What’s on Saturday TV: “Saturday Night Live,” NBC; “The zoo”, Animal planet; “Boogie”, HBO
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SERIES
Who is it anyway? Greg Proops is the guest of this new episode of the improvisational comedy series. 8 p.m. The CW
The Zoo: Tales from the Bronx (N) 8 p.m. Animal planet
Saturday Night Live Jonathan Majors (“The Harder They Fall”) hosts this new episode with musical guest Taylor Swift. 8:29 p.m. and 11:29 p.m. NBC
The funniest animals in the world (N) 9 p.m. The CW
The zoo Staff are working to establish a relationship between a pair of Asian elephants, but the two animals have very different personalities that could make them incompatible. Additionally, vets are treating the foot condition of an ocellated turkey chick, and a North American beaver needs a tooth cut. 9 p.m. Animal planet
48 hours (N) 10 p.m. CBS
SPORTS
College football Michigan visits Penn State, 9 am ABC; Oklahoma visits Baylor, 9 am Fox; Syracuse visits Louisville, 9 am BSSC; Mississippi State Visits Auburn, 9 am ESPN; Northwestern visits Wisconsin, 9 am ESPN2; West Virginia visits Kansas State at 9 am FS1; Georgia visits Tennessee, 12:30 p.m. CBS; Purdue visits Ohio State, 12:30 p.m. ABC; Boston College visits Georgia Tech, 12:30 p.m. BSSC; Miami visits the State of Florida, 12:30 p.m. ESPN; Iowa State Tour Texas Tech, 12:30 p.m. ESPN2; tour of Maryland, Michigan, 1 p.m. Fox; Texas A&M visits Ole Miss, 4 p.m. ESPN; Kentucky visits Vanderbilt, 4 p.m. ESPN2; Arizona State visits Washington, 4:00 PM FS1; Notre Dame Visits Virginia, 4:30 p.m. ABC; TCU Tours in Oklahoma State, 5 p.m. Fox; Washington State visits Oregon, 7:30 p.m. ESPN; State of Utah visits State of San Jose, 7:30 p.m. FS1
College basketball Tours from Saint-Pierre to St. John’s, 1 pm FS1; Texas Visits Gonzaga, 7:30 p.m. ESPN2
NHL Hockey Kings visit Winnipeg Jets, 4 p.m. BSW
NBA basketball Minnesota Timberwolves visit the Clippers, 7:30 p.m. BSSC
SATURDAY TALK SHOWS
Hello america (N) 7 a.m. KABC
CBS Saturday morning (N) 10 a.m. KCAL
Interviews with Frank Buckley Author Gregory Zuckerman (“One shot to save the world”). (N) 11 a.m. KTLA and Sunday 4:30 p.m.
Meet the Press Film Festival Documentaries focusing on stories affected by American politics. (N) 7 p.m. MSNBC
MOVIES
The French connection Narcotics Officer Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle (Gene Hackman) and his partner (Roy Scheider) confront a drug trafficking ring that ships heroin to the United States in the crime drama from director William Friedkin, winner of an Oscar in 1971. This screening marks the 50th anniversary of the film’s release. Fernando Rey also plays. 5:00 p.m. MTC
The Secret Life of Pets 2 In director Chris Renaud’s 2019 computer-animated sequel, two dogs (voiced by Patton Oswalt, Eric Stonestreet) make big adjustments when their owner (voiced by Ellie Kemper), gets married, and the couple bring a baby into the housework. Other voices include Pete Holmes, Kevin Hart, Harrison Ford, Jenny Slate, Tiffany Haddish, Lake Bell, Dana Carvey and Hannibal Buress. 7:30 p.m. Free form
Boogie Eddie Huang, whose personal memories inspired the ABC comedy “Fresh Off the Boat,” wrote and directed this 2021 drama starring Taylor Takahashi as a young basketball phenomenon living in Queens, NY Pamelyn Chee, Perry Yung and Taylour Paige are also on the bill. 8 p.m. HBO
Perfect vacation Tatyana Ali stars in this new 2021 seasonal romance as a fashion photographer who enrolls in the annual Christmas Photography Retreat in the small town of Pine Falls. A booking error leads him to share a rental with a wildlife photographer. Dina Meyer and Henderson Wade are also on the bill. 20h for life
AND the alien (1982) 8:00 am Free form
Harry potter and the sorcerer’s stone (2001) 8:00 a.m. Syfy
Walk the line (2005) 9:00 a.m. E!
The postman always rings twice (1946) 9 a.m. TCM
Antwone Fisher (2002) 9:46 am Cinemax
Ocean’s Thirteen (2007) 10 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. Bravo
Dance with the wolves (1990) 10 a.m. Ovation
What about Bob? (1991) 10 a.m. POP
Galaxy Quest (1999) 11:00 a.m. IFC
The candidate (1972) 11 a.m. TCM
The LEGO Movie 2: Part 2 (2019) 11 a.m. TNT
Chinese syndrome (1979) 11:10 TMC
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) 11:33 Syfy
The fighter (2010) 11:35 Epix
Silver ball (2011) Midi AMC
Ferris Bueller’s day off (1986) Midi CMT
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) Midi FX
Field of dreams (1989) primordial midday
Meet the parents (2000) Midi TRU
The man who shot Liberty Valance (1962) 1 p.m. Sundance
A hot December (1973) 1 p.m. TCM
Mathilde (1996) 13:10 Free form
High Plains Wanderer (1973) 1:15 p.m. TMC
Suspense (1993) 2 p.m. Ovation
John wick (2014) 2:00 p.m. United States; 10:00 p.m. United States
The breakfast club (1985) 2:30 p.m. CMT
Aliens (1986) 2:30 p.m. Show time
The Twelve of the Ocean (2004) 3 p.m. Bravo
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) 3:00 p.m. FX
Cloverfield (2008) 3 p.m. HBO
Apollo 13 (1995) 3 p.m. TMC
Gremlins (1984) 3:15 p.m. TNT
Titanic (1997) 3:20 p.m. MTV
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) 3:30 p.m. Syfy
Empire of the Sun (1987) 3:55 p.m. KCET
The Butcher’s Wife (1991) 4 p.m. KCOP
Eldorado (1967) 4 p.m. Sundance
Captain America: Civil War (2016) 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. United States
The SpongeBob movie: The sponge out of the water (2015) 4:30 p.m. Nickelodeon
The legend of Bagger Vance (2000) 5 p.m. Ovation
Minority report (2002) 5:20 p.m. Epix
Lock (2008) 5:20 p.m. Free form
The devil wears Prada (2006) 5:26 pm Again
Charlie and the chocolate factory (2005) 5.30 p.m. and 10 p.m. TNT
Friday (1995) 6 p.m. VH1
Ted (2012) 6:13 p.m. Cinémax
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) 6.30 p.m. Syfy
The wedding of my best friend (1997) 19h CMT
tomb stone (1993) 7 p.m. Sundance; 10 p.m. Sundance
the wolf of Wall Street (2013) 8 p.m. MTV
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989) 8 p.m. TBS
The Polar Express (2004) 8 p.m. TNT
Meet John Doe (1941) 9:20 p.m. KVCR
Dirty dance (1987) 9:30 p.m. CMT
Bill & Ted’s excellent adventure (1989) 9:40 p.m. Cinémax
The other guys (2010) 10 p.m. Comedy Central
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) 10 p.m. Syfy
The monster (2016) 10:30 p.m. TMC
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