to the classroom with TV2′s brand new series, School Pride, where communities pull together to put the cool back into school.

School Pride tells the stories of communities coming together to renovate their aging and broken public schools, while restoring their sense of value and pride. The cameras follow students, teachers, parents and community members as they roll up their sleeves and rebuild their own schools, making use of local businesses, and concluding with the unveiling of a brand-new, completely transformed school.

The volunteers are motivated by a quartet of community organisers and personalities: SWAT Commander Tom Stroup, interior designer Susie Castillo, comedian and former substitute teacher Kym Whitley and journalist Jacob Soboroff.

This week, a community in Compton, California joins forces to renovate the aging and run-down Enterprise Middle School.

8:30pm Thursday, May 24 on TV2

Even the innocent can have an evil streak – Snow White turns to the dark side tonight in Once Upon A Time.

Mary Margaret (Ginnifer Goodwin) hires Mr Gold (Robert Carlyle) as her attorney when Emma (Jennifer Morrison) is forced to arrest her for the suspected murder of David’s (Josh Dallas) wife.

Meanwhile, back in the fairytale land that was, Prince Charming (Dallas) sets out to stop a determined and unhinged Snow White (Goodwin), whose memory is still clouded by Rumplestiltskin’s (Carlyle) potion, from assassinating the Evil Queen (Lana Parrilla).

7:30pm Thursday, May 24 on TV2

Spotty, sweaty, hormone riddled – terrible teens are under the spotlight in tonight’s special episode of Police Ten 7.

Misbehaving teens are every parent’s, and every police officer’s, worst nightmare. In this special episode we look at some of our most out-of-control teens, who all think being under age makes them above the law.

Meanwhile, telephone calls from viewers of Police Ten 7 have resulted in Porirua police arresting a man for indecent assault.

The 53-year-old was arrested on April 30th and has appeared in the Porirua District Court. It follows an incident which took place on March 28th as a schoolgirl waited for a train on a platform at Porirua Railway Station.

Detective Nicola Holroyd, Porirua police, said there was an excellent response from the public to the appeal for information on last week’s programme.

“We’d like to thank callers and Police Ten 7 for their help.”

9:30pm Tuesday, May 22 on TV2

Everyone has issues to tackle, in TV2′s tough new dramedy, Necessary Roughness.

When sexy, suburban Long Island therapist Dani Santino (Callie Thorne, ER, The Wire) kicks her cheating husband Ray (Craig Bierko) to the curb, she needs to get a job to keep the roof over the heads of her and her teenage son and daughter. She gets a chance to jump start her career out on a girl’s night when she meets – and then spends the night with – Matthew Donnally (Marc Blucas), the handsome trainer for the New York Hawks football team.

In no time Dr Dani’s soon treating high priced, over indulged NFL players on her couch, and other celebrity patients keen to experience her brand of tough-love therapy follow. There’s a NASCAR driver, a TV news anchor, a Hawks mascot, a Martha Stewart-type and a skateboard pro, to name a few.

But Dani quickly learns her new career is not all about famous names and glamour. In the macho world of NFL she has to prove herself to be more than just one of the boys, while at home she needs to stay on top of her kids and fight her husband in an increasingly nasty custody battle.

8:30pm Monday, May 21 on TV2

Blood is spilt and a life is lost in tonight’s dramatic double episode of Revenge, but the question is – ‘whodunnit’?

The splendor of Emily (Emily VanCamp) and Daniel’s (Josh Bowman) Fire and Ice engagement party quickly turns to terror when her vendetta takes a dark, unexpected turn, putting those she loves and hates in imminent mortal danger.

Later, the murder scandal rocks the Hamptons, and someone has to take the fall. The devastating turn of events calls for desperate measures, as the Graysons form a united front, and Jack (Nick Wechsler) is not the only one wondering where Amanda (Margarita Levieva) has gone.

7:30pm Saturday, May 19 on TV2

Brace yourself for the highly anticipated finale of American Idol. It has come down to two – who will win?

This Saturday, May 19th at 7.30pm the final two are revealed as the third is sent packing, before they take to the stage on Friday, May 25th to battle it out in a war of voices and star power. These performances will determine their fates.

Back at 8.30pm, after taking a break for a special Shortland Street bloopers reel, it’s the grand finale – audiences will be taken back to the moments where the dream and the journey began and witness a montage of the performers at their best and worst in what has been an emotional roller-coaster, all before the new American Idol is revealed.

9:30pm Thursday, May 24 on TV2

Treat yourself to a rare glimpse of the behind-the-scenes workings of Shortland Street in a special edition of 20/20.

After being granted unprecedented access to the production of New Zealand’s favourite serial drama over the last six months, this special episode sees Erin Conroy follow a week in the life of Pua Magasiva (Vinnie), while Emma Keeling gets a chance to star on the show and Hannah Ockleford examines Shortland Street’s impact on New Zealand society.

8:30pm Saturday, May 12 on TV2

Feel the chemistry as Tom Hanks (The Larry Crown Affair) and French beauty Audrey Tautau (Amelie) team up in The Da Vinci Code.

While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon (Hanks) receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling code. Solving the perplexing riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci – clues visible for all to see, and yet ingeniously disguised by the painter. Langdon joins forces with a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu (Tautou), and learns the late curator was involved in a secret organisation named the Priory of Sion.

In a breathless race through Paris, London and beyond, Langdon and Neveu match wits with a faceless enemy who appears to work for Opus Dei – an underground, Vatican-sanctioned Catholic organisation believed to have long plotted to seize the Priory’s secret. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the puzzle in time, the Priory’s secret – and a stunning historical truth – will be lost forever.