Saturday's TV highlights

4.30PM, TV2
HENDERSON TO HOLLYWOOD
Will the Kiwi lads charm the Americans with their catchy songs and spunky dance moves?

6PM, TV2
MY WIFE AND KIDS
Claire wants to go on her first date with Tony but Michael is reluctant.

7PM, TV ONE
KIWIS AT WAR
World War II tales of derring-do by New Zealanders are brought to life in this action-packed seven-part series that looks at a different hero each episode.
There are tales of well-known figures such as secret agent Nancy Wake, the White Mouse, and two-time Victoria Cross winner Charles Upham, plus hero pilot Jack Rae, whose story begins the series tonight.
Rae signed up with the RNZAF, desperate to become one of the glamour boys flying a Spitfire. His dream came true and after training in England he ended up on the island of Malta.
After being shot down and rescued, Rae returned to duties in England, until his plane was shot down over France and he was thrown into a notorious prisoner-of-war camp near Berlin - Stalag Luft III, scene of the Great Escape.
He was doing time in the cooler for trying to escape when 77 prisoners made a bid for freedom through a 100m-long tunnel.
While it's great to see gutsy New Zealanders being recognised, you have to think that a golden opportunity has been missed to tell the story of Lance-Sergeant Haane Manahi, overlooked for a VC despite being backed by three generals and a field marshal for the award for bravery.
Manahi received a Distinguished Conduct Medal instead, and recently had some belated recognition from Buckingham Palace but not the posthumous VC his family has been fighting for.
Seeing his story on our screens might have gone a little way towards righting that injustice.

7.30PM, TV ONE
NO GOING BACK
Mac and Laura McKay and their two children moved to Provence to run painting holidays, but transforming the house into a place fit for paying guests has been difficult.

7.30PM, TV3
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE?
America's finest dancers compete to become the champ. Already a few egos are in the running.

7.30PM, PRIME
HOLMES
Paul meets Stargate Atlantis stars David Nykl (Dr Zelenka) and Rachel Luttrell (Teyla), who are in New Zealand for the Armageddon Pulp Culture Expo this weekend.


MOVIES
[rated out of 5]

8.30PM, TV2
SORORITY BOYS
Herald rating: * * *
Frat-boy movie in which the main characters disguise themselves as girls, get thrown out by the house dog catcher because they're so ugly then have to keep up the ruse to stay in the company of a group of sorority girls. (2002)

8.30PM, TV3
VAN HELSING
Herald rating: * *
Set in the late 19th century, Van Helsing (Hugh Jackman) is summoned to get rid of Count Dracula (Richard Roxburgh). (2004)

10.30PM, TV2
ANY GIVEN SUNDAY
Herald rating: * * *
A star quarterback (Dennis Quaid) has been knocked out of the game and a naive football player (Jamie Foxx) replaces him. (1999)

11PM, TV ONE
CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS
Herald rating: * * * *
Documentary about the Friedmans, who appeared to be a typical middle class American family until Arnold Friedman and his son Jesse were both arrested on multiple counts for various crimes against children. (2003)

8.30PM, SKY MOVIES 1
STIR OF ECHOES
Herald rating: * * *
Kevin Bacon stars in a good ghost story, from enormously respected fantasy writer Richard Matheson. Simple, spooky storytelling, with Bacon plagued by visions and compelled to dig up the basement floor. (1999)


SPORT

7.30PM, SKY SPORT 1 LIVE; 8.30PM PRIME
RUGBY: AIR NEW ZEALAND CUP FINAL, WAIKATO V WELLINGTON
With both teams showing good form coming into this game, it's going to be a close one but maybe the home fans' clanging cow bells will lift Waikato enough. Preceding this game are the finals in the lower divisions, with Wanganui playing Wairarapa Bush for the Meads Cup (4.25pm, Sky Sport 1 live; 12.30pm Sunday on Prime) and Poverty Bay taking on King Country for the Lochore Cup (2pm, Sky Sport 1 live; 3.30pm, Prime)

10PM, SKY SPORT 1 LIVE; 11PM, MAORI TV; 2.30PM (SUNDAY) PRIME
RUGBY LEAGUE: TRI-NATIONS, NEW ZEALAND V AUSTRALIA
The Kiwis will travel to Melbourne feeling they are still in this competition but the Kangaroos look a class above them.