What's On Tonight (Saturday): Abortion is healthcare

Zurawski v Texas

Honey, I forgot to duck! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, November 2!

Our Top Pick tonight is Zurawski v Texas (via Eventive, 3:30 a.m.). This new documentary, which is still screening in the film festival circuit, profiles women in Texas who suffered health complications because of bad pregnancies and were denied an abortion. They file a lawsuit against the state. The reviews I read make me think this isn't for the squeamish. For example, you will see a newborn suffer and inevitably die within hours. The doc, which has producers such as Jennifer Lawrence, Hillary Clinton, and Chelsea Clinton, is Oscar eligible, so this is an opportune time for Oscar completeists. It is streaming for free only this weekend -- 3:30 a.m. Saturday through Sunday. Sign-up and see streaming rules here.

Elsewhere, Invincible Fight Girl enters the ring, Chappell Roan is Live from New York, Jelly Roll goes to the Limit, there's a One Piece revolt, Reagan dares to defy, and Julianne Nicholson is Janet, dammit.

(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

📺 ALF (Catchy Comedy, all weekend / Peacock & The Roku Channel & Pluto TV, now): TV ALIENS for $400: His real name is Gordon, but the Earth family who adopted him nicknamed him this (17 Feb 1987)

⭐🎥 Zurawski v Texas (via Eventive, 3:30 a.m.): In this documentary, "Women denied abortions in Texas despite life-threatening circumstances join forces with a lawyer to file a lawsuit against the state, aiming to restore reproductive rights for themselves and others."

WHAT ELSE IS ON

🏈 Big Ten Saturday Night (NBC, 7:30 p.m.): Wisconsin at Iowa

🏈 Fox College Football (Fox, 7 p.m.): Arizona State at Oklahoma State

Ranma 1/2 (Netflix, 3 a.m.)

🏈 Saturday Night College Football (ABC, 7:30 p.m.): Texas A&M at South Carolina

🕗 PRIMETIME 🕚

48 Hours (CBS, 10 p.m. / Paramount+, Sunday): In "Fatal First Date," a first date ends with a home invasion and a shooting, leaving one dead while the other barely survives.

🎥 A Kidnapping Amish Country (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): "When an Amish woman realizes her daughter has been kidnapped, she turns to the only person who can help her -- her estranged best friend who's renounced the Amish way of life."

🎥🎄 Our Holiday Story (Hallmark Channel, 8 p.m. / Peacock, Sunday): Mrs. Claus follows up on her highly-popular three-part A History of Christmasia with a biopic about herself. Her husband was the famed advisor to multiple heads of state in his long life, dating to even before Christmasia was founded. She attempts to clear up some rumors about how strong their influence was in policy. Are they the reason many native beings were pushed to the sidelines in the first constitution? Did they want to settle with Krampus during the War of the First Noel? Did they side with Craig Klaus in his attempted coup to restore the monarchy? It's complicated. Very complicated. (And not a definitive no.)

 

🎥🎄 Tails of Christmas (Great American Family, 8 p.m.): This tells the tale of the reintroduction and the first generation of toddy reindeer to their homeland in the Toddy River Valley. They were nearly wiped out generations ago and were considered extinct in nature after the War of the First Noel. Many years later and some hard fought battles, conservationists release 2 herds of them to see what happens. Led by Fokk Spruce, a team then follows the reindeer and watches them thrive and reignite the local ecosystem.

United Way Benefit for Hurricane Relief (CBS & CMT, 8 p.m.): SPECIAL. Raising funds for relief and recovery from Hurricanes Helene and Milton with performances by Brittney Spencer, Carly Pearce, Chris Janson, Clay Aiken, Jonathan McReynolds, and Tyler Hubbard.

WHAT ELSE IS ON

🎥 The Dead Don't Hurt (Paramount+ with Showtime [linear], 9 p.m. / Paramount+ with Showtime [streaming], now)

🎥 Dinner and a Movie (TBS, 8 p.m.): Uncle Buck

Have I Got News for You (CNN, 9 p.m. / Max, Sunday)

🎥 Janet Planet (HBO, 8 p.m. / Max, now)

Love & Marriage: Huntsville (OWN, 8 p.m.): Season premiere

⚽ NWSL Soccer (Ion, 9:30 p.m.): Bay FC at Houston Dash

🎥 Reagan: Portrait of a Presidency (The CW, 8 p.m.)

🎥 Svengoolie (MeTV, 8 p.m.): The Mummy

Love & Marriage: Huntsville (via Giphy)

💤😴 LATE NIGHT 😴💤

📺 2 Stupid Dogs and the Secret Squirrel Show (MeTV Toons, 11 p.m.): The big dog finds true love at a pet store. 

📺 Freakazoid (MeTV Toons, 11:30 p.m.): Guitierrez returns with a device that could vaporize the world. 

Invincible Fight Girl (Adult Swim, midnight & 12:30 a.m. / Max, Sunday): SERIES PREMIERE. Andy, a young girl, dreams of becoming the greatest professional wrestler of all time.

One Piece (Adult Swim, 1:30 a.m.): "The Tontattas are in full revolt! But can they keep their wits about them long enough to make it out? Meanwhile, Zoro finally gains the upper hand against Pica, and Franky finds a way to deal with Señor Pink."

WHAT ELSE IS ON

Austin City Limits (PBS, 11 p.m.): Jelly Roll, The War and Treaty

📺 Blue Exorcist (Adult Swim, 1 a.m.): Series premiere

Saturday Night Live (NBC & Peacock, 11:29 p.m.): John Mulaney, Chappell Roan

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

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