Saturday’s TV Highlights and Weekend Talk Shows: ‘Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill’ on HBO

SERIES

School of Rock In this TV version of the hit film a down-on-his-luck musician (Tony Cavalero) poses as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. 9:30 p.m. Nickelodeon

Party Over Here Nicole Byer, Jessica McKenna and Alison Rich are featured in this new sketch comedy series. 11 p.m. Fox

Saturday Night Live Ariana Grande hosts and performs. 11:29 p.m. NBC

SPECIALS

Nickelodeon’s 2016 Kids’ Choice Awards Blake Shelton is the host as youngsters’ selections for favorites in movies, television, music and sports are announced. 8 p.m. Nickelodeon; TV Land; CMT.

Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill Audra McDonald stars as Billie Holiday in the TV premiere of the Broadway hit. 9 p.m. HBO

MOVIES

The Sting Paul Newman and Robert Redford star as Depression-era con artists determined to swindle a gangster (Robert Shaw) in this 1973 best picture Oscar winner. 5 p.m. TCM

Max After his Marine handler (Robbie Amell) is wounded, his military dog is sent home from Afghanistan, and the Marine’s troubled teen brother (Josh Wiggins) is the only person doc warms to in this heartwarming 2015 drama. Lauren Graham and Thomas Haden Church also star. 7 p.m. HBO

The Stepchild A young woman (Sarah Fisher) who survived a home invasion, which left her father dead and her stepmother (Lauren Holly) critically injured, tries to resume her life in this new TV melodrama. 8 p.m. Lifetime

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 Presidential candidate Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio). Carly Fiorina. Panel: Ana Navarro; Bakari Sellers; Rep. Tom Marino (R-Pa.); former State Sen. Nina Turner (D-Ohio). (N) 6 and 9 a.m. CNN

CBS News Sunday Morning (N) 6:30 a.m. KCBS

Fareed Zakaria GPS International view of the U.S. presidential election: Adam Gopnik; author Yascha Mounk (“Stranger in My Own Country”); author Valentina Pasquali; author Gideon Rachman. Political debates: Eric Foner; Hunter Rawlings. Authoritarianism in the U.S.: Jonathan Weiler. Author Barry Strauss (“The Death of Caesar”). (N) 7 and 10 a.m. CNN

Face the Nation Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Presidential candidate Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio). Poll results from Florida, Ohio and Illinois: Anthony Salvanto. Panel: Nancy Cordes; Michael Duffy; Jeffrey Goldberg; Peggy Noonan. (N) 8 a.m. KCBS

Meet the Press Republican primaries: Presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). The Ohio primary; the Republican party: Presidential candidate Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio). Panel: Alex Castellanos; Anne Gearan, the Washington Post; Hugh Hewitt; Doris Kearns Goodwin. (N) 8 a.m. KNBC; 11 a.m. MSNBC

This Week With George Stephanopoulos Presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz(R-Texas). Presidential candidate Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio). Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Panel: Donna Brazile; Matthew Dowd; Bill Kristol; Jorge Ramos, Univision. (N) 8 a.m. KABC

Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace 2016 Elections: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump; presidential candidate Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio). Campaign humor: Alex Skatell, Independent Journal Review. Panel: Karl Rove; Julie Pace; Kimberley Strassel; Juan Williams. (N) 8 a.m. KTTV; 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. FNC

Reliable Sources Topic: How Trump campaign uses the media: Carl Bernstein; Douglas Brinkley. Local reporters versus national press in Florida and Ohio: Adam Smith, Tampa Bay Times; Henry Gomez, Cleveland.com. International reporters covering the U.S. election: Kim Ghattas, BBC; Ruth Sherlock, Daily Telegraph; Ruth Haim, CanalPlus. Coverage of Hulk Hogan and Erin Andrews trials: Steven Brill. (N) 8 a.m. CNN

MediaBuzz Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Coverage of primaries; campaigns using Snapchat: Heidi Przybyla, USA Today; Kristen Soltis Anderson, Washington Examiner; Michael Tomasky, Daily Beast; Shana Glenzer. (N) 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. FNC

60 Minutes ISIS and encryption; terminally-ill patients who can take a legally prescribed overdose of drugs to end their lives; architect Bjarke Ingels. (N) 7 p.m. KCBS

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