Saturday's TV highlights

7PM, TV2
8 SIMPLE RULES
The family assumes that Cate and Principal Gibb are in a relationship after the two fall asleep while watching a movie at the house.

7.30PM, PRIME
HOLMES
Paul travels to LA to catch up with NZ fashion industry icon Peri Drysdale and her creative adviser Cameron Silver, who was named one of the Top 25 most influential American fashionistas by Time magazine.

9.35PM, TV ONE
BYRON
When Annabella learns of Byron's love for Augusta, a vicious scandal ensues, and Byron goes into self-imposed exile in Venice.


MOVIES
[rated out of 5]

7.30PM, TV3
CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN
Herald rating: * * *
Steve Martin plays Tom Baker, a football coach trying to cope with his new job and a dozen children while his writer wife Kate (Bonnie Hunt) is away on a book tour. (2003)

8.30PM, TV2
DUMB AND DUMBERER: WHEN HARRY MET LLOYD
Herald rating: *
Tepid prequel to Dumb and Dumber. (2003)

8.30PM, SKY MOVIES 1
FINDING NEVERLAND
Herald rating: * * * *
Johnny Depp plays J.M. Barrie, creator of Peter Pan, in an account of how he found inspiration for his 1904 play through his relationship with the widowed Sylvia Llewelyn Davies (Kate Winslet) and her four boys. Good performances by all in a touching fantasy that masquerades as biographical drama. (2004)

9.35PM, TV3
SCENT OF A WOMAN
Herald rating: * * * *
"You're in no position to disagree with me, boy. I got a loaded .45 here. You got pimples." Al Pacino plays blind retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, who needs an escort so he can go to New York City and rip it up one last time.
Chris O'Donnell plays Charlie, a young scholarship student trying to make some extra money so he can afford to travel. They're both going through their own crisis: Frank wants to end things while Charlie has his own dramas at prep school. While the plot is fairly predictable, the relationship between the two characters - who are each unlikeable in their own way - is where the real friction and resolution lies. A surprise too, that with all the Pacino monologues to choose from in his film career, this sedate comedic drama would be the film to come up trumps. There is, after all, no more concise a Pacino quote than Hoo-hah! (1995)

11.10PM, TV ONE
LIVE FOREVER
Herald rating: * * *
Taking its title from the Oasis song, this documentary examines the Britpop phenomenon using a handful of key bands, including Oasis, Blur and Pulp. Both Gallaghers are interviewed, as well as a quizzical Damon Albarn and a straight-up Jarvis Cocker. Liam Gallagher produces the biggest laughs, especially when asked what the song Live Forever is about: "Well, it's about living forever, innit?" (2003)


SPORT

5.25PM, SKY SPORT 1 LIVE
AIR NEW ZEALAND CUP: WAIKATO V WELLINGTON
Waikato let things slip against Auckland last week and with home advantage they will be looking to make the running against struggling Wellington.

9.30PM, SKY SPORT 1 LIVE; 11.40PM, PRIME
NRL: PRELIMINARY FINAL 2, STORM V DRAGONS
The Dragons have been the form side through the business end of the season but the Storm's aggressive, no-frills style has been hard to combat.