Monday's TV highlights

TV2, 7PM
SHORTLAND ST
Poor old Tania hasn't had much luck in love lately. Ant's bizarre behaviour pushed her away and last week landed him in a hospital bed. But with a concerned Tania at his bedside, Ant realises he can't give up hope. He will do whatever it takes to keep her in his life. How will Tania react to his surprising proposal?

TV ONE, 8.30PM
HAVING A BABY RUINED MY LIFE
Brit doco exposes the hitherto undetected effects of having a baby - loss of sleep, social life, libido, adult conversation, money - through interviews with various couples doing it tough with their first kids. If it's true, surely the lovely wee things should come with a warning label stamped on the packet or something, eh?

TV2, 8PM
NZ IDOL
After last night's Wellington show, Dominic Bowden reveals the three contestants to go through to the final 10 followed by a special wildcard half-hour to remind voters of the nine unsuccessful performers hoping for a second chance.

TV2, 8.30PM
ER
In the wake of heavy rains, the ER is flooded with patients, including a baby injured in a suspicious car crash, a heart-attack victim visited by his sex therapist and a nursing-home resident who has been in a coma who suddenly awakens, causing consternation for staff who wonder whether they should tell her about her past.

TV2, 9.30 PM
GREY'S ANATOMY
The characters in this medical drama spend so much time discussing their relationships or the latest love triangle they're embroiled in that you worry their patients will start flatlining unnoticed. But the characters' personal lives do drive this show as much as any of the medical dramas. And it's no different in tonight's season finale as Callie (Sandra Ramirez) quizzes George (T.R McKnight) about his feelings for her, while Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) must choose between Derek (Patrick Dempsey) and Finn (Chris O'Donnell). Izzie (Katherine Heigl) is in hot water over her care of Denny Duquette (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) - the handsome heart transplant patient who stole her heart. With all this going on, staff also have to stage a prom to fulfil the dying wish of chief of staff Webber's (James Pickens jnr) terminally ill niece.


MOVIES
[rated out of 5]

8.30PM, TV3
ALONG CAME POLLY
Herald rating: * * *
Ben Stiller plays risk analyst Reuben Feffer, who is on the rebound after he discovers his wife being unfaithful. His friend and co-workers try to cheer him up and he meets old schoolmate Polly Prince (Jennifer Aniston). Features a superb performance by Hank Azaria as Claude, the French scuba instructor. (2004)

8.30PM, SKY MOVIES 1
MAN ON FIRE
Herald rating: * * * *
Denzel Washington stars as John Creasy, a burned-out ex-CIA agent, who is taken to Mexico City to act as minder to 9-year-old Pita (Dakota Fanning), the daughter of a wealthy industrialist. Pita gives him new purpose in life and he is overwrought when she is kidnapped. Director Tony Scott (Crimson Tide, Top Gun) goes for a mix of colour grades, frenzied montages and plenty of handheld camera shots, creating a tense thriller. (2004)

9.50PM, RIALTO SKY DIGITAL
THE CHORUS
Herald rating: * * *
Uplifting story about a new teacher at a boys' boarding school in post-war Europe, who uses the power of music to change the students' lives. (2004)