What's On Tonight (Saturday): Push it real good

Salt N Pepa

Shoop shoop ba-doop! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, January 23!

Tonight we go back to the '80s and revisit the rise of hip-hop girl group Salt-N-Pepa — Cheryl James and Sandra Denton — in a three-hour Lifetime movie (originally intended as a miniseries). Given they are women in a male-dominated genre, their experience was probably not good. The duo are also producers for this movie, as is Queen Latifah. "Let's Talk About Sex." "Push It." "Whatta Man." "Expression." I love me some Salt-N-Pepa.

Elsewhere, the Danger Force accidentally reveals their secret identities, there's problems after as assassination, Reiner reflects on his life, and BBC America profiles nature through a year.

STREAMING & EARLY PRIMETIME

A Discovery of Witches (Sundance Now, 3 a.m.): In the present, Domenico makes a disturbing discovery in Oxford. Back in 1590, Matthew must beg for forgiveness from Father Hubbard.

The Fall (Ovation, 7 p.m.): Gibson comes face-to-face with the depths of Sally-Ann's desperation, while Burns has to confront his guilt at pursuing Sally-Ann as a conspirator rather than a witness. Also, Gibson and Dr Larson clash over their different view of Spector.

Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce) (Netflix, 3 a.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. Netflix's latest Korean drama.

FOR THE RECORD: Ghost Nation (Discovery+, 3 a.m.); Killer Motive (Oxygen, 6 p.m., season premiere); Kindred Spirits (Discovery+, 3 a.m.); Lovely Bites by Chef Lovely (Discovery+, 3 a.m.); The Netflix Afterparty (Netflix, 3 a.m.); One Deadly Mistake (Oxygen, 7:30 p.m.); The Overview (Peacock, 3 a.m.)

🕗 EASTERN / 🕖 CENTRAL

Danger Force (Nickelodeon, 8 p.m.): Danger Force and Captain Man get hooked making celebrity greeting videos to start raking in cash, but when making celebrity videos turns into a popularity contest, they accidentally send out a video that reveals their secret identities.

Don't Let Go 🎥 (HBO, 8 p.m.): Detective David Oyelowo gets a shocking phone call from his recently murdered niece Storm Reid. Working together across time, they race to solve the crime before it can happen.

⭐ Salt-N-Pepa 🎥 (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): The journey of Queensborough Community College students Cheryl "Salt" James and Sandra "Pepa" Denton as they enter the world of rap and hip-hop after recording a song for their friend Hurby Azor.

Side Hustle (Nickelodeon, 8:30 p.m.): The Dance Dance Altoonisburg competition is coming up, and Lex, Presley, and Munchy are excited to take part, but when an old friend from Lex and Presley's past surfaces, friendships are put to the test.

Tour of Duty 📺 (Heroes & Icons, 8 p.m.): Team Viking takes off on another Fontaine mission, where they run into heavy contact. McKay arrives back at the LZ to rescue them, only to end up being fired on by missiles. 

A Wild Year on Earth (BBC America, 8 p.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. The start of the year is a time of extremes across the Earth. The Northern Hemisphere plunges into winter, and how animals and humans respond to weather in the tropics.

FOR THE RECORD: Escape to the Chateau (HGTV); Gerald Rivera's Murder in the Family: Death by Manson (Reelz, special)

🕘 EASTERN / 🕗 CENTRAL

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

Tremors 🎥 (Starz Encore, 9 p.m.): 6 DEGREES OF KEVIN BACON for $1000: Alex Trebek was in Short Cuts with Fred Ward, who acted in this underground peril film with Kevin (4 Mar 1993)

WALL-E 🎥 (Freeform, 9:50 p.m.): PET PROJECTS for $200: When we first meet this title character in a 2008 Pixar film, his only friend is his pet, cockroach, Hal (17 Jul 2009)

A Winter Getaway 🎥 (Hallmark Channel, 9 p.m.): "A man finds romance with a concierge after he's mistaken for a millionaire during a once-in-a-lifetime trip."

FOR THE RECORD: Could You Survive? with Creek Stewart (Weather Channel); Gerald Rivera's Murder in the Family: Robert Blake (Reelz, special); The Incredible Dr. Pol (Nat Geo Wild); Pit Bulls & Parolees (Animal Planet)

🕙 EASTERN / 🕘 CENTRAL

The Eisen Hour (Epix, 10:05 p.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. Rich Eisen sits down for an hourlong conversation with personalities from the world of sports and entertainment.

FOR THE RECORD: 48 Hours (CBS)

🕚 EASTERN / 🕙 CENTRAL

Here Comes the Brides 📺 (Decades, 10 p.m.): Spend the weekend with this '60s comedy. In this episode, "the men realize that they've forgot to build housing to accommodate the women." Men... the worst.

Living History with Anderson Cooper, Doris Kearns Goodwin & Ken Burns (CNN Special Report) (CNN, 11 p.m.): "The Biden inauguration and the Trump legacy."

FOR THE RECORD: Let's Talk About Salt-n-Pepa (Lifetime, special)

The Incredible Dr. Pol (via Giphy)

💤💤😴💤💤

Assassination Classroom (Adult Swim, 2 a.m.): Assassination time! But a crisis follows an assassination and affects half of E class, the other half tries to save them.

Attack on Titan (Adult Swim, 12:30 a.m.): Reiner reflects on his past, remembering what pushed him to become a Warrior and keep moving forward when all hope was lost.

Fire Force (Adult Swim, 1:30 a.m.): Pan, Arthur and Licht continue to investigate the inside of the Tabernacle, while outside, the rest of the team have their hands full fighting off an Infernal attack.

Kolchak: The Night Stalker 📺 (MeTV, midnight): A lizard-man creature kills subterranean workers who have stolen its eggs.

Lost in Space 📺 (MeTV, 1 a.m.): When a gaseous creature engulfs the Jupiter 2, the other crew members disappear leaving Will and Doctor Smith alone.

Naruto: Shippuden (Adult Swim, 3 a.m.): Naruto and Killer Bee take on the six Reanimated Jinchuriki.

The Six Million Dollar Man 📺 (Cozi, midnight): Steve rushes to Wyoming to destroy an out-of-control probe, built to explore Venus.

SSSS.Gridman (Adult Swim, 2:30 a.m.): After their school mysteriously repairs itself from the monster attack and no one seems to remember anything about it, Yuta and his friends investigate the old computer with the help of a mysterious samurai.

Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld (Adult Swim, 1:30 a.m.): The maximum-acceleration phase has begun; Alice successfully logs out of the Underworld, but Kirito doesn't make it in time.

SSSS.Gridman (via Giphy)

🌙 LATE-NIGHT TV

Austin City Limits (PBS, 11 p.m.): Ray Wylie Hubbard
The Greg Gutfeld Show (Fox News, 10 p.m.): Brian Kilmeade, Dana Perino, Kat Timpf, and Tyrus

SNL Vintage 📺 (NBC, 10 p.m.): Nicole Kidman and Stone Temple Pilots (20 Nov 1993)

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Note: All times are Eastern.

Key Sources: The Futon Critic; IMDb; TV Passport; Zap2it
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Happy watching, everyone!