What's On Tonight (Saturday): He was here to fight for truth, and justice, and the American way

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

You'll shoot your eye out! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, December 7!

Our Top Pick tonight is Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (HBO & Max, 8 p.m.). This documentary, which played in some theaters this fall and is available on demand, which follows the life of the late Christopher Reeve from his instant stardom upon becoming Superman in the 1978 feature film to his activism following his 1995 horse-riding accident that left him paralyzed from the neck down.

Elsewhere, Paul Mescal is Live from New York, Christmas programming is everywhere, Fight Girl goes for a strike, the Greens want a Christmas tree, and One Piece gathers ammunition.

(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

📺 The Dick Van Dyke Show (Catchy Comedy, all weekend / Amazon Prime Video & Peacock & The Roku Channel, now): TOUGH TV TRIVIA for $1000: A model of adult humor, this series had one episode about a thumbless alien & 1700 pounds of walnuts (7 Apr 1987)

WHAT ELSE IS ON

🏀 Fox Primetime Hoops (Fox, 7 p.m.): Tennessee at Iowa; season premiere✔️

On the Rise: Juju Watkins (Peacock, 3 a.m.)

Ranma 1/2 (Netflix, 3 a.m.)

Sportz! (via Giphy)

🕗 PRIMETIME 🕚

🎄 Big City Greens (Disney Channel & Disney XD, 8 p.m.): Bill and Cricket follow clues from Cricket's dream to search the woods for the perfect Christmas tree. Meanwhile, Tilly catches ennui, so Cricket tries to cheer her up.

🎥🎄 A Season to Remember (OWN, 9 p.m.): "A career-driven sports reporter is determined to land a holiday-worthy interview with the help of a newly hired, free-spirited cameraman who challenges her methods."

🎥🎄 Sugarplummed (Hallmark Channel, 8 p.m. / Peacock, Sunday): Pixie baroness Mirabelle Damson has been single for most of her political life. She's been serving in Parliament for nearly 12 years, representing the Shiro region. Pixies rarely enter relationships with other beings, but Mirabelle is open to the idea when she discovers she has a secret admirer who hopes she doesn't mind their not a pixie. The term "sugarplum" is used when a pixie is with another being. An occasional note around her office lobby, a message or gift at her apartment building's front desk, yet, Mirabelle's admirer won't reveal themselves. A phone call has the two speak to one another, and the intimate conversation lets Mirabelle get quite comfortable with the person. The only name they give is Christoph. Enough red flags are there that Parliament Security puts up its own red flags. Yet through messages through Mirabelle's secretary, Christoph manages to set a secret meeting. Mirabelle dodges many security persons and protocols to a dark, largely abandoned underground parking garage near her office. Christoph speaks but doesn't reveal himself. He is leaving and admits to trying to deceive her. He is not of Christmasia and is working for foreign agents. But was falling for his target, Mirabelle. For a brief minute, she sees him in the shadows, small like a pixie but course skin, maybe wings, and a stern face.

⭐🎥 Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (HBO & Max, 8 p.m.): "Reeve's rise to becoming a film star follows with a near-fatal horse-riding accident in 1995 that left him paralyzed from the neck down. After the accident, he became an activist for spinal cord injury treatments and disability rights."✔️

🎥🎄 A Very Merry Beauty Salon (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): "A woman's budding romance with a charismatic CEO challenges her thoughts on love and family."

🎄 Zombies: The Re-Animated Series (Disney Channel & Disney XD, 8:30 p.m.): Zed sets out to throw his best zombie holiday party yet. Wynter wants to prove that the holiday monster, Santler Claws, is real, and Wyatt searches for the perfect gift for Eliza.

WHAT ELSE IS ON

🏈 2024 ACC Championship (ABC, 8 p.m.): Clemson at SMU

🏈 2024 Big Ten Championship (CBS, 8 p.m.): Penn State at Oregon

All Elite Wrestling: Collision (TNT, 8 p.m.)

🎥📡🎄 A California Christmas (The CW, 8 p.m. / Netflix, now)

🎥 Dinner and a Movie (TBS, 8 p.m.): A Christmas Story

🏀 Fox Primetime Hoops (Fox, 9 p.m.): Louisville at Connecticut

🎥 Svengoolie (MeTV, 8 p.m.): The Comedy of Terrors

💤😴 LATE NIGHT 😴💤

📺 2 Stupid Dogs and the Secret Squirrel Show (MeTV Toons, 11 p.m.): The dogs try everything they know to get cookies from a Girl Scout.

📺 Freakazoid (MeTV Toons, 11:30 p.m.): Freak contends with an archvillain. An ancient invisible villain gets loose. 

Invincible Fight Girl (Adult Swim, midnight / Max, Sunday): With the days counting down, Andy continues her attempts to accomplish even one Perfect Strike. The Busters invite her to their monthly Rusty Rumble tourney, and Andy gets her first look at the other competitors vying for wrestling greatness.

One Piece (Adult Swim, 1:30 a.m.): Usopp uses Viola's clairvoyance to prepare his ammunition to take out Sugar. Luckily for the Straw Hat Pirates, Usopp's ammunition has been specially designed for this specific situation.

WHAT ELSE IS ON

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

Saturday Night Live (NBC & Peacock, 11:29 p.m.): Paul Mescal, Shaboozey✔️
U.S. Poker Open (Vice, midnight)

Shaboozey (via Giphy)

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

Reminder: SNL is tomorrow, so the Sunday WOT will be posted a few minutes early!