What’s on TV Saturday, plus Sunday Talk: ‘It Was Always You’
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SERIES
A Wild Year On Earth In the new episode “November-December,” millions of migrating monarch butterflies converge in the forests of Mexico for the winter, a gathering that coincides with the Mexican Day of the Dead. Meanwhile, in South Africa, returning rains are welcomed by nesting birds, and in Australia, warming waters trigger the annual coral spawning in the magnificent Great Barrier Reef. Laura Carmichael (“Downton Abbey”) narrates. 8 p.m. BBC America
Saturday Night Live Nick Jonas is the musical guest and host in this new episode. 8:30 and 11:30 p.m. NBC
SPECIALS
SPORTS
College Basketball USC visits Utah, 5 p.m. ESPN2; Loyola Marymount visits Gonzaga, 7 p.m. ESPN; UCLA visits Colorado, 7 p.m. ESPN2. Also, Texas visits Texas Tech, 9 a.m. CBS; Michigan visits Indiana, 9 a.m. Fox; Tennessee visits Auburn, 9 a.m. ESPN; Teams TBA, 9 a.m. ESPN2; Georgetown visits DePaul, 9 a.m. FS1; Washington visits Arizona, 11 a.m. CBS; Illinois visits Wisconsin, 11 a.m. ESPN; LSU visits Arkansas, 11 a.m. ESPN2; Miami visits Clemson, 11 a.m. FS Prime; Marquette visits Connecticut, 11:30 a.m. Fox; Oklahoma State visits Oklahoma, Noon ABC; Florida visits Kentucky, 1 p.m. CBS; Florida State visits North Carolina, 1 p.m. ESPN; Kansas State visits West Virginia, 1 p.m. ESPN2; La Salle visits George Mason, 1:30 p.m. NBCSP; Creighton visits Xavier, 2 p.m. Fox; Louisville visits Duke, 3 p.m. ESPN; Teams TBA, 3 p.m. ESPN2; Baylor visits Kansas, 5 p.m. ESPN
Women’s College Basketball St. John’s visits Creighton, 11 a.m. FS1; Teams TBA, 5 p.m. FS1
NHL Hockey The Kings visit the Minnesota Wild, 5 p.m. Fox Sports Net; the Vegas Golden Knights visit the Ducks, 7 p.m. FS Prime
NBA Basketball The Dallas Mavericks visit the Brooklyn Nets, 5:30 p.m. ABC
America Together With Harris Faulkner The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines: Dr. Peter Hotez and Dr. Marc Siegel. Mass vaccination sites in Texas: Casey Stegall. 7 p.m. Fox News
SATURDAY TALK SHOWS
Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC
Good Morning America Lola Ogunnaike. (N) 9 a.m. KABC
SUNDAY TALK SHOWS
CBS News Sunday Morning (N) 6 a.m. KCBS
Good Morning America (N) 6 a.m. KABC
State of the Union Dr. Anthony Fauci, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.). Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.). Rep. Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles). (N) 6, 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. CNN
Fareed Zakaria GPS Forecasting climate, COVID-19 pandemic and the economy: Bill Gates. U.S./Saudi relations; the murder of Jamal Khashoggi: Author Meghan O’Sullivan (“Windfall: How the New Energy Abundance Upends Global Politics and Strengthens America’s Power”); author Nicholas Kristof, (“Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope”); author Tarek Masoud (“Counting Islam: Religion, Class, and Elections in Egypt”). (N) 7 and 10 a.m. CNN
Sunday Morning Futures With Maria Bartiromo Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Tulare). Former acting Secretary of DHS Chad Wolf. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield). Former White House Trade advisor Peter Navarro. (N) 7 a.m. and noon Fox News
Face the Nation Dr. Anthony Fauci, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. RNC chair Ronna McDaniel. Gov. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.). Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.). Gov. Andy Beshear (D-Ky.). Former FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb. (N) 7:30 a.m. KCBS
Meet the Press Dr. Anthony Fauci, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio). Panel: O. Kay Henderson, Radio Iowa; Carol Lee; Eugene Robinson; Bret Stephens. (N) 8 a.m. and 1:30 a.m. KNBC; 1 a.m. MSNBC
This Week With George Stephanopoulos Dr. Anthony Fauci, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio). Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii). Panel: Chris Christie; Rahm Emanuel; Yvette Simpson; Sarah Isgur, Dispatch. (N) 8 a.m. and 2 a.m. KABC
Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.). Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.). White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. Caleb Anderson, 12-year-old recruited by Georgia Tech. Panel: Ben Domenech; Jane Harman; Susan Page, USA Today. (N) 8 a.m. KTTV; 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. Fox News
Reliable Sources With Brian Stelter CPAC 2021, the state of the GOP and pro-Trump media: David Weigel, the Washington Post; Farai Chideya; author Jill Filipovic (“Ok Boomer, Let’s Talk: How My Generation Got Left Behind”). How the White House press corps is adjusting to the Biden administration: Katie Rogers, the New York Times. Big tech, misinformation and the erosion of local news: Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.). The New York Times’ diversity report: Carolyn Ryan, the New York Times. An interview with retiring Washington Post executive editor Marty Baron. (N) 8 a.m. CNN
MediaBuzz Kat Timpf; Mo Elleithee; Steve Krakauer, Fourth Watch; Marie Harf; Republican strategist Alexandra Wilkes; FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr. (N) 8 a.m. Fox News
Frank Buckley Interviews Author Jim Gray (“Talking to GOATs: The Moments You Remember and the Stories You Never Heard”). (N) 4:30 p.m. and 12:05 a.m. KTLA
60 Minutes Why more Americans have not received a COVID-19 vaccine; U.S. service members on the al-Asad airbase in Iraq describe surviving a ballistic missile attack; author Colson Whitehead. (N) 7 p.m. KCBS
America Together With Harris Faulkner: The Shot COVID-19 vaccines: Dr. Peter Hotez; Dr. Marc Siegel. Mass vaccination sites: Casey Stegall. (N) 7 p.m. Fox News
MOVIES
Dances With Wolves Kevin Costner stars and directs this 1990 western about a Civil War veteran (Costner) who lives with American Indians and learns to appreciate their way of life. Mary McDonnell and Graham Greene also star. 5 p.m. TCM
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure Bill and Ted (Alex Winter, Keanu Reeves) have a lot riding on their final history report. With the help of a mysterious stranger (George Carlin) and a time machine, the boys deliver a presentation complete with actual historical figures from Socrates to Sigmund Freud in this 1989 comedy, 8 p.m. HBO. The 1991 sequel, “Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey,” follows at 9:30.
Girl in the Basement Inspired by true events, this new TV thriller chronicles the story of a teenager whose father held her prisoner in the basement of their family home for more than 20 years, having told his wife and the girl’s siblings that she had run away with an unsuitable boyfriend none of them liked. Judd Nelson, Joely Fisher, Stefanie Scott and Emily Topper star. 8 p.m. Lifetime
It Was Always You A woman’s (Erin Krakow) engagement planning is derailed by a severe storm that strands her fiancé across town and having his free-spirited brother (Tyler Hynes) hanging around doesn’t help in this new TV romance. 9 p.m. Hallmark
The Best Man (1999) 8 a.m. Freeform
Grease (1978) 8 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. Paramount
Lethal Weapon (1987) 9 a.m. Showtime
Knute Rockne, All American (1940) 9 a.m. TCM
Frozen (2013) 9:31 a.m. Encore
A League of Their Own (1992) 10:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Paramount
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) 10:30 a.m. Syfy
12 Angry Men (1957) 10:45 a.m. TCM
Twister (1996) 11 and 11 p.m. USA
Monsters University (2013) 11:17 a.m. Encore
Rio (2011) Noon Nickelodeon
Star Trek (2009) 12:30 p.m. IFC
Minority Report (2002) 12:30 p.m. Ovation
Jurassic Park (1993) 12:30 and 8:15 p.m. TBS
A Man for All Seasons (1966) 12:30 p.m. TCM
There’s Something About Mary (1998) 12:45 p.m. Freeform
The Hate U Give (2018) 1 p.m. FXX
Clueless (1995) 1:10 p.m. POP
Just Mercy (2019) 1:24 p.m. HBO
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) 1:29 p.m. Syfy
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) 1:30 p.m. Comedy Central
The Help (2011) 1:30 and 8 p.m. Paramount
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) 1:30 and 8 p.m. USA
Anna and the Apocalypse (2017) 2 p.m. Epix
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013) 2 p.m. FX
Chariots of Fire (1981) 2:45 p.m. TCM
Pretty Woman (1990) 3:25 p.m. Freeform
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) 3:30 p.m. IFC
Fright Night (2011) 3:30 p.m. TMC
Gorillas in the Mist (1988) 4 p.m. KCET
BlacKkKlansman (2018) 4 p.m. FXX
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015) 4 p.m. Nickelodeon
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) 4:58 p.m. Syfy
Apollo 13 (1995) 5:01 p.m. Ovation
Independence Day (1996) 5:35 p.m. HBO
Bull Durham (1988) 6 p.m. MLB
Forrest Gump (1994) 7 p.m. AMC
Groundhog Day (1993) 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. IFC
Ghostbusters (1984) 8 p.m. Sundance
Chicago (2002) 8:03 p.m. Encore
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) 9 p.m. TCM
Zero Dark Thirty (2012) 9:54 p.m. Starz
Braveheart (1995) 10 p.m. Encore
In the Line of Fire (1993) 11 p.m. Ovation
The Wind and the Lion (1975) 11 p.m. TCM
TV highlights for Feb. 28-March 6 include the Golden Globes, Eddie Murphy in “Coming 2 America” and a documentary about late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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