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C is for cookie! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, April 30!
Our Top Pick tonight is the new computer animated preschool series Mecha Builders (Cartoon Network, 7:30 p.m.), the first of three Sesame Street titles due out this year. The series reimagines Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Abby Cadabby as robot heroes-in-training who use their STEM skills to solve (pretty ridiculous) problems. The show is designed for older preschoolers. You guys, Saturday options are slim!
Elsewhere, Shenmue finds who killed his father, the Classroom wants to save their teacher, HGTV finds a Goldmine, Murdoch investigates the death of a cartoonist, USA gets Strange, and Lupin evades Sherlock.
(All times are Eastern. All listings are new unless otherwise stated. For more listings, visit The Futon Critic or Zap2it.)
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STREAMING & EARLY PRIMETIME
📺 Cowboy Bebop (Funimation / Netflix / Tubi, now): The underwhelming live-action adaptation failed to please the Netflix suits, but the original neo-noir Japanese anime series, which tells its entire story in 26 episodes, can still be found on a few streamers, including both the dubbed and subbed versions. Even the (original English) dub is quality. The series follows the 2071-set misadventures and tragedies of an easygoing bounty hunter and his partners. I love it so much.
📺 Doctor Who (Retro TV, 6 p.m.): Sorceress from another dimension Morgaine summons the Destroyer in England, where she also seeks to take the sword Excalibur for herself. The Doctor meets Arthurian legend.
⭐ Mecha Builders (Cartoon Network, 7:30 p.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. This is a special series premiere as it won't regularly air on Saturdays. A giant pie is sent to Pretty Big City to stop an asteroid, but the Mechas and friends have eaten the whole thing.✔️
Murdoch Mysteries (Ovation, 7 p.m.): Murdoch believes that the murder of a nasty, satirical cartoonist has links to city politics.
WHAT ELSE IS ON
🎥 Paddington 2 (Nickelodeon, 7 p.m.)
Trivia Quest (Netflix, 3 a.m.): Season finale
White House Correspondents' Dinner (CNN, 7 p.m.)
🕗 8 P.M. EASTERN / 🕖 7 P.M. CENTRAL
Renovation Goldmine (HGTV): SERIES PREMIERE. Joe and Meg Piercy revive old furniture and other pieces their clients already own and use the money saved to give families their dream home renovation.
WHAT ELSE IS ON
🎥 Beauty and the Beast (ABC): The good Disney version✔️
Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet (Animal Planet)
🎥 Doctor Strange (USA)
Louisiana Law (Discovery)
Love & Marriage: Huntsville (OWN)
🎥 Svengoolie (MeTV): Invaders from Mars
Would I Lie to You? (The CW, 8:30 p.m.): Michael Ian Black, Robin De Jesus, Jordan Carlos, Christian Finnegan
🕘 9 P.M. EASTERN / 🕗 8 P.M. CENTRAL
📺 T. J. Hooker (Decades, 9:30 p.m.): Spend the weekend with a plainclothes cop-turned uniformed officer following the murder of his partner during a bank robbery. Episodes are starting at half-past the hour today because the marathon begins with the 90-minute pilot. In this episode, Hooker (William Shatner) and Romano (Adrian Zmed) pursue a rapist who's left just one clue: a size 13 footprint.
I Bought a Dump... Now What? (HGTV): SERIES PREMIERE. People buy houses in terrible condition and need HGTV personalities' help to see if they can make it a dream home.
WHAT ELSE IS ON
Critter Fixers: Country Vets (National Geographic Wild)
Marry Me Now (OWN)
Masters of Illusion (The CW)
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🕙 10 P.M. EASTERN / 🕘 9 P.M. CENTRAL
🎥 Driven to Murder (Lifetime): An innocent call for a ride home lands a young woman in the back seat of a killer's car.
📺 The Rockford Files (Get TV): While searching for a missing model, Rockford uncovers a trail of homicide through a high-fashion studio.
48 Hours (CBS)
Heartland Docs, DVM (National Geographic Wild)
Portals to Hell (Travel Channel)
📺 SNL Vintage (NBC): Sofía Vergara, One Direction (7 Apr 2012)
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Assassination Classroom (Adult Swim, 1 a.m.): "Class 3-E goes to lengths to track down information that might help them keep Koro Sensei alive."
Attack on Titan (Adult Swim, 12:30 a.m.): Spring finale. "Eren commits to his path of destruction."
Lupin the 3rd Part 6 (Adult Swim, 1:30 a.m.): To proceed with their plans, Lupin and co. need to get Sherlock Holmes out of the picture, but evading the legendary detective proves to be a challenge.✔️
Naruto: Shippuden (Adult Swim, 3 a.m.): "Naruto's power of persuasion moves Obito's heart."
One Piece (Adult Swim, 2 & 2:30 a.m.): Tensions run high when a slave-owning Celestial Dragon washes up on Fish-Man Island. His former captives cry for out for blood, but Queen Otohime sees it as a chance to mend fences between the gilled and non-gilled.
Shenmue: The Animation (Adult Swim, midnight): SEASON FINALE. Ryo finally reaches Lan Di, the man who murdered his father, and, blinded by revenge, Ryo viciously attacks Lan Di, who easily dodges Ryo's attacks.
📺 Star Trek (MeTV, 11 p.m.): The Enterprise encounters a vast alien ship that sets out to test them.
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