Saturday’s TV Highlights and Weekend Talk: ‘The Real MVP: The Wanda Durant Story’
TV Highlights for Sat., May 07, 2016
Today’s Highlights Saturday, May 7, 2016 Saturday’s Highlights
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Saturday, May 7, 2016
The Pioneer Woman In a special Mother’s Day episode, host Ree Drummond puts the family to work washing her truck and takes the afternoon off, while the boys make a celebratory feast with steaks and lots of fixin’s. 10 a.m. Food
Street Eats What better place to begin a journey to sample the best street foods than right here in L.A.? On the menu: waffle burgers, pho tacos and “stinky tofu.” 1 p.m. Travel
Outlander Reunited at last, Claire and Jamie (Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan) try to dampen the passionate fires their dinner party ignited. 9 p.m. Starz
Saturday Night Live Brie Larson hosts, with musical guest Alicia Keys. 11:29 p.m. NBC
MOVIES
Fantastic Four This 2015 adventure reboots the Marvel Comics saga of the quartet of superheroes (Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Bell) imbued with amazing abilities, who battle a former ally (Toby Kebbell) who plans to use his own powers to destroy Earth. 8 p.m. HBO
The Real MVP: The Wanda Durant Story This new TV movie was inspired by basketball great Kevin Durant’s (Daniel Bellomy) moving tribute to his mother when he accepted the 2014 NBA Most Valuable Player Award. Cassandra Freeman stars as the devoted single mother who worked tirelessly to raise three children. Tracie Thoms and Pauletta Washington also star. 8 p.m. Lifetime
The D Train A nebbish guy (Jack Black) spins a web of lies around a popular former classmate (James Marsden), now a TV celebrity, to win his friendship and persuade him to attend their high-school reunion in this 2015 indie comedy-drama from first-time directors Jarrad Paul and Andrew Mogel. Kathryn Hahn, Jeffrey Tambor and Mike White also star. . 8 p.m. Showtime
Twinsters This 2015 documentary from filmmakers Samantha Futerman and Ryan Miyamoto chronicles how a French fashion design student stumbled upon a familiar face on YouTube: her identical twin. 8:30 p.m. Freeform
MOVIES
Ice Age (2002) 8 a.m. WGN A
A Mighty Heart (2007) 8:40 a.m. Showtime
Rocky (1976) 9 a.m. ENCORE
A League of Their Own (1992) 9 a.m. MLB
I Love You, Man (2009) 9 a.m. TBS
Dark of the Sun (1968) 9 a.m. TCM
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) 9:05 a.m. TMC
Paper Moon (1973) 9:40 a.m. Cinemax
Steel Magnolias (1989) 10:30 a.m. FREE; 8:30 p.m. OVA
Primary Colors (1998) 10:30 a.m. OVA
Clouds of Sils Maria (2014) 10:30 a.m. Showtime
The Horse Whisperer (1998) 10:45 a.m. Sundance
Rocky II (1979) 11 a.m. ENCORE
The Hustler (1961) 11 a.m. TCM
Blood Diamond (2006) 11:25 a.m. Cinemax
Back to the Future (1985) 12 p.m. CMT
Jaws (1975) 12:30 p.m. IFC; 3:15 p.m. IFC
Superbad (2007) 1 p.m. ENCORE; 8 p.m. ENCORE
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) 1 p.m. TBS
Up in the Air (2009) 1 p.m. TMC
Selma (2014) 1:10 p.m. EPIX
Iron Man 3 (2013) 1:30 p.m. FX
Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart (2016) 1:30 p.m. Lifetime
La Bamba (1987) 1:30 p.m. OVA
Them! (1954) 1:30 p.m. TCM
Heart of a Dog (2015) 1:40 p.m. HBO
What About Bob? (1991) 1:45 p.m. Sundance
Big (1988) 2 p.m. KCOP
Megamind (2010) 2 p.m. FXX
Dazed and Confused (1993) 2:26 p.m. Comedy Central
Back to the Future Part II (1989) 2:30 p.m. CMT
The Fifth Element (1997) 2:30 p.m. Syfy
Snowpiercer (2013) 3 p.m. TMC
Jaws (1975) 3:15 p.m. IFC
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 3:15 p.m. TCM
Mr. Holmes (2015) 3:20 p.m. EPIX
28 Weeks Later (2007) 3:30 p.m. Cinemax
What’s Love Got to Do With It (1993) 3:30 p.m. Lifetime
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 3:35 p.m. Starz
Mad Max (1979) 4 p.m. BBC America
Stakeout (1987) 4 p.m. Sundance
White Men Can’t Jump (1992) 4:20 p.m. ENCORE
Thor (2011) 4:30 p.m. FX
Rush Hour (1998) 5 p.m. CMT
Dater’s Handbook (2016) 5 p.m. Hallmark
Selena (1997) 5 p.m. POP
All About Eve (1950) 5 p.m. TCM
Pitch Perfect (2012) 5:45 p.m. FREE
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981) 6 p.m. BBC America
Puss in Boots (2011) 6 p.m. FXX
Scarface (1983) 6 p.m. IFC; 9:45 p.m. IFC
The Wedding Singer (1998) 6:20 p.m. ENCORE
Set It Off (1996) 7 p.m. VH1
The Drop (2014) 7:10 p.m. Cinemax
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) 7:16 p.m. Comedy Central
Secretariat (2010) 7:30 p.m. AMC
The Catered Affair (1956) 7:30 p.m. TCM
Superbad (2007) 8 p.m. ENCORE
The Croods (2013) 8 p.m. FXX; 10 p.m. FXX
Fantastic Four (2015) 8 p.m. HBO
The Real MVP: The Wanda Durant Story (2016) 8 p.m. Lifetime
The D Train (2015) 8 p.m. Showtime
Twinsters (2015) 8:30 p.m. FREE
Steel Magnolias (1989) 8:30 p.m. OVA
Beverly Hills Cop (1984) 9 p.m. Sundance
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) 9:45 p.m. HBO
Scarface (1983) 9:45 p.m. IFC
22 Jump Street (2014) 9:55 p.m. ENCORE
Love & Mercy (2014) 10 p.m. EPIX
Fight Club (1999) 10 p.m. ESQTV
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) 10 p.m. FX
The Croods (2013) 10 p.m. FXX
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) 10 p.m. MTV
The Parent Trap (1998) 10:45 p.m. FREE
Weekend Talk Shows Saturday, May 7, 2016
Weekend Talk Shows
WEEKEND TALK
SATURDAY
Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC
McLaughlin Group (N) 6:30 p.m. KCET
SUNDAY
Today (N) 6 a.m. KNBC
Good Morning America (N) 6 a.m. KABC
State of the Union 2016 Politics: Former Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska). 2016 Politics: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). 2016 Politics: House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.). Panel: Former Gov. Jan Brewer (R-Ariz.); Amanda Carpenter; Nina Turner; Rep. Xavier Becerra, (D-Los Angeles). (N) 6 and 9 a.m. CNN
CBS News Sunday Morning Keith Urban; Allison Janney (“Mom”). Maternity leave: Susan Wojcicki, YouTube. (N) 6:30 a.m. KCBS
Fareed Zakaria GPS The future for Republicans and the conservative movement: Ross Douthat, the New York Times; David Frum, the Atlantic; author Emily Miller, (“Emily Gets Her Gun…But Obama Wants to Take Yours”); Dan Senor. The EU: Yanis Varoufakis. Egypt: Bassem Yousef. (N) 7 and 10 a.m. CNN
Face the Nation Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Trump’s next challenges: Russell Moore, the Southern Baptist Convention; Jennifer Rubin, the Washington Post; Matt Schlapp, the American Conservative Union; Leslie Sanchez. Panel: Jonathan Martin, the New York Times; Amy Walter, the Cook Political Report; Ruth Marcus, the Washington Post; Ben Domenech, the Federalist. (N) 8 a.m. KCBS
Meet the Press (N) 8 a.m. KNBC; 11 a.m. MSNBC
This Week With George Stephanopoulos (N) 8 a.m. KABC
Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace North Carolina’s “Bathroom Bill”: Gov. Pat McCrory (R-N.C.). Porcelain designer Anna Weatherley. Panel: Brit Hume; Julie Pace, Associated Press; Kimberley Strassel, Wall Street Journal; Charles Lane. (N) 8 a.m. KTTV; 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. FNC
Reliable Sources Trump and conservative media: Trump supporter Kayleigh McEnany; Matt Lewis, the Daily Caller; Ben Howe. Who predicted Trump’s rise: Norm Ornstein; Dana Milbank. Trump’s “free media” strategy: Nancy Gibbs, Time. Trump and the media: Joseph Borelli, Trump campaign. (N) 8 a.m. CNN
MediaBuzz Coverage of the presidential race; ESPN edits Curt Schilling from a “30 for 30” special: Heidi Przybyla, USA Today; Gayle Trotter; Simon Rosenberg; Trish Regan; Stephen Hayes; Lesley Stahl. (N) 8 a.m. and 2 p.m.FNC
60 Minutes Russian atheletes and performance enhancing drugs; a French Catholic priest works to expose a genocide perpetrated by ISIS; earthquakes in Oklahoma. (N) 7 p.m. KCBS
SPORTS
The Kentucky Derby Horse racing’s 2016 Triple Crown season begins with the 142nd running of the famed “Run for the Roses.” From Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. 1 p.m. NBC
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