What's On Tonight (Saturday): Kneel before Havoc!

Dr. Havoc's Diary

Greetings, fellow humans! Tonight, we stay up past our bedtime and hone in on the short-form puppet comedy Dr. Havoc's Diary. It's not a recent show, premiering in 2016 and making its screen debut as part of truTV's Rachel Dratch's Late Night Snack, but recently joined Syfy's TZGZ lineup. The show follows the misadventures of Dr. Havoc, a mid-level supervillain who is struggling to make a name for himself, has a messy family life, and is often foiled by his arch-nemesis, Secret Agent Brock Mason. Episodes run about six minutes (all 30 can be found on Syfy's website and app), so don't expect anything elaborate. It is an entertaining-enough quick bite show, often silly in poking fun at spy and superhero media. Each episode ends with Dr. Havoc writing a few thoughts in his diary.

Elsewhere, the Casagrandes wants air conditioning, Natalie Portman is in the sky, Fleming and Arnott look up their chain of command for the real corrupt criminals, Frankie Drake searches for a violin, and Harley Quinn wants an arch-nemesis. Busy girl, gotta go, here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, May 30!

STREAMING & EARLY PRIMETIME

Doctor Who 📺 (Retro TV, 6 p.m.): On Tara, Count Grendel of Gracht kidnaps Prince Reynart and Romana, along with the fourth segment of the Key to Time, so he can become the King of Tara.✔️

Frankie Drake Mysteries (Ovation, 7 p.m.): When a priceless violin is stolen, the Drake Detective Agency tracks down the culprit.

Tour of Duty 📺 (Heroes & Icons, 7 p.m.): On another S&D mission, a new man is on point, and he stops the patrol when he sees some blood, which he follows to a Vietnam booby trap. Things don't get any easier or cleaner.

FOR THE RECORD: Accident, Suicide or Murder (Oxygen, 6 p.m.); J-Style Trip (Netflix, 3 a.m.); The King: Eternal Monarch (Netflix, 3 a.m.); Mark of a Killer (Oxygen, 7 p.m.)

Doctor Who, "The Androids of Tara" (via theolddoctorwhoshow)

🕗 EASTERN / 🕖 CENTRAL

The Captive Nanny 🎥 (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): Fran Drescher is held hostage by someone who was forced to watch every episode of Indebted.

The Casagrandes (Nickelodeon, 8 p.m.): When Bobby finds out Carl can't swim, he offers to show him the ways of the waves. Later, after begging Abuelo for some air conditioning, the cousins decide to earn some cash at the neighborhood fair.

Despicable Me 2 🎥 (NBC, 8 p.m.): The once-villainous Gru is back but now he is a family man. I know I saw this in the theater but I couldn't tell you much about it now.

Lucy in the Sky 🎥 (HBO, 8 p.m.): In this disliked movie from last year, astronaut Natalie Portman returns to Earth after a transcendent experience during a mission to space, and begins to lose touch with reality in a world that now seems too small... because of space diamonds.✔️

FOR THE RECORD: Group Chat: The Show (Nickelodeon, 8:30 p.m.); Heartland Docs, DVM (Nat Geo Wild); The Zoo (Animal Planet)

Lucy in the Sky (via Giphy)

🕘 EASTERN / 🕗 CENTRAL

Tomb Raider 🎥 (Syfy, 9 p.m.): This underwhelming reboot of the quintessential video game character Lara Croft comes to basic cable. Star Alicia Vikander is a solid Croft, but the script is a real letdown.✔️

This Weekend in Pop Culture (WOT&Pop Culture, 9:30 p.m.): What pop culture have you consumed lately?

FOR THE RECORD: Fear Not with Iyanla Vanzant (OWN); Paranormal 911 (Travel Channel); Saved by the Barn (Animal Planet)

🕙 EASTERN / 🕘 CENTRAL

The Aquarium: Baby Beluga Birth (Animal Planet, 10 p.m.): SPECIAL. Um, a baby beluga is born.

Matlock 📺 (Decades, 10 p.m.): Spend the weekend with grandma and grandpa's favorite '80s drama. In this episode, two sisters with a penchant for murder do away with their rich aunt and frame their uncle, whom the almighty Andy Taylor Matlock agrees to defend. I still get theme song stuck in my head from time to time.

GUEST DIGEST:

The Johnny Cash Show 📺 (getTV, 10 p.m.): Derek & The Dominos and Connie Smith (6 Jan 1971)

FOR THE RECORD: Girlfriends Check In (OWN)

Tomb Raider (via Giphy)

🕚 EASTERN / 🕙 CENTRAL

Hill Street Blues 📺 (Heroes & Icons, 11 p.m.): The Blues use discretion in making borderline arrests when the jails overflow because of the public defenders' walkout. Later, Furillo is asked to help a proud Calletano head off a mutiny when his precinct officers are on the verge of a racial war among themselves.

Line of Duty (AMC, 11 p.m.): While most everyone believes Lindsay is guilty and a traitor, the investigators have clues that the corruption is far above Lindsay's head. It's getting tense. She is also granted special dispensation to visit her dying mother.✔️

GUEST DIGEST:

The Johnny Cash Show 📺 (getTV, 11 p.m.): Mahalia Jackson and The Staple Singers (24 Feb 1971)

FOR THE RECORD: My Paranormal Nightmare (Travel Channel)

Line of Duty (via Giphy)

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Black Clover (Adult Swim, 1:30 a.m.): Episode is titled "The Final Attack." Description is MIA.

Cyanide & Happiness (Syfy, 1:30 a.m.): Two women battle it out... Rudy lives his life the way he wants... A doctor helps a patient.

⭐ Dr. Havoc's Diary (Syfy, 1:08 & 1:59 a.m.): Episodes of this wannabe-supervillain puppet show are never quite at the same time every week. If you haven't seen an episode before, that's okay; each episode stands alone. Sometimes they focus Dr. Havoc's nemesis, Secret Agent Brock Mason. Sometimes they're a buddy show about other supervillains. Sometimes they are about family life and his wife and teenage daughter, both of whom have nil respect for him. Sometimes they focus on heists, which never go right. Tonight, Dr. Havoc finds out the truth about his mad scientist's, Professor Von Duct, pathetic assistant, who sorta resembles Havoc. Later, while working on a space laser, Havoc faces the world's youngest superheroes: Action Boy and Fantasti-Girl. He previously battled Millennial Man. Yeah, superheroes and secret agents live side by side in this world.

Gary and His Demons (Syfy, 1 a.m.): Gary forms a bond with a tiger after it saves him from a demon, but then the big cat starts exhibiting demonic behavior.

Harley Quinn (Syfy, 12:30 a.m.): In episode four, Harley Quinn seeks help in finding a perfect match... for an arch-nemesis. Her team calls in King Shark but when the public matches her with Robin, she gets livid. This episode is top-tier television.✔️

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind (Adult Swim, 2 a.m.): After the battle between Risotto and Doppio, Abbacchio uses Moody Blues to learn the boss' identity.

Lost in Space 📺 (MeTV, 1 a.m.): Will and Dr. Smith discover an android-making machine. Smith uses it to create his own personal android, but soon the owner of the machine comes looking for payment.

Naruto: Shippuden (Adult Swim, 2:30 a.m.): Naruto and Killer Bee engage in battle against the reanimated Itachi Uchiha and Nagato.

Paranoia Agent 📺 (Adult Swim, 12:30 a.m.): Ikari and Miniwa talk with an old homeless woman who claims that Tsukiko was alone when she was attacked. Taeko remembers her childhood and the secrets about her father that she uncovered, when Lil' Slugger appears and attacks her.

Harley Quinn (via Giphy)

LATE-NIGHT TV

The Greg Gutfeld Show (Fox News, 10 p.m.): Dave Rubin, Tom Shillue, Kat Timpf, and Tyrus
SNL Vintage 📺 (NBC, 10 p.m.): Charles Barkley and Alicia Keys (9 Jan 2010)

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Note: All times are Eastern.

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Happy watching, everyone!