Friday, May 28, 2021

What's On Tonight (Saturday): Back-channel peace in Oslo

Oslo

Hallo! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, May 29!

Tonight's Top Pick is the latest HBO original movie, Oslo. The movie recounts once-secret negotiations that led to the 1990s Oslo Peace Accords. The movie is an adaptation of a play by J.T. Rogers, who also penned this movie, and stars Ruth Wilson, Andrew Scott, Jeff Wilbusch, Salim Dau.

Elsewhere, Meerkats are back at the Manor(!!!), Final Space battles Garys, The Doctor and Sarah Jane want "Death to the Daleks," Ralph wrecks things, China's ancient nature Kingdom concludes, Reelz profiles Elvis, Norman gets sick on The Promised Neverland, and a Time Tunnel goes to Mars.

STREAMING & EARLY PRIMETIME

90 Day: Foody Call (Discovery+, 3 a.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. Ick.

📺 Doctor Who (Retro TV, 6 p.m.): The Daleks and a human expedition both arrive on the planet Exxilon to seek a mineral found in abundance there.

Riviera (Ovation, 7 p.m.): A heated conversation between Irina and Georgina threatens to change the future of the Clios' as Irina edges closer to discovering the truth about Adam.

Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In (Paramount+, 3 a.m.): A documentary film about the former Scotland, Aberdeen and Manchester United football manager Sir Alex Ferguson.

🎥 Wreck-It-Ralph / Ralph Breaks the Internet (Freeform, 7:15 p.m.): Go inside arcade games with these two movies, the first is fantastic and the sequel that leaves a lot to be desired. But Sarah Silverman's voicework made the second one worth the trip.✔️

FOR THE RECORDAccident, Suicide or Murder (Oxygen, 7 p.m.); Black Stories Presents: Your Attention Please (Hulu, midnight); Elvis: The True Story (Reelz, 7 p.m., special); Meet the Meerkats (Discovery+. 3 a.m.)
Wreck-It-Ralph (via Giphy)

🕗 8:00 EASTERN / 🕖 7:00 CENTRAL

⭐🎥 Oslo (HBO, 8 p.m.): The story of the back-channel negotiations between the development of the 1990s Oslo Peace Accords between Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization.✔️

Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty (AMC+, 8 p.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. Bill Nighy narrates this revival of one of my favorite nature shows. It continues the "dramatic tale of survival revolving around three families of meerkats who are descendants of the legendary meerkat matriarch, Flower." The show will begin airing on BBC America next week.

🎥 A Quiet Place (FX, 8 p.m.): 21st CENTURY FILMS for $400: Emily Blunt played pregnant mom Evelyn Abbott in this scary 2018 film (12 Dec 2019)

🎥 Svengoolie: The Frozen Ghost (MeTV, 8 p.m.): A stage mentalist involved in a mysterious death and a discredited plastic surgeon are among the assorted characters involved in mysterious goings-on in an eerie wax museum.

FOR THE RECORDChina: Nature's Ancient Kingdom (BBC America, finale); Escape to the Chateau (HGTV); Nickelodeon's Unfiltered (Nickelodeon); Proud American: A Tunnel to Towers Special (Fox News Channel, special); World's Deadliest Weather (Weather Channel)

🕘 9:00 EASTERN / 🕗 8:00 CENTRAL

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

🎥 Sky Blossom (MSNBC, 9 p.m.): Adults and children step forward to care for disabled loved ones who served in the military.

FOR THE RECORD: Critter Fixers: Country Vets (Nat Geo Wild); Pit Bulls & Parolees (Discovery Channel, season finale)

🕙 10:00 EASTERN / 🕘 9:00 CENTRAL

Final Space (Adult Swim, 10:30 p.m.): The crew fights to survive a ship-wide invasion of possessed Garys.

FOR THE RECORDExtreme Paranormal Witness (Travel Channel)

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Black Clover (Adult Swim, 2 a.m.): The Magic Knight Entrance Exam comes again, marking one year since Asta and Noelle joined the Bulls. Asta is once again swarmed by the Anti-birds for having zero magic.

Dr. Stone (Adults Swim, 12:30 a.m.): Senku and Taiju are finally able to speak thanks to Senku's new invention, which becomes crucial when trying to convince Nikki to join their cause.

Food Wars! (Adult Swim, 1 a.m.): Erina joins the fight as Kyokusei's ally and gives everyone a crash course in culinary knowledge.✔️

My Hero Academia (Adult Swim, midnight): The Class A team tries to put Shinso and his new equipment to good use in the first match against Class B.

Naruto: Shippuden (Adult Swim, 2:30 a.m.): Kakashi discovers a strange connection between the masked man's transportation technique and his own Kamui Jutsu.

The Promised Neverland (Adult Swim, 1:30 a.m.): Seized by a terrible fit of coughing, Norman spits up blood. He also lies about not being experimented on when he was at Lambda and reunites with Emma in order to create a world where she and the children can live in peace.

📺 The Rookies (Decades, 2 a.m.): You can also watch a single episode of The Rookies on H&I at this time, but Decades has an entire weekend with the officers. In this episode, "Terry Webster breaks in his new partner, junior rookie Chris Owens, searching for an arsonist. Someone is responsible for the murder of several firemen, all young, dark-haired and mustached." No, it isn't related to The Rookie.

📺 The Time Tunnel (MeTV, 3 a.m.): Tony and Doug materialize on the first manned flight to Mars, where their added weight forces a change in flight plans.
Food Wars! (via Giphy)

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