Friday, February 17, 2023

What's On Tonight (Saturday): The category is... Iconic

Black + Iconic: Style Gods

Happy continued Black History Month! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, February 18!

Our Top Pick tonight is the documentary Black + Iconic: Style Gods (BET, 8 p.m.). The Billy Porter-produced and -hosted movie is part of BET's Black + Iconic franchise, which showcases various aspects and key figures in Black history and culture. Tonight's 2-hour title focuses on fashion.

Elsewhere, Murdoch suspects there's a liar in his midst, an Injustice occurs on Adult Swim, Antarctica is very Frozen, Sally Field can Fly, and Spoon goes to the City Limits.

(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

πŸ“Ί Doctor Who (Retro TV, 6 p.m.): The minotaur-like Nimons plan to invade Skonnos by creating a tunnel in time and space. The Doctor and Romana don't like this plan.

Murdoch Mysteries (Ovation, 7 p.m.): Murdoch suspects Hart is lying about her father's death. Brackenreid leads a P.I. to Watts, endangering both their futures.

WHAT ELSE IS ON
Back to School with Gus Johnson (Fox, 7 p.m.): Special
Family Dinner (HBO Max & Discovery+, 3 a.m. / Magnolia, 8 p.m.): Ratcliff family

πŸ•— 8 P.M. EASTERN / πŸ•– 7 P.M. CENTRAL

⭐πŸŽ₯ Black + Iconic (BBC America): Billy Porter hosts a celebration of the Black fashion pioneers who changed the style game by blazing a trail from the streets to runways around the world.

Frozen Planet II (BBC America): Trekking across the planet's most hostile frozen zone: Antarctica.

πŸŽ₯ Love in Aruba (GAC Family): Single dad and the tutor gettin' down in the Caribbean.

πŸŽ₯ A Rose for Her Grave: The Randy Roth Story (Lifetime): Lori becomes distraught when her best friend, Cindy Roth, drowns under mysterious circumstances while on a trip with her husband, Randy. Determined to honor Cindy and learn the truth, she starts to uncover disturbing evidence from Randy's past.

πŸŽ₯ Welcome to Valentine (Hallmark Channel): After losing her apartment and her job right before Valentine's Day, Olivia meets George, who takes her on a cross-country road trip that has them reevaluating life's priorities.

WHAT ELSE IS ON
πŸŽ₯ Empire of Light (HBO)
Love & Marriage: D.C. (OWN)
Masters of Illusion (The CW): Murray SawChuck, Lucy Darling, Jonathan LaChance, Dan Sperry, Robert Ramirez, My UyΓͺn
πŸŽ₯ Star Trek Beyond (CBS)
πŸŽ₯ Svengoolie (MeTV): Duel
WWE Elimination Chamber (Peacock)

πŸ•˜ 9 P.M. EASTERN / πŸ•— 8 P.M. CENTRAL

πŸ“Ί The Flying Nun (Decades): Spend the weekend with a nun that can fly! Yeah, it's as dumb as it sounds. Even star Sally Field despised the late '60s sitcom, which reflected nothing about what her generation was doing at the time. In an alternative universe, she would team-up with Lucifer and Preacher. In this episode, "Sister Bertrille buys a music-loving cow for the convent." This show had writers!✔️

WHAT ELSE IS ON
The Incredible Dr. Pol (National Geographic Wild)
Rico to the Rescue (HGTV)
Unexplained: Caught on Camera (Travel Channel)
World's Funniest Animals (The CW)

πŸ•™ 10 P.M. EASTERN / πŸ•˜ 9 P.M. CENTRAL

πŸ“Ί Magnum, P.I. (Get TV): Magnum is hired to protect a priceless urn.

WHAT ELSE IS ON
48 Hours (CBS)
πŸ“Ί SNL Vintage (NBC): Christopher Walken, Foo Fighters (22 Feb 2003)
The Flying Nun (via Giphy)

πŸ’€πŸ˜΄ LATE NIGHT πŸ˜΄πŸ’€

πŸŽ₯ Injustice (Adult Swim, 12:30 a.m.): "On an alternate earth, the Joker tricks Superman into killing Lois Lane, sending Superman down a path of destruction."✔️

My Hero Academia (Adult Swim, midnight): Midoriya and Shigaraki enter the world of One For All.

πŸ“Ί Star Trek (MeTV, 11 p.m.): The Enterprise investigates the disappearance of another starship and discovers a planet where the inhabitants are immortal and engaged in a strange parallel of Earth's Cold War period.

πŸ“Ί Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (MeTV, 2 a.m.): A Saturn space probe re-enters the Earth with a strange creature attached to its surface.

WHAT ELSE IS ON
Austin City Limits (PBS, 11 p.m.): Spoon
Injustice (via Tumblr)

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Key SourcesThe Futon CriticIMDbTV PassportZap2it
⭐: Top Pick
πŸ’²: Game show
πŸŽ₯: Movie
πŸ“Ί: Throwback
✔️: Video/gif/photo included

Happy watching, everyone!

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