Friday, March 4, 2022

What's On Tonight (Saturday): You killed Ryo's father, prepare to die

Shenmue: The Animation

Здравствуйте! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, March 5!

Our top pick tonight is the animated video game adaptation Shenmue (Adult Swim, midnight). The show follows karate champ Ryo's search for why his father was murdered and possible family secrets. The show has a video game pacing to it with each episode Ryo gets a new nugget of info after overcoming something on his journey.

ElsewhereMurdoch battles the Black Hand, Riko and Reg must fend for themselves in the AbyssBig City goes football, Attack on Titan does flashbacks, go behind the scenes of Three's Company and Cheers, and Moon Knight isn't ready for primetime.

(All times are Eastern. All listings are new unless otherwise stated. For more listings, visit The Futon Critic or Zap2it.)

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Thoughts On (The Films of 1998) (9 a.m.): Twilight

STREAMING & EARLY PRIMETIME

📺 Doctor Who (Retro TV, 6 p.m.): The Doctor becomes involved in a war between a ruthless businessman and a robot maker for control of the substance "spectrox" on Androzani Minor.

📺 Futurama (Hulu, now): In 2023, the pizza delivery boy Philip J. Fry will return to the far distant future with Bender, Leela, Zoidberg, Professor Farnsworth and more with the second revival of the animated sci-fi comedy. As of this week, the entire original cast is on board, too.

Murdoch Mysteries (Ovation, 7 p.m.): Dr. Ogden proceeds with an unorthodox operation. Murdoch must outwit the Black Hand and return his son to Anna Fulford. George needs to break away form his captors.✔️

🎥 North by Northwest (HBO Max, now): CINEMA for $1000: Near the end of this 1959 Hitchcock film, Martin Landau falls off Mount Rushmore (6 Apr 1990)

WHAT ELSE IS ON
Ghost Hunters (Discovery+, 3 a.m.)
🎥 Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015, 7:20 p.m.)
Profiled: The Black Man (Discovery+, 3 a.m.): Series finale
Murdoch Mysteries (via Giphy)

🕗 8 P.M. EASTERN / 🕖 7 P.M. CENTRAL

Crikey! It's the Irwins (Animal Planet): The Irwins go to the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve. Robert leads his first croc-catching team. Bindi and Chandler have a life-changing announcement. It's probably da baby.

🎥 F9 (HBO): The Fast crew take on an international terrorist who turns out to be Dom and Mia's estranged brother.✔️

🎥 Stolen by Their Father (Lifetime): Fueled by her own childhood kidnapping, Lizbeth fights to get her daughters back from her ex.

WHAT ELSE IS ON
2022 Winter Paralympics Games (NBC)
Great Chocolate Showdown (The CW)
Holmes Family Rescue (HGTV): Season finale
Lone Star Law (Discovery Channel)
Love & Marriage: Huntsville (OWN)
🎥 Svengoolie (MeTV): Dracula's Daughter (1936)
The Unknown Story (Reelz): Three's Company
F9 (via Giphy)

🕘 9 P.M. EASTERN / 🕗 8 P.M. CENTRAL

Big City Greens (Disney Channel): Remy and Cricket attend football camp in an attempt to impress Remy's dad. Later, Nancy joins Cricket and Tilly's Little League team to get back at their unsportsmanlike rivals.

🎥 The Green Knight (Showtime): "A fantasy retelling of the medieval story of Sir Gawain (Dev Patel) and the Green Knight."✔️

WHAT ELSE IS ON
2022 Winter Paralympics Games (USA)
The Incredible Dr. Pol (Nat Geo Wild)
Mysterious Creatures with Forrest Galante (Animal Planet)
The Unknown Story (Reelz): Cheers
World's Funniest Animals (The CW)

🕙 10 P.M. EASTERN / 🕘 9 P.M. CENTRAL

📺 Kojak (Get TV): "With help from her policeman-boyfriend, a heroin addict tries to reform."

📺 Route 66 (Decades): "Tod becomes an assistant to novelist Warren Barr. Warren's daughter Beth shoots her husband."

📺 Star Trek (MeTV): Captain Kirk must learn the limits to the power of a 17-year-old boy with the psychic ability to create anything and destroy anyone.

WHAT ELSE IS ON
48 Hours (CBS)
Pop Goes the Vet with Dr. Jova (National Geographic Wild)
📺 SNL Vintage (NBC): Kevin Hart, Macklemore, Ryan Lewis (2 Mar 2013)
The Green Knight (via Giphy)

💤💤😴💤💤

Assassination Classroom (Adult Swim, 1 a.m.): At exam time, A class is once again a huge threat.

Attack on Titan (Adult Swim, 12:30 a.m.): Zeke takes Eren through Grisha's memories to show him how he's been brainwashed but in doing so, Zeke discovers something about Eren that he never knew.

Made in Abyss (Adult Swim, 1:30 a.m.): Ozen leaves Riko and Reg to prove that they can fend for themselves.

Naruto: Shippuden (Adult Swim, 3 a.m.): Obito gains complete control over his power as the Ten Tails Jinchuriki force Naruto and his friends into a corner.✔️

One Piece (Adult Swim, 2 & 2:30 a.m.): After two generous donors save Sanji from death by nosebleed, Luffy and Usopp take a tour of the island. However, their welcome is worn out when a mystic mermaid has a terrifying vision. Later, after reuniting with Nami, Luffy and the gang are invited to the royal palace of Neptune, god of the sea.

⭐ Shenmue (Adult Swim, midnight): Ryo is forced to fight Guizhang Chen from the Chen family to save Nozomi, who has been taken hostage by the Mad Angels.

📺 That Girl (Antenna TV, 11 p.m.): A window washer's wife thinks her husband loves Ann.

WHAT ELSE IS ON 
Saturday Night Live (NBC, 11:29 p.m.): Oscar Isaac, Charli XCX
Naruto: Shippuden (via Giphy)

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⭐: Top Pick
💲: Game show
🎥: Movie
📺: Throwback
✔️: Video/gif/photo included

Happy watching, everyone!

(NOTICESaturday Night Live is tomorrow night, so the Sunday WOT will go up a few minute early.)

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