What's On Tonight (Saturday): Put on your detective hat, we're investigating Earth

Prime Suspect: Earth

Bang, zoom! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, August 12!

Our Top Pick tonight is Prime Suspect: Earth (Weather Channel, 8 p.m.). The docuseries goes to experts to decipher if iconic mysterious events and disappearances in history were the result of nature. The team will also run a simulation, revisiting the cite of every incident. Tonight might be the season finale. (The Weather Channel isn't stellar in announcing its schedule in advance.)

Elsewhere, Anthony Anderson and Cedric the Entertainer love BBQ, a Teacher abducts, Johnson meets the parents, Dr. Stone pulls a rescue, Big City Greens watches shorts, and we go Treasure hunting for icons in Hip Hop.

(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 EVENING

🎥 Blind Waters (Tubi, 3 a.m.): An unrelenting shark turns a couple’s dream vacation into a nightmare when they are stranded at sea and forced to fight for their lives.

Summer Shortstacular with Big City Greens (Disney Channel & Disney XD, 7:30 p.m.): "Cricket and Tilly bring the beach to their backyard to watch shorts in the sun, much to the surprise of their father, Bill."

🕗 8 P.M. EASTERN / 🕖 7 P.M. CENTRAL

🎥 Abducted by My Teacher: The Elizabeth Thomas Story (Lifetime): "The story of Elizabeth Thomas, a 15-year-old high school student who was groomed and abducted by teacher Tad Cummins."

Johnson (Bounce TV): Omar witnesses Naomi out with another man. Greg sets a bad first impression when he meets with Chef Williams. Keith meets Jackee's parents for the first time.✔️

⭐ Prime Suspect: Earth (Weather Channel): The first new world colony at Roanoke vanishes... An icy quake rocks Canada, but it's no ordinary earthquake... 5 vanishing planes start the Bermuda Triangle legend.

🎥 A Safari Romance (Hallmark Channel / Peacock, Sunday): Working on protecting the wildlife in Africa, a biologist teams up with a theme park designer who wants to create an over-the-top safari attraction.

🎥 An Unlikely Angel (Great American Family): Businesswoman Janie is falling apart at the thought of becoming a mom, then has a chance meeting with an angel.

WHAT ELSE IS ON

All Elite Wrestling: Collision (TNT)

Great Chocolate Showdown (The CW)

Love & Marriage: Detroit (OWN)

🎥 Svengoolie (MeTV): The Black Scorpion

Johnson (via Giphy)

🕘 9 P.M. EASTERN / 🕗 8 P.M. CENTRAL

📺 The Honeymooners (Catchy Comedy / Tubi, now): One of these days... is finally here!. Spend not only a day, but the entire weekend with a NYC bus driver and his sewer worker friend as they try to get rich -- and amuse their wives in the process. In this episode, "Norton invests in Ralph's stock when Ralph wants $20. When Ralph thinks he is named in a millionaire's will, arguments arise."

Kings of BBQ (A&E): SERIES PREMIERE. "Anthony Anderson and Cedric the Entertainer head out on a culinary adventure across America to discover the best techniques, flavors and traditions as they work together to start their own barbecue empire."

WHAT ELSE IS ON

The Earth Unlocked (Weather Channel)

The Incredible Dr. Pol (National Geographic Wild)

Love Island (Peacock)

Recipe for Disaster (The CW / The CW App, Sunday)

Vacation House Rules (HGTV / Max, Sunday)

🕙 10 P.M. EASTERN / 🕘 9 P.M. CENTRAL

Hip Hop Treasures (A&E): SERIES PREMIERE. "LL Cool J and Ice-T, alongside field collectors and museum curators, search for lost memorabilia and tell the stories of hip-hop legends."✔️

📺 Magnum, P.I. (Get TV): A cocktail waitress hires Magnum when she is told she can't scatter her father's ashes at Pearl Harbor.

WHAT ELSE IS ON

Beyond the Headlines: The Elizabeth Thomas Story with Elizabeth Smart (Lifetime)

💤😴 LATE NIGHT 😴💤

Dr. Stone: New World (Adult Swim, 12:30 a.m.): "Suika and Ginro strive to rescue the mobile lab from the Perseus."

📺 FLCL (Adult Swim, 1 a.m.): Naota finds himself in the midst of a survival game, with Haruko on his team. With weapons blazing, it looks like Kitsurubami has joined the fray.

Naruto: Shippuden (Adult Swim, 2 a.m.): The source of Sasuke's deep-seated anger toward Naruto comes out as the two battle, with Naruto determined to bring Sasuke back to Hidden Leaf Village.

One Piece (Adult Swim, 1:30 a.m.): "Breed uses his evil abilities to turn Chopper into a pet."

📺 Star Trek (MeTV, 11 p.m. / Paramount+, now): Kirk and Spock meet Abraham Lincoln and Surak of Vulcan and must do battle with some of history's most terrible villains.✔️

📺 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (MeTV, 2 a.m.): Nelson is plagued by a slave trader ancestor who has come to take him away.

Star Trek (via Tumblr)

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Key Sources: The Futon Critic; IMDb; TV Passport; Zap2it
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Happy watching, everyone!