Friday, February 16, 2024

What's On Tonight (Saturday): 'S wonderful, 's Austen-ous

An American in Austen

Como la flor! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, February 17!

Our Top Pick tonight is An American in Austen (Hallmark Channel / Peacock, Sunday). Yep, I've sunk this low. Hallmark movies! Tonight is the third of 4 Jane Austen-themed movies. Despite the title, the movie isn't about some American smashing Jane. The movie stars Eliza Bennett, a name that's almost an Austen character, as a modern woman who wishes Mr. Darcy was real and wakes up in Pride & Prejudice. I know Bennett from the brilliant but canceled Sweet/Vicious.

Elsewhere, Oxygen gives Selena's killer a docuseries, Alanis Morissette goes to the Limits, Ninjas are dying, One Piece is against tyranny, Tubi has a Baby, and the Pol Farm has a final harvest.

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

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EARLY STREAMING & EVENING

πŸŽ₯ My Husband's Baby (Tubi, 3 a.m.): A famous married couple's life is turned upside down when a mysterious pregnant woman shows up claiming to be carrying the husband's child.

WHAT ELSE IS ON
πŸ‡°πŸ‡· Captivating the King (Netflix, 6:50 a.m.)
πŸ‡°πŸ‡· Doctor Slump (Netflix, 8:30 a.m.)
πŸ‡°πŸ‡· Flex x Cop (Hulu, 9:30 a.m.)
Love Island All Stars (Peacock, 3 a.m.)

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

⭐πŸŽ₯ An American in Austen (Hallmark Channel / Peacock, Sunday): Harriet, who thinks that no real man compares to Mr. Darcy, is transported into Pride and Prejudice and gets an unexpected chance to find out.✔️

πŸŽ₯ The Beach House Murders (Lifetime): A novelist becomes a murder suspect after she has a one-night stand with a mysterious stranger who turns up dead at her summer home.

Selena & Yolanda (Oxygen): LIMITED DOCUSERIES. "Examine Saldivar’s interpretation of events that ended in Selena Quintanilla Perez’s death and her claims that everything wasn’t as it seemed."

WHAT ELSE IS ON
πŸ€ 2024 NBA All-Star Saturday Night (TNT): Special
All Elite Wrestling: Collision (TNT)
πŸ“‘ Backroad Truckers (Weather Channel): Series premiere
πŸŽ₯πŸ“‘ The Color Purple (HBO / Max, now)
πŸ€ Fox Primetime Hoops (Fox): Michigan State at Michigan
πŸŽ₯πŸ“‘  The Last Voyage of the Demeter (Paramount+ with Showtime)
πŸŽ₯ Svengoolie (MeTV): Bride of Frankenstein

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

πŸ“Ί The Flying Nun (Catchy Comedy / Amazon Prime Video, now): Spend the weekend with Sally Field in a show she didn't like. The Flying Nun, rushed through pre-production after the canceled Gidget turned into a summer hit, finds Sally Field as a young, petite nun who can fly when wearing her cornette and the wind is right. It's rather outlandish but the premise stays somewhat grounded to reality. In this episode, "Kim and Ramon make Carlos happy when they announce they are married, but Carlos winces a bit at the thought of being a grandfather.  "

WHAT ELSE IS ON
Fast: Home Rescue (Weather Channel): Season premiere
First-Time Buyer's Club (OWN)
The Incredible Dr. Pol (National Geographic Wild)

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

48 Hours (CBS / Paramount+, Sunday): In "The Assassination of Jeff German," a journalist is "stabbed to death while investigating four women's claims of a toxic workplace."

WHAT ELSE IS ON
The Incredible Pol Farm (National Geographic Wild): Season finale
πŸ“Ί SNL Vintage (NBC): Quinta Brunson, Lil Yachty (1 Apr 2023)✔️
Saturday Night Live (via Giphy)

πŸ’€πŸ˜΄ LATE NIGHT πŸ˜΄πŸ’€

πŸ“Ί IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix (Adult Swim, 2:30 a.m.): "Into Tomorrow"

Naruto: Shippuden (Adult Swim, 2 a.m.): "Naruto and Sasuke continue their fateful battle."

Ninja Kamui (Adult Swim, midnight / Max, Sunday): Higan learns that a string of recent murder victims were all former ninjas who had their covers blown. Higan goes after the boss ninja and swears to take revenge for his dead wife and son by crushing the organization.

One Piece (Adult Swim, 1:30 a.m.): "The Straw Hat Pirates form new alliances in an attempt to dethrone Donquixote Doflamingo, the tyrannical king of the island nation Dressrosa."

πŸ“Ί Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (MeTV, 2 a.m.): A man from the future tries to add Nelson to his collection of zombie-like military officers.

WHAT ELSE IS ON
Austin City Limits (PBS, 11 p.m.): Alanis Morissette✔️
πŸ“‘ Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Adult Swim, 12:30 a.m. / Netflix, now)
πŸ“‘ Lycoris Recoil (Adult Swim, 1 a.m. / CrunchyRoll, now)
Alanis Morissette (via Giphy)

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Key SourcesThe Futon CriticIMDbTV PassportZap2it
⭐: Top Pick
πŸ’²: Game show
πŸ“‘: Linear broadcast
πŸ‡°πŸ‡·: Korean Drama
πŸŽ₯: Movie
πŸ“Ί: Throwback
✔️: Video/gif/photo included

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