Saturday’s TV highlights and weekend talk: ‘Summer of Dreams’ and more

SERIES

Aquarius This 1960s-set crime drama, starring David Duchovny (“The X-Files”) as an LAPD detective on the trail of cult leader Charles Manson (Gethin Anthony), is back with a pair of new episodes; Grey Damon and Emma Dumont also star. 9 and 10 p.m. NBC

Boston EMS This docu-series about paramedics in Boston ends its second season with back-to-back new episodes. 9 and 10 p.m. ABC

Deadly Women This true-crime series returns for another season with a new episode titled “Killer Cougars.” 10 p.m. Investigation Discovery

SPECIALS

The Fox Fall Preview The network offers sneak peeks at new shows plus returning series, including “Gotham” and “New Girl.” 7:30 p.m. Fox

MOVIES

The Great Escape A daylong salute to James Garner includes the actor opposite Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, et al., in director John Sturges’ fact-based 1963 drama about Allied prisoners trying to bust out of a Nazi POW camp during WWII; Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn and David McCallum also star. 5 p.m. TCM

In the Heart of the Sea “Thor’s” Chris Hemsworth heads the cast of director Ron Howard’s effects-laden 2015 retelling of the true-life whaling tale that inspired Herman Melville’s classic novel “Moby-Dick”; Cillian Murphy, Ben Whishaw and Brendan Gleeson also star. 8 p.m. HBO

Unwanted Guest Things take a dark turn when a college student stays with a classmate’s family over winter break in this new made-for-cable thriller; with Kate Mansi and Beth Littleford. 8 p.m. Lifetime

Summer of Dreams Former 1980s pop star Debbie Gibson plays a former 1980s pop star who takes a job as a music teacher at a suburban Ohio school in this new TV movie; with Robert Gant (“Queer as Folk”) and Pascale Hutton. 9 p.m. Hallmark Channel

Truth This fact-based 2015 drama revisits the “Memogate” scandal that enveloped former CBS News anchor Dan Rather (Robert Redford) and his “60 Minutes” producer Mary Mapes (Cate Blanchett); Topher Grace, Dennis Quaid, Bruce Greenwood, Stacy Keach and “Mad Men’s” Elisabeth Moss also star. 9 p.m. Starz

Intruders An agoraphobic woman fights back against a trio of home invaders in this 2015 thriller; with Beth Riesgraf, Rory Culkin and “Silicon Valley’s” Martin Starr. 9 p.m. TMC

WEEKEND TALK

SATURDAY

Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC

SUNDAY

Today Fred Armisen; surfing for science; design. (N) 6 a.m. KNBC

Good Morning America (N) 6 a.m. KABC

State of the Union 2016 election, immigration: Republican vice-presidential candidate Gov. Mike Pence (R-Ind.); 2016 election: Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski. (N) 6 and 9 a.m. CNN

CBS News Sunday Morning Using art to help children suffering from rare diseases; Barbra Streisand talks about her new album and tour; Meg Ryan discusses directing a new movie; a Santa convention in Branson, Mo.; special-needs students make music with iPads. (N) 6:30 a.m. KCBS

Fareed Zakaria GPS How nations like Switzerland, Japan, Israel and Australia deal with mass shootings; preventing gun suicides among active military and veterans. (N) 7 and 10 a.m. CNN

Face the Nation Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway; former Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson; Democratic National Committee chair Donna Brazile; Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah). (N) 8 a.m. KCBS

Meet the Press (N) 8 a.m. KNBC; 11 a.m. MSNBC

This Week With George Stephanopoulos Trump’s shift on immigration policy, 2016 election: Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.); Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign: Democratic National Committee chair Donna Brazile. (N) 8 a.m. KABC

Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace 2016 election: Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway; 2016 election: Libertarian presidential nominee, former Gov. Gary Johnson (R-N.M.); Rio Olympics: Swimmer Katie Ledecky. (N) 8 a.m. KTTV; 11 a.m. Fox News Channel

Reliable Sources The Associated Press’ investigation into the Clinton Foundation; Trump’s shifting immigration policy; candidates avoiding interviews and press conferences; the election, the “alt right,” the media and race. (N) 8 a.m. CNN

MediaBuzz Clinton campaign; Trump’s immigration policy. (N) 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Fox News Channel

60 Minutes International money laundering; transgender collegiate swimmer Schuyler Bailar. 7 p.m. KCBS

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