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July 18 - 24, 2012
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Film – Big Mommas: Like Father Like Son at 8pm on OSN Premiere
FBI agent Malcolm Turner teams up with his teenage son, Trent, who unwittingly makes himself a target when he witnesses a murder. In order to keep Trent safe and solve the case, the two have no choice but to go undercover at an all-girls performing arts school, with Malcolm posing as Big Momma and Trent dressing up as a female student named Charmaine.

Sport – The Open Championship at 11am on OSN Sports 1 HD
The oldest annual golf competition comes to OSN screens live from the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire. A total of 156 players will compete for the champion title as well as the The Golf Champion Trophy, the Claret Jug. The event is a 72-hole stroke play tournament, with a cut after the first 36 holes limited to the top 70 players and ties.

Film – A Beautiful Mind at 7pm on MBC2
John Nash struggles to make a worthwhile contribution to serve as his legacy to the world of mathematics. He makes a revolutionary breakthrough that will eventually earn him the Nobel Prize. After graduate school he turns to teaching, becoming romantically involved with a student. Meanwhile, the government asks his help with breaking Soviet codes, which soon gets him involved in a conspiracy plot.

Series – Mr Sunshine at 7pm on OSN Comedy
Ben Donovan is a self-absorbed manager of a second-tier sports arena in San Diego. When he hits 40, he starts to re-evaluate his life and accomplishments, or lack thereof. He tries to deal with the unusual demands of his job and his narcissistic boss while working alongside Alice, the marketing director, Alonzo, a former basketball player who runs the arena’s community outreach programme and Heather, his assistant. Ben’s life gets even more complicated when he’s forced to find a job for Roman, the boss’ son, who is as untalented as he is well-meaning.

Lifestyle – How Do I Look at 6.25pm on The Style Network
A style-impaired guest gets a full makeover as well as a new wardrobe. Jeannie Mai along with her three assistants throws away the fashion victim’s clothing and the assistants then go shopping and produce a collection that they think the guest should wear, including make-up and hair. The guest must then pick a compilation that they like the best and guess who was behind the creation.

Series – Alcatraz at 5.30pm on MBC Action
In 1963 prisoners and guards at Alcatraz prison encounter a supernatural occurrence and mysteriously disappear. In order to avoid the problem, the government tells the public the prison has been closed because of the unsafe conditions and sets up a secret unit to find the missing inmates. In the present day, the inmates suddenly start returning, unaware of where they have been all these years.
A federal agent employs a police officer and a conspiracy theory novelist to track them down.

Sport – Darts World Matchplay at 9pm on OSN Sports 2 HD
Watch the exclusive coverage of the 2012 World Matchplay darts tournament live from the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool, England. The tournament is played in a leg format and is organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). The top 16 in the PDC will qualify as seeded players and the other 16 will move onto the top non-qualified players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit and will be unseeded.







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