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One score ago. Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, September 11!
Tonight's Top Pick is the conclusion to Spike Lee's ambitious documentary NYC Epicenters 9/11→2021½ (HBO, 10 p.m.). The four-part, eight-hour work tackles the times and tribulations of New York City and its people from September 11 to today and how it has shaped the country. The first two episodes were focused on recent events while the final two episodes are focused on the September 11 attacks. He did an exceptional job in the third episode in spotlighting rescue and frontline efforts that haven't garnered much attention in the last 20 years. Tonight the show concludes on the 20th anniversary.
Elsewhere, Sencha returns to her Meerkat family, Side Hustle needs dating advice, Destination Fear concludes its season, Decades has a whole Affair planned this weekend, and Fena tries to escape her captivity.
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The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (Tubi, now): This one-season animated series about the misadventures of the children of the Flintstones and the Rubbles who are now teenagers turns 50 years old today.
🕗 8:00 EASTERN / 🕖 7:00 CENTRAL
9/11: Four Flights (History, 8 p.m.): SPECIAL. Marking 20 years since the 9/11 terror attacks, focusing on the four flights that took off that morning and telling the stories of those aboard from the loved ones left behind.
Shine a Light: 9/11 Tribute Concert (CNN, 8 p.m.): SPECIAL. A musical tribute includes performances by H.E.R., Brad Paisley, and Common as well as moderated discussions with young adults who lost parents on 9/11.
Side Hustle (Nickelodeon, 8 p.m.): Fisher turns to Love Sensei Jaget for help in getting a date with Lex. When Jaget's elaborate plan causes Lex's dog to go missing, Fisher must help Lex find her dog without everyone discovering the truth behind his disappearance.✔️
Surviving 9/11 (Discovery Channel, 8 p.m.): SPECIAL. "Accounts of the two-hour period when terrorists attacked the Twin Towers, the Pentagon and Flight 93 and the story of the 20 years since that day."
BRIEFLY: Accident, Suicide or Murder (Oxygen); House Hunters (HGTV); 💲 Nickelodeon's Unfiltered (Nickelodeon, 8:30 p.m.); Say Yes to the Dress (TLC)
🎥 Blithe Spirit (Showtime, 9 p.m.): A married crime novelist finds himself in a tough predicament when an eccentric mystic summons the spirit of his first wife during a séance.
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🕘 9:00 EASTERN / 🕗 8:00 CENTRAL
🎥 9/11 (CNN, 9 p.m.): A rebroadcast of the newly revised award-winning movie that CNN first aired on Sunday.
🎥 Roadhouse Romance (Hallmark Channel, 9 p.m.): Lt. Callie Jackson returns home after a military tour to find her late grandfather's barbecue joint is struggling, but she has a run-in with a TV director who teaches her that sometimes it's best to look forward instead of looking back.
This Weekend in Pop Culture (WOT&Pop Culture, 9:30 p.m.): What pop culture have you consumed lately? This is our weekly thread for you talk about it.
🎥 United 93 (Bravo, 9 p.m.): Passengers take action when terrorists seize control of their doomed airliner on Sep. 11, 2001.✔️
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🕙 10:00 EASTERN / 🕘 9:00 CENTRAL
9/11: I Was There (History, 10 p.m.): SPECIAL. Featuring an intimate portrayal of the events of September 11 captured by ordinary people who chose to pick up their video cameras that day. This documentary weaves together the personal video diaries of a dozen people.
📺 Family Affair (Decades, 10:30 p.m.): Spend the weekend with the Davis family. In this episode, "Buffy thinks she's to be sent away to be a dancer, so she sets out to sabotage her ballet class recital."
⭐ NYC Epicenters 9/11→2021½ (HBO, 10 p.m.): SERIES FINALE. Though the city is united in grief in the wake of 9/11, health problems of first responders, persecution of Sikhs and Muslims underscore the impact of the tragedy. New Yorkers reflect on the hardships the city has faced.
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🏆 2021 Creative Arts Emmy Awards, Night 1 (WOT&Pop Culture, 10-ish p.m.): A recap of the first night of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. You might find the information useful for trivia nights. Sadly, you can't stream the Creative Arts ceremony this year, though FXX will air a condensed version next Saturday.
Black Clover (Adult Swim, 2 a.m.): Once Lolopechka realizes what will happen if the Dark Triad are triumphant, she and the women in her palace go all-out against Vanica and Megicula.
Fena: Pirate Princess (Adult Swim, midnight): Trapped in the mine, Yukimaru and the samurai plan their escape in order to go after Fena. The kidnapped Fena is taken to a Royal Navy ship where Abel awaits.
Food Wars! (Adult Swim, 1:30 a.m.): Megumi gets some help from Shinomiya for the next round, but her past experience with him brings back traumatic memories.✔️
My Hero Academia (Adult Swim, 12:30 a.m.): When an unsettling discovery is made regarding Kurogiri, Aizawa and Present Mic are summoned to interrogate him.
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon (Adult Swim, 1 a.m.): Towa, Setsuna, and Moroha come across a pond that devours anything that draws near it; they also meet two girls whose parents were lost to the pond.
📺 The Rookies (Heroes & Icons, 2 a.m.): Two law students, seeking revenge for the death of a girl, frame Terry Webster, whom they hold responsible for the murder of a store guard.
📺 That Girl (Antenna TV, 11 p.m.): "Ann gets toe stuck in bowling ball en route to banquet." I hate it when that happens.
📺 The Time Tunnel (MeTV, 3 a.m.): Tony and Doug are hunted by two officers on a Japanese-held island in 1945.
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Note: All times are Eastern.
Key Sources: The Futon Critic; IMDb; TV Passport; Zap2it⭐: Top Pick
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