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Saturday’s TV highlights and weekend talk shows: ‘A Bridge Too Far’ and more

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SERIES

500 Questions The tough trivia challenge hosted by “Nightline’s” Dan Harris continues. 8 p.m. ABC

9-1-1 Encounters This new series features true stories of emergency calls involving animals. 8 and 8:30 p.m. Animal Planet

Lost in the West Stepbrothers (Caleb Thomas, Niko Guardado) have a rootin’-tootin’ time when they’re transported from the present day to the 1880s in this new three-part comedy-western mash-up. 8 p.m. Nickelodeon; also Sun.-Mon.

Instant Jam Country-music star Dierks Bentley performs new songs and old favorites at a surprise pop-up concert in Knoxville, Tenn., in this new episode. 9 p.m. CMT

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Outlander Claire and Jamie (Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan) try to drum up more support for the Jacobite cause in this new episode of the lavish fantasy drama. 9 p.m. Starz

SPECIALS

Rabid This new special recounts three terrifying tales of human encounters with rabid animals. 9 p.m. Animal Planet

River Monsters: Monster-Sized Special Host Jeremy Wade investigates some mysterious disappearances in Australia in this new special. 10 p.m. Animal Planet

SPORTS

Basketball Defending NBA champs the Golden State Warriors battle elimination and the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 6 of the Western Conference finals. 6 p.m. TNT

MOVIES

King Kong Naomi Watts, Jack Black and Adrien Brody star in director Peter Jackson’s more-is-more 2005 remake of the classic 1933 thriller about a giant ape that ends up running amok in Manhattan. 8 p.m. NBC

The Intern Robert De Niro stars as a retired 70-something widower who lands an internship at a fashion website run by Anne Hathaway’s character in Nancy Meyer’s 2015 comedy; Rene Russo, Andrew Rannells (“Girls”), Adam DeVine (“Pitch Perfect”) and Linda Lavin also star. 8 p.m. HBO

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The Maid A young woman comes to find that the person who’s been stalking her is someone even closer to her than she thinks in this new made-for-cable thriller; with Kathryn Newton, Fay Masterson and Kenton Duty. 8 p.m. Lifetime

A Bridge Too Far Turner Classic Movies’ annual Memorial Day Weekend marathon of classic war films continues and includes this star-studded 1977 epic directed by Richard Attenborough; with Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Elliott Gould, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Hardy Krüger, Ryan O’Neal, Laurence Olivier, Robert Redford, Maximilian Schell and Liv Ullmann. 8 p.m. TCM

WEEKEND TALK

SATURDAY

Today (N) 6 a.m. KNBC

Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC

McLaughlin Group 6:30 p.m. KCET

SUNDAY

Good Morning America (N) 6 a.m. KABC

State of the Union Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) reflects on his presidential bid. (N) 6 and 9 a.m. CNN

CBS News Sunday Morning Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). (N) 6:30 a.m. KCBS

Fareed Zakaria GPS The military vs. civilian government authority in Israel; the Taliban’s new leader; Iraq battles ISIS; Trump vs. Clinton; the future of tech and innovation. (N) 7 and 10 a.m. CNN

Face the Nation 2016 election: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.); terrorism, criticism of the Transportation Security Administration: Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.); 2016 election, new book: Gov. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo). (N) 8 a.m. KCBS

Meet the Press 2016 election: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.); former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-Calif.). (N) 8 a.m. KNBC; 11 a.m. MSNBC

Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace 2016 presidential election: Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski; Hillary Clinton’s email server controversy: Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Burbank); playing at military funerals: Bugles Across America founder Tom Day. (N) 8 a.m. KTTV; 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Fox News Channel

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Reliable Sources Trump’s conspiracy theories; Sanders’ presidential bid; how the Obama White House countered Trump’s “birther” claims; the media’s reluctance to talk about possible racial factors in Trump’s rise; Rush Limbaugh’s waning influence. (N) 8 a.m. CNN

MediaBuzz Trump’s comments about Bill Clinton’s past with women; Hillary Clinton’s email-server controversy; backlash against Katie Couric’s “Under the Gun” documentary; 2016 election: Trump campaign spokeswoman Katrina Pierson. (N) 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Fox News Channel

This Week With George Stephanopoulos 2016 election: Trump campaign advisor Paul Manafort; possible changes to the Republican Party platform: Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.); Hillary Clinton’s e-mail server controversy, Democratic primary fight in California: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.); Memorial Day concert preview, helping veterans: Gary Sinise. (N) 3 p.m. KABC

60 Minutes CIA director John Brennan talks about the threat posed to America by ISIS, as well as other security concerns including cyber and biological terror; federal prosecutors discuss their landmark case against coal company CEO Don Blankenship; a mobile phone-based payment system in Kenya has improved commerce and helped bring basic necessities to rural areas. (N) 7 p.m. KCBS


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