Friday, March 26, 2021

What's On Tonight (Saturday): Ladies and gentlemen, your queen of rock 'n' roll

Tina

What's love but a second hand emotion! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, March 27!

Tonight's Top Pick is HBO's latest documentary, Tina, which chronicles the life of rock 'n' roll icon Tina Turner. It includes never before seen footage and will cover the musician's 80+ year life.

Elsewhere, the NAACP hands out awards, Maya Rudolph is live from New York, Drama Club does a makeover, Ruby is in a plan for love, Discovery+ discovers Jesus, Fire Force has a crisis of faith, and Final Space finds Earth's last survivor.

STREAMING & EARLY PRIMETIME

📺 Doctor Who (Retro TV, 6 p.m.): In the masterpiece Tomb of the Cybermen, the Doctor, Jamie, and Victoria get caught up in an expedition to Telos, where the financiers of the expedition intend to revitalize the Cybermen that are buried in underground tombs in exchange for the Cybermen sharing their power.

📺 The Fall Guy (Decades, 6 p.m.): Spend the weekend with Lee Major, the unknown stuntman who moonlights as a bounty hunter when the movie business is slow. It is an okay series, but was said to have a pretty toxic set. In this episode, "Colt investigates an bail-jumping arsonist, who everyone in his hometown claims is dead."

Murdoch Mysteries (Ovation, 7 p.m.): A woman who was sentenced to a bridal version of British penal transportation is found dead in the dorm of such female convicts.

Resurrection (Discovery+, 3 a.m.): SPECIAL. The latest Bible adaptation from producers Roma Downey and Mark Burnett. After Jesus' crucifixion, his followers are hunted and leaderless as they search for answers and understanding. Then, Jesus returns.

QUICK HITS:
Super Soul (Discovery+, 3 a.m.): Sharon Stone

FOR THE RECORDKiller Motive (Oxygen, 6 p.m., season finale); The Netflix Afterparty (Netflix, 3 a.m.); Portal to Hell (Discovery+, 3 a.m.); The Zoo: San Diego (Discovery+, 3 a.m.)

🕗 8:00 EASTERN / 🕖 7:00 CENTRAL

52nd NAACP Image Awards (BET / most ViacomCBS networks, 8 p.m.): SPECIAL. The virtual ceremonies will recognize winners in more than 60 non-televised award categories in the fields of television and streaming, music, literature, film, and activism.

🎥 All That Glitters (V.C. Andres' Landry Family Movie Series) (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): The web of deceit continues when Ruby returns to her childhood home in the bayou and finds herself lured into a twisted plan to be with her true love.

Drama Club (Nickelodeon, 8:30 p.m.): Bench gets a Drama Club style makeover to help him adjust to the group, but they accidentally create a theatrical nightmare when he takes it too far.

🎥 A Man for All Seasons (TCM, 8 p.m.): "SEASON" for $800: Paul Scofield won an Oscar as the "year-round" Thomas More in this 1966 film (11 Sep 1998)

🎥 Mary Poppins Returns (Freeform, 8:20 p.m.): A few decades after her original visit, magical nanny Emily Blunt returns to help the Banks siblings and Ben Whishaw's children. I still don't understand why "The Place Where Lost Things Go" was nominated for an Oscar.✔️

Side Hustle (Nickelodeon, 8 p.m.): After the kids enroll in Jaget's new martial arts class, a rivalry develops.

🎥 Svengoolie: The Beast Must Die (MeTV, 8 p.m.): Eight people have been invited to an island estate for the weekend. One of them is a werewolf.

⭐🎥 Tina (HBO, 8 p.m.): "Never-before-seen footage, audio tapes, personal photos and intimate interviews provide insight into the remarkable life and career of legendary singer Tina Turner."

FOR THE RECORDEscape to the Chateau (HGTV); Green River Killer: Hunting the Monster (Reelz, special)

🕘 9:00 EASTERN / 🕗 8:00 CENTRAL

🎥 Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Hallmark Channel, 9 p.m.): I couldn't if I tried!

The Price We Paid: The Economic Cost of COVID (CNN Special Report) (CNN, 9 p.m.): SPECIAL. "By the end of April 2020, over 23 million Americans had lost their jobs. Ed Lavandera investigates the nation's unemployment insurance program when Americans need it the most."

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

FOR THE RECORD: Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet (Nat Geo Wild); Love & Marriage: Huntsville (OWN, season finale); World's Deadliest Weather (Weather Channel)

🕙 10:00 EASTERN / 🕘 9:00 CENTRAL

Final Space (Adult Swim, 10:30 p.m.): Gary and Quinn encounter Earth's last survivor and search for a ship so that they can save the others lost in Final Space.

QUICK HITS:
📺 SNL Vintage (NBC): Awkwafina, Travis Scott (6 Oct 2018)✔️

FOR THE RECORD48 Hours (CBS); Alaska Animal Rescue (Nat Geo Wild, season premiere)

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Attack on Titan (Adult Swim, 12:30 a.m.): Trapped on the world's most dangerous island, Falco and Gabi will do anything to survive. Elsewhere, the public demands answers when it learns the savior of Paradis has been detained.

Black Clover (Adult Swim, 2 a.m.): The Devil Banishers return to Tiulyu and report their failure. Gordon and Noelle take a comatose Asta to Owen.

Fire Force (Adult Swim, 1:30 a.m.): A routine trip to the Baptism Church to bless the 8th's equipment reveals the crisis of faith that Iris and other Holy Sol Temple clergy face. Assault is back and ready to take on Tamaki, who stands in his way of exterminating the 8th.

Food Wars! (Adult Swim, 1 a.m.): Soma and Kuga's battle finally draws to a close on the final day of the Moon Festival.

📺 Lost in Space (MeTV, 1 a.m.): The Robot suddenly announces that the Jupiter II is approaching Alpha Centauri. Everyone is surprised, and the ship lands on a planet where they are greeted by a group of people who appear to be teenagers from Earth.

Naruto: Shippuden (Adult Swim, 3 a.m.): Sasuke and Itachi team up to stop Kabuto's reanimation Jutsu. Kabuto's new ability makes him a difficult target.

📺 The Rookies (Heroes & Icons, 2 a.m.): Officer's Webster and Gillis try to help a young man break away from two thugs who are using him as their wheel-man for robberies they are committing. But when the thugs take his girlfriend hostage it complicates their efforts.

📺 The Six Million Dollar Man (Cozi, 1 a.m.): Steve goes after a group that has managed to penetrate OSI security in search of an A-bomb.

SSSS.Gridman (Adult Swim, 2:30 a.m.): One fateful morning, things begin to fall apart. Akane loses resolve, and Alexis makes plans.

QUICK HITS:
Saturday Night Live (NBC, 11:30 p.m.): Maya Rudolph, Jack Harlow✔️

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Happy watching, everyone!

(Ahem, SNL = Early Sunday WOT)

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