What's On Tonight (Saturday): To Heckle with it

James Acaster: Hecklers Welcome

In the pursuit of great, we failed to do good! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, November 23!

Our Top Pick tonight is James Acaster: Hecklers Welcome (HBO & Max, 10 p.m.). This comedy special has the British comedian James Acaster (Taskmaster!) performing a variety of things in front of an audience where hecklers are welcomed -- as well as audience members doing whatever they wish.

Elsewhere, Arcane settles its feuds, Lifetime creates its own Swelce, One Piece finds the Flower Field, the NWSL seeks its champion, Fight Girl goes for the Slam, and Roy & Amber have one more News.

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

ON THIS SITE

This Weekend in Pop Culture (9:30 p.m.): What pop culture have you consumed lately? This is our weekly thread for you talk about it.

EARLY STREAMING & EVENING

Arcane (Netflix, 3 a.m.): SERIES FINALE. The conflict between Piltover, the rich upper city, and Zaun, the dark underworld, reaches its finale. At least, I assume that's what happens because that's what the show has been plotting since the first episode. While I'm not quite up to date, the second season is just as impressive as the first.✔️

📺 That Girl (Catchy Comedy, all weekend / Amazon Prime Video & Freevee & Peacock & The Roku Channel, now): TV SITCOMS for $500: Shortly before this sitcom ended, Don Hollinger & Ann Marie got engaged (26 Oct 1995)

WHAT ELSE IS ON

🏈 Fox College Football (Fox, 7:30 p.m.): Iowa State at Utah

🏈 Notre Dame Football on NBC (NBC, 7 p.m.): Army at Notre Dame

🏈 Pac-12 College Football Series (The CW, 7 p.m.): Washington State at Oregon State

Ranma 1/2 (Netflix, 3 a.m.)

🏈 Saturday Night College Football (ABC, 7:30 p.m.): Alabama at Oklahoma

Arcane (via Giphy)

🕗 PRIMETIME 🕚

🎥🎄 A Little Women's Christmas (Great American Family, 8 p.m.): During the Battle of the Blue Waters in the north, pixie soldier Pepper gets separated from her squad during a failed advance on Koal Federation forces. She finds shelter for a night at an abandoned home only to later find it occupied by a wondering leprechaun farmer and his few animals that have survived the ongoing War on Christmas. He is traveling south to Vendora to find real shelter, but he and two of his animals are injured. Pepper, feeling committed to her squad, feels a greater need to help this farmer, Lux.

🎥🎄 Christmas in the Spotlight (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): Bowyn is a popular singer who develops an unexpected romance with Drew, a professional football player. As their feelings grow, they soon face mounting pressure from the press, the paparazzi, fans, and even their families.

⭐ James Acaster: Hecklers Welcome (HBO & Max, 10 p.m.): SPECIAL. "James Acaster gives up control of his set and embraces audience participation as he explores his complex relationship with stand-up."✔️

🎥🎄 Three Wiser Men and a Boy (Hallmark Channel, 8 p.m. / Peacock, Sunday): In Christmasia's olden days -- before the arrival of the elves, when abominable snowmonsters dominated the north, and when trolls and yulelads controlled large territories -- a young boy pixie became king upon the unexpected death of his father. But at 8, his ability to rule was immediately contested. Instead, the king's 3 elite advisors will rule in the place of the son, King Rankin V, until he turned 13. The 3 nisse men would rule what became the prelude era of the Vidéokraft Empire's golden years. Advisor Tom builds up the military against the gnome threat out east. Meanwhile, the advisor Tito must manage the young king and protect from many that would like to take his place, including a power hungry uncle and illegitimate step brother. But the greatest turns out to be a much older cousin paid off by the pixies to depose of the king and his inner circle for a pixie-engineered coup.

WHAT ELSE IS ON

⚽ 2024 NWSL Championship (CBS, 8 p.m.): Orlando Pride at Washington Spirit

🏈 Big Ten Saturday Night (NBC, 10:15 p.m.): USC at UCLA

Breaking New Ground: 200 Years in the Making (OWN, 9 p.m.): Special

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

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

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

🎥 Svengoolie (MeTV, 8 p.m.): Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

💤😴 LATE NIGHT 😴💤

📺 2 Stupid Dogs and the Secret Squirrel Show (MeTV Toons, 11 p.m.): "The dogs make time fly by having so much fun they puke."

📺 Freakazoid (MeTV Toons, 11:30 p.m.): "An evil scientist crashes Freak's plane."

Invincible Fight Girl (Adult Swim, midnight / Max, Sunday): Andy and Rikko take their chances in the Sthetica Glam Slam, only to learn the world of wrestling aesthetics and style is more complex than they imagined. They seek to understand this city and Poblana's connection to it.✔️

One Piece (Adult Swim, 1:30 a.m.): Rebecca makes it to the Flower Field alone but unfortunately finds company there that is less than friendly. Bartolomeo pushes himself to the limit to help Luffy advance but may be leaving himself vulnerable in the process.

WHAT ELSE IS ON

📡 Mashle: Magic and Muscles (Adult Swim, 12:30 a.m. / CrunchyRoll, now):

U.S. Poker Open (Vice, midnight)

Invincible Fight Girl (via Tenor)

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Key Sources: The Futon Critic; IMDb; TV Passport; Zap2it
⭐: Top Pick
💲: Game show
📡: Linear broadcast

🇰🇷: Korean Drama
🎥: Movie

🏈🏀⚾⚽🎾🏌️🏒🏎️: Sportsballs

📺: Throwback

✔️: Video/gif/photo included

Happy watching, everyone!