Saturday’s TV highlights and weekend talk: ‘Joy’ and more
SERIES
Downtown Shabby “Design on a Dime’s” Frank Fontana and his wife, Sherry, give vintage houses the renovations they sorely need in this new home-makeover series. 9 p.m. FYI
Home Sweet Headache A married couple face myriad challenges as they build their dream home in Florida in the debut of this unscripted series. 10 and 11 p.m. FYI
Saturday Night Live Emily Blunt (“The Girl on the Train”) hosts a new episode of the long-running sketch series, with musical guest Bruno Mars. 11:29 p.m. NBC
Austin City Limits Former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant and his band perform new songs and old favorites in this new installment of the long-running concert series. Midnight KOCE
SPECIALS
Kyle Kinane: Loose in Chicago The comic returns in a new standup special recorded in the Windy City. Midnight, Comedy Central
MOVIES
Stake Land Vampires run wild in a post-apocalyptic America in this 2010 terror tale, followed by the brand-new sequel “Stake Land 2.” 7 and 9 p.m. Syfy
Joy Jennifer Lawrence portrays single mom turned inventor and home-shopping pioneer Joy Mangano in director David O. Russell’s 2015 biographical comedy-drama; Robert De Niro, Diane Ladd, Virginia Madsen, Isabella Rossellini and Bradley Cooper also star. 8 p.m. HBO
Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four This new documentary examines the case of four Latina lesbians trying to clear their names after being convicted for a shocking crime they did not commit. 8 and 11 p.m. Investigation Discovery
Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel’le The story of R&B singer Michel’le (Rhyon Nicole Brown) and her relationships with N.W.A’s Dr. Dre and rap mogul Suge Knight (Curtis Hamilton, R. Marcos Taylor) is retold in this new docudrama; followed by the new special “Beyond the Headlines: Michel’le.” 8 and 10 p.m. Lifetime
Pumpkin Pie Wars A long-running rivalry between two older women isn’t enough to stop a budding romance between their respective adult children in this new TV movie; with Julie Gonzalo and Eric Aragon. 9 p.m. Hallmark Channel
Risen Joseph Fiennes (“Shakespeare in Love”) stars in this 2016 biblical drama about a Roman military tribune in 1st-century Jerusalem tasked with investigating rumors of a resurrected Jewish messiah (“Fear the Walking Dead’s” Cliff Curtis). 9 p.m. Starz
TALK SHOWS
SATURDAY
Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC
SUNDAY
Today Alpine ski racer Lindsey Vonn. (N) 6 a.m. KNBC
Good Morning America (N) 6 a.m. KABC
State of the Union 2016 politics: Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco); 2016 politics: Rep: Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.). (N) 6 and 9 a.m. CNN
Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace 2016 election: Republican vice presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence (R-Ind.); preview of the final presidential debate. (N) 6 a.m. and 11 a.m. Fox News Channel; 7 a.m. KTTV
CBS News Sunday Morning Sarah Jessica Parker; the role of Hispanics in the presidential election; songwriter Carole Bayer Sager; the history of bumper stickers; family-run household products manufacturer S.C. Johnson. 6:30 a.m. KCBS
Fareed Zakaria GPS Trump, Clinton, the media: Comic Bill Maher; a program to alleviate income inequality and poverty; new survey of American attitudes on foreign-policy issues.(N) 7 and 10 a.m. CNN
Face the Nation 2016 election: Gov. Mike Pence (R-Ind.); new election polls from Nevada, Utah and other battleground states; roundtable on the future of the Republican Party. (N) 8 a.m. KCBS
Meet the Press 2016 election: Vice President Joe Biden; 2016 election: Gov. Mike Pence (R-Ind.); new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. (N) 8 a.m. KNBC
This Week With George Stephanopoulos (N) 8 a.m. KABC
Reliable Sources Trump biographers’ roundtable; the role of Breitbart in the 2016 election; Wikileaks. (N) 8 a.m. CNN
MediaBuzz Coverage of the 2016 presidential and vice presidential nominees. (N) 8 a.m. FNC
60 Minutes Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson discusses the vetting process of refugees; the sons of infamous spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. (N) 7 p.m. KCBS
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