What's On Tonight (Saturday): Paranoia of what lurks in the shadows

Paranoia Agent (via Tumblr)

Choushi wa dou desu ka? It's S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y night, and the pickings are slim. Tonight's Top Pick is an anime classic that began its run last week in Adult Swim's Toonami block. Paranoia Agent begins about Tsukiko Sagi, a shy but immensely popular character designer, who is attacked by a young boy with a bat — Lil' Slugger. Detectives think she is lying until there's another attack, and soon begin attempting to find connections and the perp as the victims begin to pile. The David Lynch-like series starts slow as a thriller before leaning harder into the psychological and horror genres. Elsewhere, kids pick their best of the year, Lennie James fails to cover-up his crimes, Demon Slayer finishes season one, and Joe Coffey departs the Hill. And the kids' choice for Favorite TV Listings goes to...what's on television for tonight, Saturday, May 2!

STREAMING / EARLY PRIMETIME

Barnaby Jones 📺 (Decades, 7 p.m.): Spend the weekend with Barnaby. In this season 3 episode, a struggle for a gun between three men leads to a deadly shooting. Two of the men make it look like the third committed suicide, leaving Barnaby to unravel a complex mystery.✔️

Frankie Drake Mysteries (Ovation, 7 p.m.): Frankie concocts a chilling ruse to expose a con man who claims he can speak to the dead.

Tour of Duty 📺 (Heroes & Icons, 7 p.m.): The men are certain that Gen. Westmoreland has not yet informed the enemy that they are losing, as Firebase Ladybrid continues to come under daily long-range artillery fire. Suddenly a helicopter approaches and lands despite the fact that the base is taking fire.

FOR THE RECORD: Cold Justice (Oxygen, 6 p.m., finale); J-Style Trip (Netflix, 3 a.m.); The King: Eternal Monarch (Netflix, 3 a.m.); Rugal (Netflix, 3 a.m.)

Barnaby Jones (via Tumblr)

🕗 EASTERN / 🕖 CENTRAL

2020 Kids' Choice Awards (Nickelodeon, 8 p.m.): Victoria Justice hosts a virtually produced show packed with stars, surprises, and slime, as kids' favorite celebrities, movies, games, and more are honored and LeBron James receives the 2020 Generation Change Award.

The Art of Racing in the Rain 🎥 (HBO, 8 p.m.): Yet another dog movie. This time with a stupid title.✔️

Deadly Mile High Club 🎥 (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): Getting it on in an airplane takes a turn for the worst, maybe?

FOR THE RECORD: Dateline NBC (NBC); Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet (Nat Geo Wild)

The Art of Racing in the Rain (via Giphy)

🕘 EASTERN / 🕗 CENTRAL

Red Joan 🎥 (Showtime, 9 p.m.): Finally, the origin story of Joan Harris. Or not. It's about Judi Dench, who exposes as the KGB's longest-serving British spy.✔️

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

FOR THE RECORD: Alaska Animal Rescue (Nat Geo Wild); Life Story (Extended) (BBC America); Live PD (A&E); Love Goals (OWN); Paranormal 911 (Travel Channel); The Zoo (Animal Planet)

Red Joan (via Giphy)

🕙 EASTERN / 🕘 CENTRAL

The Johnny Cash Show 📺 (getTV, 10 p.m.): First, George Jones and Judy Collins; then, Loretta Lynn, Kris Kristofferson, and Ricky Nelson.

FOR THE RECORD: 48 Hours (CBS); Fire Masters (Cooking Channel, finale); Jungle Animal Rescue (Nat Geo Wild); My Paranormal Nightmare (Travel Channel); Saved by the Barn (Animal Planet)

🕚 EASTERN / 🕙 CENTRAL

Hill Street Blues 📺 (Heroes & Icons, 11 p.m.): Oof. It's the end of the line for Joe Coffey, if you wanna see an episode that scarred young Amadeus3000.

Line of Duty (AMC, 11 p.m.): FINALE. Series 1 ends with Gates on the run and the anti-corruption team comes under pressure to close the case. Arnott is forced to make some tough decisions about his loyalties.✔️

Line of Duty (via Giphy)

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Black Clover (Adult Swim, 1:30 a.m.): ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Cyanide & Happiness (Syfy, 1:32 a.m.): A look at what if junk mail wasn't junk... a YouTuber tries to cope... a look at if a ladder can save a family.✔️

Demon Slayer (Adult Swim, 12:30 a.m.): FINALE. Muzan Kibutsuji gathers the lower ranks of the Twelve Kizuki. Tanjuro and the others receive a new mission.

Dr. Havoc's Diary (Syfy, 12:49 & 1:40 a.m.): Havoc has had enough of his henchmen and decides to evaluate them. Later, after a superhero interrupts his rocket launch, Havoc bans all countdowns.

Gary and His Demons (Syfy, 12:36 a.m.): Gary and Hanley's battle with the new mirror monster Grundleman dredges up disturbing memories from Hanley's past.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind (Adult Swim, 2 a.m.): As the gang flies toward Carla di Volpe on the island of Sardinia, a monstrous enemy Stand attacks.

Lost in Space 📺 (MeTV, 1 a.m.): Dr. Smith, under a state of hypnosis, obeys an alluring message that redirects Jupiter 2 to a strange planet controlled by robots. Upon landing, the Robinsons find themselves enslaved by the metallic beings.

My Hero Academia (Adult Swim, midnight): Deku scrambles to stop Gentle Criminal from infiltrating U.A's school festival using his Shoot Style technique. As La Brava uses her Quirk to power up Gentle, his resolve hardens as he fights against Deku.

Naruto: Shippuden (Adult Swim, 2:30 a.m.): Kabuto and Disonasu manage to catch the last sounds to activate the Saezuri.

⭐ Paranoia Agent 📺 (Adult Swim, 1 a.m.): With a second victim of Lil' Slugger, rumors spread that Ichi, a formerly popular sixth-grade schoolboy, is responsible for mysterious attacks, done with a golden bat. The show will start to shift in later episodes. The first episode focused on Tsukiko Sagi and will slowly branch out before setting off in new directions as the show studies what the attacks do to the people of Tokyo with a mix of psychological and horror.

Cyanide & Happiness (via MyFunnyMeme)

LATE-NIGHT TV

The Greg Gutfeld Show (Fox News, 10 p.m.): Dave Rubin, Emily Compagno, Kat Timpf, and Tyrus
SNL Vintage 📺 (NBC, 10 p.m.): Ray Charles (12 Nov 1977)

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Note: All times are Eastern.

Key Sources: The Futon Critic (outline); Zap2it (descriptions); TV Passport (throwbacks)
⭐: Top pick(s)
📺: Throwback
🎥: Movie
✔️: Video/gif/photo included

Happy watching, everyone!