What's On Tonight (Saturday): Dr. Stone built a cell phone, now to call the dead

Dr. Stone (via We Heart It)

Hi! It's been a few months since I featured an anime, and ya know, the Dr. Stone finale is an event worth highlighting. Thousands of years after people were mysteriously turned to stone, Dr. Stone awakens with a goal of reawakening civilization. He is a bit of an a-hole, but everything he does is for bringing greater society back to life. The canvas for the show is vast, yet the fight scenes are minimal because the show is more interested in the science of bringing modern tech to a stone age life. Elsewhere, Fox burns off the final episodes of its fall dud Almost Family. (Yay points!) There's no late night from New York or Austin tonight, but sketch comedy lives at Nickelodeon. Plus National Geographic showcases wildlife in China, comedian Whitmer Thomas wants to make you laugh, and the NAACP awards its best of 2019. (Of note, if you're into Saturday morning cartoons, there is the series premieres of ThunderCats Roar and in an edition of That's Still On?!: the Power Rangers begins its 27th season.) The Invaders, alien beings from a dying planet. Their destination: the Earth. Their purpose: to make it their world, here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, February 22!

STREAMING / EARLY PRIMETIME

Doctor Who 📺 (Retro TV, 6 p.m.): The middle chapters to the Second Doctor era masterpiece The Tomb of the Cybermen — and nice nostalgia to tomorrow's new Who episode. On an expedition on Telos, the Doctor, Jamie, and Victoria find out the financiers of the expedition intend to revitalize the Cybermen that are buried in the underground tombs.

Hi Bye, Mama! (Netflix, 3 a.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. In this Korean import, when the ghost of a woman gains a second chance at life for 49 days, she reappears in front of her remarried husband and daughter.

Murdoch Mysteries (Ovation, 7 p.m.): While moonlighting as a cab driver, Higgins finds a dead passenger in the backseat. Later, an actor is killed during a play featuring John Brackenreid and attended by Murdoch, Ogden, Crabtree, and John's parents. Oh snap! Murder!

Tour of Duty 📺 (Heroes & Icons, 7 p.m.): B Company is ordered to escort a group of villagers from their present village to a new location, which is to be an example of U.S. technology aiding the Vietnamese. Among the villagers is Lang, a beautiful woman to whom Goldman becomes very attached.✔️

FOR THE RECORD: Criminal Confessions (Oxygen, 6 p.m.); Hyena (Netflix, 3 a.m.); Itaewon Class (Netflix, 3 a.m.); Up and Vanished (Oxygen, 7 p.m.)

🕗 EASTERN / 🕖 CENTRAL

51st NAACP Image Awards (BET/Pop/TV Land, 8 p.m.): The annual NAACP Image Awards will honor the best of many things in 2019. The best movie (Dolemite Is My Name, Harriet, Just Mercy, Queen & Slim, Us), drama series (Godfather of Harlem, Greenleaf, Queen Sugar, The Chi, Watchmen), comedy series (Ballers, Black-ish, Dear White People, Grown-ish, The Neighborhood), album (Cuz I Love You, Homecoming: The Live Album, I Used to Know H.E.R., Sketchbook, Worthy), book (New Daughters of Africa, Out of Darkness, Shining Light, Red at the Bone, The Revisioners, The Water Dancer), entertainer (Angela Basset, Billy Porter, Lizzo, Regina King, Tyler Perry), and many more.

All That (Nickelodeon, 8:30 p.m.): Liza Koshy gets a lesson in bad dancing... Larry returns to play the easiest game show in the world, Simplicity... Lucy has trouble controlling her emotions... a new invention advertises the fastest way to eat food.

Almost Family (Fox, 8 p.m.): SERIES FINALE. The trial against Dr. Bechley begins with a powerful opening statement from the prosecution, leaving Tim wondering if Edie should rejoin the defense team. Roxy makes a decision in an attempt to help Isaac, and Edie settles in with Amanda. Happy ending? Tune in to find out because I certainly won't. Points!✔️

Annabelle Comes Home 🎥 (HBO, 8:10 p.m.): The third Annabelle film and seventh in the Conjuring Universe, a teenager and her friend unknowingly awaken an evil spirit trapped in a doll. Gotta say away from those Talky Tina dolls, people.

Henry Danger (Nickelodeon, 8 p.m.): Henry tells Piper about all the adventures she missed while he was off fighting alongside Captain Man as Kid Danger. Piper, Ray, Jasper, Charlotte, and Schwoz then join in and share a few memories of their own. So, a clip show?

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

Almost Family (via Giphy)

🕘 EASTERN / 🕗 CENTRAL

Hidden Kingdoms of China (National Geographic, 9 p.m.): SPECIAL. China's wild lands are so vast and so extreme with creatures seen nowhere else on earth. I think this is a special (of some sort?) because a series will follow on Nat Geo Wild next month.✔️

Love in Store 🎥 (Hallmark Channel, 9 p.m.): A home shopping host and her rival compete for a promotion and then fall in love. SAVED YOU FROM WATCHING IT!

Seven Worlds, One Planet (BBC America, 9 p.m.): Antarctica is a land of survivors enduring the most hostile conditions on Earth. Virtually all of the mainland is covered by ice, and even the sea freezes over, but the Weddell seal manages to survive by creating breathing holes in the ice. Yay seals! No, not those Navy SEALs.

FOR THE RECORD: Cake Boss (Discovery Family); Family or Fiancé (OWN); First Time Flippers (DIY); The Incredible Dr. Pol (Nat Geo Wild); Live PD (A&E); Pit Bulls & Parolees (Animal Planet); The Substitute (Nickelodeon); These Woods Are Haunted (Travel Channel)

🕙 EASTERN / 🕘 CENTRAL

Nate and Jeremiah: Save My House (HGTV, 10 p.m.): After a job loss and finding out they're pregnant, the men face a deadline to save a renovation before their second baby comes.

The Six Million Dollar Man 📺 (Cozi TV, 10 p.m.): Steve goes under cover in the roller derby to capture thieves planning a Halloween job.

Whitmer Thomas: The Golden One (HBO, 10 p.m.): SPECIAL. The stand-up comic and actor reflects on topics such as his Alabama childhood, life as an L.A. comedian, his identity as an "aging emo kid," the dating world, and the legacy of his late mother.✔️

FOR THE RECORD: 48 Hours (CBS); Ancient Aliens (History); Dateline NBC (NBC); Fire Masters (Cooking Channel); Haunted Hospitals (Travel Channel); Heartland Docs, DVM (Nat Geo Wild); Iyanla, Fix My Life (OWN); The Vet Life (Animal Planet)

🕚 EASTERN / 🕙 CENTRAL

⭐ Dr. Stone (Adult Swim, 11:30 p.m.): FINALE. Last week, the small village successfully made a cell phone. In the finale, Senku learns of a bee named Speaker who can play voices of the dead. The phone will come in handy. I watched the first few episodes and it is a well above average anime. The animation is so rich, though some of the character designs are questionable — the women are skimly clothes and many characters appear to just want to fuck. Yet the endless stories involving science and greater story canvas at work is really, really good. The series will return for a season that will concentrate on the manga's Stone Wars arc.

The Patti Labelle Show 📺 (getTV, 11 p.m.): In this 1985 special, Patti welcomes Cyndi Lauper, Luther Vandross, and Amy Grant.✔️

Patti Labelle (via Giphy)

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Black Clover (Adult Swim, 1:30 a.m.): Reinvigorated by Charmy's magical meals, Asta's team make a stop to defend Hecairo on the way to the royal capital and find a trio of unlikely allies.

Demon Slayer (Adult Swim, 12:30 a.m.): Tanjiro gets a lead on a demon deeper into the forest who may help restore Nezuko. Zenitsu runs into a bizarre spider. (It's probably Shelob.)

Food Wars! (Adult Swim, 1 a.m.): After Soma and Mimasaka begin their semifinal match, Soma must find a way to best Mimasaka's expert mimicry of his dish.

The Invaders 📺 (MeTV, midnight): The series finale! A bombing and a suspicious man leads Vincent to question an official with possible alien connections.✔️

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind (Adult Swim, 2 a.m.): Proscuitto's Stand causes everyone on the train to grow older, including Bucciarati's crew, which draws them all into a fierce confrontation.

Lost in Space 📺 (MeTV, 1 a.m.): Lil Kurt Russell is sent to Priplanis to validate his prince status. Will is drawn into a battle to the death unbeknownst to his father. When his real intentions are learned, John substitutes himself in the challenge and the alien ruler substitutes himself for his son.

Naruto: Shippuden (Adult Swim, 2:30 a.m.): It's a flashback episode!

Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld (Adult Swim, midnight): New arc begins! With the gate having fallen, the Dark Territory army proceed to storm into the Human Empire.

The Invaders (via Giphy)

LATE-NIGHT TV

The Greg Gutfeld Show (Fox News, 10 p.m.): Walter Kirn, Joe Machi, Kat Timpf, and Tyrus

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Note: All times are Eastern.

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