Saturday’s TV Highlights and Weekend Talk: ‘Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency’ on BBC America
SERIES
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency Todd (Elijah Wood) finds himself dragged further (and against his will) into Dirk’s (Samuel Barnett) case as they learn more about who kidnapped Patrick Spring’s daughter (Alison Thornton). Hannah Marks, Richard Schiff and Jade Eshete also star. 9 p.m. BBC America
The Graham Norton Show Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Jude Law and Catherine Tate are guests, and rock band Kings of Leon performs. 10 p.m. BBC America
SPECIALS
The Real Amish Witches The Amish witches that inspired the film, “Amish Witches: The True Story of Holmes County.” (N) (1 hr.) 10:02 p.m. Lifetime
MOVIES
Halloween treats Freeform is offering a marathon of spooky movies. Up first, “R.L. Stine’s Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls,” a 2015 teen horror comedy starring Andrew Kavadas, Dove Cameron and Katherine McNamara, 9 a.m.; Tim Burton’s 1993 animated hit “The Nightmare Before Christmas” follows at 11; and “Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride” (2005) at 12:35; 2012’s “Dark Shadows,” starring Johnny Depp and Michelle Pfeiffer, 2:35; “The Addams Family” (1991), 5:15; “Addams Family Values” (1993), 7:20; “Hocus Pocus” (1993), 9:25. Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci finish it all with “Sleepy Hollow” (1999),11:30.
Amish Witches: The True Story of Holmes County After a reality film crew comes to Holmes County, Ohio, to film a documentary on an isolated Amish sect, production is shut down after an Amish witch is killed, in this new thriller that’s filmed in the “found footage” style of “The Blair Witch Project.” Hayley Palmaer and Evangeline Young star, 8 p.m. Lifetime. The movie is followed by the new special “The Real Amish Witches” at 10.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies In 19th century England, Elizabeth Bennet (Lily James), mistress of martial arts and weaponry, teams up with zombie killer Mr. Darcy (Sam Riley) to battle the undead in this 2016 adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s 2009 literary mash-up of Jane Austen and horror flicks. 9 p.m. Starz
The Night Before Halloween This new thriller premiering the night before the night before Halloween, opens as a Halloween prank goes wrong, unleashing a relentless creature that will hunt down all of the participants – unless they can find out how to pass that curse along to someone else. Bailee Madison and Anthony Lemke star. 9 p.m. Syfy
Where to Invade Next Filmmaker Michael Moore visits various countries, including France, Italy, Germany, Finland and Slovenia, to examine how Europeans view work, education, health care, sex, equality, and other issues in this quirky 2015 documentary. 9:45 p.m. EPIX
SATURDAY
Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC
SUNDAY
Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace Presidential election; coverage of Donald Trump: Vice Presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence (R-Ind.). Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Tulare). Panel: George Will; Gerald Seib, the Wall Street Journal; Lisa Boothe, Washington Examiner; Charles Lane, the Washington Post. (N) 5 a.m. KTTV; 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.FNC
CBS Sunday Morning Eddie Redmayne (“Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them”); Josh Groban (Broadway’s “Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812.” (N) 6 a.m. KCBS
Good Morning America (N) 6 a.m. KABC
State of the Union Politics: Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway. Politics: David Axelrod; Mark McKinnon. Panel: Dana Bash; David Chalian; Bakari Sellers; Alice Stewart; Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Los Angeles); Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.). (N) 6 and 9 a.m. CNN
Fareed Zakaria GPS The U.S. elections look like from abroad; claims that Russia is meddling in the U.S. elections: Bernard Kouchner; Kishore Mahbubani; David Miliband; Radoslaw Sikorski. Africa: Jeremy Johnson. The rise of populism: Anne Applebaum, the Washington Post; Nigel Farage. (N) 7 and 10 a.m. CNN
Face the Nation The presidential election; plans for life out of office: Vice President Joe Biden. Republican Vice Presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence (R-Ind.). Polls from Colorado, Arizona, Pennsylvania and North Carolina: Anthony Salvanto. Panel: Susan Page, USA Today; Ben Domenech, the Federalist; Amy Walter, Cook Political Report; Patrick Healy, New York Times. (N) 8 a.m. KCBS
Meet the Press (N) 8 a.m. KNBC; 11 a.m. MSNBC
This Week With George Stephanopoulos (N) 8 a.m. KABC
Reliable Sources Trump coverage; Megyn Kelly’s exchange with Newt Gingrich and her future at Fox: Matt Lewis, the Daily Caller; Jennifer Rubin, the Washington Post; Rich Noyes. How Hillary Clinton supporters perceive her media coverage: Peter Daou; David Brock; Hilary Rosen. The future of “Trump TV”: Tomi Lahren. Fact checking Donald Trump: Daniel Dale, Toronto Star. (N) 8 a.m. CNN
MediaBuzz Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the WikiLeaks emails; coverage Megyn Kelly’s Newt Gingrich; coverage of Donald Trump: Erin McPike; Kelly Riddell, Washington Times; Ruth Marcus, the Washington Post; Laura Ingraham; Mark Cuban. (N) 8 a.m. FNC
60 Minutes A young Muslim who grew up in America explains why he tried to join ISIS. (N) 7 p.m. KCBS
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