Friday, February 24, 2023

What's On Tonight (Saturday): Ladies and gentlemen, The Weeknd

The Weeknd: Live at SoFi Stadium

Hope! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, February 25!

Our Top Pick tonight is the music event The Weeknd: Live at SoFi Stadium (HBO, 8 p.m.). The Weeknd brings his latest tour to your living room with this concert special that also includes interviews and a behind the scenes look at the immensely popular R&B musician.

Elsewhere, Jack White performs Live in New York, the NAACP hands out Image Awards, Murdoch suspects Rudyard Kipling of murder, the Planet's Boreal forests get some spotlight, Matt Dillon is on duty, and the Justice League must stop the Fatal Five.

(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

Murdoch Mysteries (Ovation, 7 p.m.): When a writer is murdered at a literary event, Rudyard Kipling and Lucy Maud Montgomery come under Murdoch's scrutiny.

WHAT ELSE IS ON
Family Dinner (HBO Max & Discovery+, 3 a.m. / Magnolia, 8 p.m.)

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

54th NAACP Image Awards (Paramount Global networks): Queen Latifah hosts the celebration of the best in movies and television.

πŸŽ₯ Made for Each Other (Hallmark Channel): A sculptor uses magic to mold her ideal man into reality, but soon begins to fall for a human friend while embracing the flaws that make love perfectly imperfect.

⭐ The Weeknd: Live at SoFi Stadium (HBO): The Weeknd brings fans up-close with a special, intimate concert presented at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles during the first U.S. leg of his After Hours Til Dawn Tour, captured cinematically as he performs hits from his studio albums.

πŸŽ₯ 12 Desperate Hours (Lifetime): Held hostage by a killer, a woman offers to drive the man wherever he wants in an attempt to save the lives of her children and husband. She soon builds a rapport with her captor and uses her wits to help save innocent bystanders from his wrath.

Frozen Planet II (BBC America): Enter the largest land-habitat on Earth, home to great Boreal forests and the barren tundra where the seasons bring both challenges and opportunities.

WHAT ELSE IS ON
Cold Justice (Oxygen): Season premiere
Love & Marriage: D.C. (OWN)
Masters of Illusion (The CW): Alexandra Duvivier, Rudy Coby, Joshua Jay, Ana DeGuzman, Chipper Lowell, Andy Gladwin, Clarvoyants
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union (CNN): Linear premiere
πŸŽ₯ Svengoolie (MeTV): The War of Gargantuas

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

πŸ“Ί Marshal Dillon (a.k.a. Gunsmoke) (Decades): Spend the weekend with the groundbreaking Western Gunsmoke back when it was a half-hour series. In this episode, "Jerry Shand has a grudge against Andy Cully, a paunchy hardware drummer. At the Long Branch Jerry is beating Andy up, so Matt's ready to lock Jerry up. Andy bails him out."✔️

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

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

πŸ“Ί Magnum, P.I. (Get TV): The CIA asks for Magnum's cooperation in protecting a British army brigadier from threats.

WHAT ELSE IS ON
48 Hours (CBS)
Help! My House Is Haunted (Travel Channel)
πŸ“Ί SNL Vintage (NBC): Dakota Johnson, Alabama Shakes (28 Feb 2015)

πŸ’€πŸ˜΄ LATE NIGHT πŸ˜΄πŸ’€

My Hero Academia (Adult Swim, midnight): Ochaco and Toga exchange blows. Dabi reveals the secret of his past.

πŸŽ₯ Justice League vs the Fatal Five (Adult Swim, 1 a.m.): "The Justice League must stop the Fatal Five as they terrorise the city of Metropolis. The group are trying to free the Emerald Empress and Validus, so they can continue their quest to find the emerging Green Lantern."✔️

πŸ“Ί Star Trek (MeTV, 11 p.m.): Starfleet uses the Enterprise to test a new super-sophisticated computer, but it soon develops a mind of its own.

πŸ“Ί Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (MeTV, 2 a.m.): Aloft in the flying sub to photograph the emergence of a volcanic island, Admiral Nelson and Chief Sharkey are forced to parachute onto an island inhabited by prehistoric beasts.

WHAT ELSE IS ON
Austin City Limits Hall of Fame Honors (PBS, 11 p.m.): Joe Ely
Saturday Night Live (NBC, 11:29 p.m.): Woody Harrelson, Jack White
Justice League vs the Fatal Five (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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