What's On Tonight (Saturday): Rowan Atkinson is hot on the trail

Maigret starring Rowan Atkinson (via Giphy)

Greetings and welcome to our first official Saturday edition of What's On Tonight at our new abode! (The existence of Disqus channels is down to mere hours.) Tonight, we got that Mr. Bean guy solving murders on a channel maybe one person gets, Melissa McCarthy in a true-story movie, a quintessential private detective, and the usual rundown of Toonami. So, let's get to it! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, August 31!

EARLY PRIMETIME

Doctor Who 📺 (Retro TV, 6 p.m.): The Doctor (Jon Pertwee) and UNIT work to stop the time the Master (Roger Delgado) from using a radio telescope to summon an invasion force of the incorporeal intelligence the Nestenes to Earth. New companions with this serial: Jo Grant (Katy Manning) and Mike Yates (Richard Franklin).

Love Throws a Curve 🎥 (UPtv, 7 p.m.): When an injury jeopardizes his dream of becoming a baseball player, a man (Jean-Luc Bilodeau) finds unexpected happiness with a woman who works in his favorite restaurant.

⭐ Maigret (Ovation, 7 p.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. It took three-and-a-half years, but this detective adaptation has finally made its way to primetime America. Chief Inspector Jules Maigret (Rowan Atkinson) comes under pressure from his superiors and the press to catch a serial killer of women with no common feature except their hair.

FOR THE RECORD: Injustice with Nancy Grace (Oxygen, 6 p.m., finale)

Doctor Who, "Terror of the Autons" (via Giphy)

🕗 EASTERN / 🕖 CENTRAL

Can You Ever Forgive Me? 🎥 (HBO, 8 p.m.): Melissa McCarthy, who made her living profiling top celebrities in the '70s and '80s, has fallen out of step with current tastes. To make money, she turns her art form to deception, abetted by her loyal friend Richard E. Grant, in a shoulda-been-Academy Award-winning role. But their scheme can't last forever.

Miss Bala 🎥 (Starz, 8 p.m.): A remake of a 2011 Mexican film, makeup artist Jane Gloriana Villanueva Gina Rodriguez is in Tijuana when her BFF Cristina Rodlo vanishes from a nightclub. She is soon kidnapped and forced into smuggling laundered money across the border for a drug cartel because there is no wall.

Columbo 📺 (Cozi TV, 8 p.m.): A gospel singer (Johnny Cash) wants to be rid of his zealous wife. But a murder made to look like an airplane accident does not fool the wily Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk).

Svengoolie: The Giant Claw 🎥 (MeTV, 8 p.m.): In this really bad monster flick, global panic ensues when a mysterious UFO is actually a giant bird that flies at supersonic speed and has no regard for life or architecture. Not even architecture?! THE HORROR!!

FOR THE RECORD: Say Yes to the Dress (TLC)

Can You Ever Forgive Me? (via Giphy)

🕘 EASTERN / 🕗 CENTRAL

My One & Only (Hallmark Channel, 9 p.m.): Contestants on The One, Stephanie and Oliver try to determine if they're fated to be together. Meanwhile, sparks fly between Stephanie and Alex, the handsome ranch owner who acts as their guide.

Peter Gunn 📺 (Decades, 9 p.m.): The stolen diamonds are hidden but the only clue left is Timothy the seal. This case smells fishy. This isn't a series highlight, but this season one episode features all the great recurring characters (Lola Albright, Hope Emerson, Herschel Bernardi) and was directed by Blake Edwards. If you want to know why you should check out the show, it's for the opening sequences. A lot of them are darkly hilarious.

FOR THE RECORD: Black Love (OWN, finale); Cake Boss (Discovery Family); Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network); The Vanilla Ice Project (DIY); The Zoo: San Diego (Animal Planet)

🕙 EASTERN / 🕘 CENTRAL

Black Women Own the Conversation (OWN, 10 p.m.): Actress Ryan Michelle Bathe, California Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, comic Dulce Sloan, and actress Angela Rye join 100 black women to discuss motherhood.

Impractical Jokers (truTV, 10 p.m.): After Horrible Bosses, join HockeyMike for some joking done impractically.

FOR THE RECORD: The Case That Haunts Me (ID); The Vet Life (Animal Planet)

Impractical Jokers (via Giphy)

🕚 EASTERN / 🕙 CENTRAL

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 📺 (MeTV, 11 p.m.): Wilma's (Erin Gray) plans for Buck's (Gil Gerard) surprise 534th birthday party are foiled by a plot against Dr. Huer's (Tim O'Connor) life.

Dragon Ball Super (Adult Swim, 11 p.m.): Both sides are becoming more and more desperate. Top has given up everything to survive, and Vegeta gives up nothing.

Gen: Lock (Adult Swim, 11:30 p.m.): A recruit's talent for tinkering raises concerns. Chase receives an overdue upgrade. The Vanguard goes on the offensive and engages a frighteningly familiar foe.

Hill Street Blues 📺 (Heroes & Icons, 11 p.m.): The story's Captain Freedom arc comes to an end with the show's masterpiece episode "Freedom's Last Stand." Also, Furillo battles his superiors, worried he could be scapegoated and indicted by a grand jury. Guest stars in tonight's episode block: Dennis Dugan, Edward James Olmos, and Jonathan Frakes.

FOR THE RECORD: Mountain Mamas (HGTV)

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (via Giphy)

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Black Clover (Adult Swim, 1:30 a.m.): To take the edge off waiting for the exam results to come in, the Bulls head to a bathhouse. Yami reflects upon his time in the Grey Deer squad and the origin of his rivalry with Vangeance.

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (Adult Swim, 2 a.m.): The ninja fan out across the village to monitor the growing protests against the Kaminarimon Company. Shikadai breaks off from his team when he discovers the Byakuya Gang's hidden strategy.

Dr. Stone (Adult Swim, midnight): In episode two, an emergency forces Senku and Taiju to revive a brutish schoolmate named Tsukasa Shishio whose attitude and traumatic past clashes with Senku's plans for a new society. Because I didn't share a trailer last week due to the special event, you will find one below.

Fire Force (Adult Swim, 12:30 a.m.): As Shinra comes to Iris' rescue in a showdown with Hibana, Hibana and Iris' origins come to light.

Food Wars! (Adult Swim, 1 a.m.): Soma is fired up by Takumi Aldini's challenge as he seeks the perfect ingredient to set his dish apart.

The Invaders 📺 (MeTV, midnight): A mysterious recovery leads Vincent (Roy Thinnes) to a possible invader. "Possible?" Have these summaries never seen this show?

Lupin the Third Part 5 (Adult Swim, 3:30 a.m.): Goemon seeks out a bistro owner who recently inherited a fortune and decides to protect her from assassins amid the backdrop of a town-wide pop culture festival.

Mobile Suit Gundam the Origin: Advent of the Red Comet (Adult Swim, 3 a.m.): Ace pilot Char Aznable and his sister, Sayla Mass, become entangled in power struggles and the advent of new war machines as Earth and its outer space colonies spiral toward all-out war.

My Hero Academia (Adult Swim, 4 a.m.): Class 1-A hopes to pass the exam as Todoroki must hold his own against Seijin High and Yaoyorozu's team battles Seiai Academy.

The Time Tunnel 📺 (MeTV, 4 a.m.): The pilot episode to a 1960s sci-fi show that our very own Whistler hates! The show is most unique because the two time travelers (James Darren, Robert Colbert) only share screen time with the rest of the main cast (Whit Bissell, John Zaremba, Lee Meriwether) on two(?) occasions.

FOR THE RECORD: Big Brother: After Dark (Pop, midnight)

LATE-NIGHT TV

The Greg Gutfeld Show (Fox News, 10 p.m.): Dana Perino, Drew Pinsky, Kat Timpf, and Tyrus
Johnny Carson 📺 (Antenna TV, 10 p.m.): Glen Campbell, Don Rickles, Dom DeLuise, and Jimmy Breslin (6 Sep 1973)

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Sources: The Futon Critic; Zap2it
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Happy watching, everyone!