Saturday’s TV Highlights: “Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant” on Cinemax.
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AT THE CIRCUS: Salma Hayek as Madame Truska, in the stylish 2009 horror tale “Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant” at 10 p.m. on Cinemax.
SERIES
Teen Kids News: The series returns for a new season (9 a.m. Fox).
Being Human: The final showdown occurs at Kemp and Jaggat’s facility in the season finale (6 and 9 p.m. BBC America).
Celebrity Ghost Stories: Laura Prepon; Vince Neil; Connie Stevens; Haylie Duff are guests in the season finale (6 and 10 p.m. Biography).
Whose Wedding Is It Anyway? The unscripted series finishes its season (9 p.m. Style).
ABC 2010 Red Carpet Premiere Event: The network offers previews of its new shows, including “No Ordinary Family,” “My Generation,” “Detroit 1-8-7” and “The Whole Truth.” (9:30 p.m. ABC).
SPECIALS
Heal the Bay: Micah Ohlman hosts this hour-long special documenting the miles trash, debris and pollution along Southern California’s coastline and its impact on wildlife (8 p.m. KTLA).
MOVIES
Fail-Safe: In director Sidney Lumet’s tense 1964 melodrama American officials try to avert Russian retaliation for an accidental bombing mission. Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau and a young Larry Hagman star (3 p.m. TCM).
Deadly Honeymoon: An FBI agent investigates the disappearance of a newlywed’s husband while on a cruise in this 2010 TV movie with Summer Glau and Chris Carmack (7 p.m. Lifetime).
Fred: The Movie: When the girl of his dreams moves away, a teenager embarks on a journey to find her in this new TV movie starring Lucas Cruikshank and Jennette McCurdy (8 p.m. Nickelodeon).
SPORTS
College football: Kent State at Penn State (9 a.m. ESPN2); Iowa State at Kansas State (9 a.m. FSN); Florida at Tennessee (12:30 p.m. CBS); Nebraska at Washington. (12:30 p.m. ABC); USC at Minnesota (12:30 p.m. ESPN); Arizona State at Wisconsin (12:30 p.m. ESPN2); Air Force at Oklahoma (12:30 p.m. FSN); Clemson at Auburn (4 p.m. ESPN); Texas at Texas Tech (5 p.m. ABC); Notre Dame at Michigan State (5:07 p.m. ESPN2); Iowa at Arizona (7:30 p.m. ESPN); Houston at UCLA (7:30 p.m. FSN); Wake Forest at Stanford (8:20 p.m. ESPN2).
Baseball: The San Diego Padres visit the St. Louis Cardinals (1 p.m. Fox); the Chicago Cubs visit the Florida Marlins (4 p.m. WGN America).