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Saturday’s TV Highlights and Weekend Talk: ‘Lincoln’ on Showtime

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This week’s TV Movies

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SERIES

Recipe Rehab In premiere of this new cooking show chefs compete to see who can ruin a Mexican tamale recipe the most by removing fat and calories. 8 a.m. CBS

Jamie Oliver’s 15 Minute Meals This new series features the British chef and healthy-eating crusader preparing home-cooked meals using fresh, natural ingredients. 8:30 a.m. CBS

Cupcake Wars In this new episode, bakers compete to have their cupcakes served at a celebration of the re-release of “The Wizard of Oz,” marking the film’ its 75th anniversary. Leonard Maltin helps judge their efforts. 8 p.m. FOOD

Cedar Cove Jack (Dylan Neal) is offered a dream job; unfortunately, it’ll require him to move away from Cedar Cove. While he considers leaving, Stan (Andrew Airlie) returns to town, hoping to try again with Olivia (Andie MacDowell) in this new episode. 8 p.m. Hallmark

Saturday Night Live Tina Fey hosts the season premiere with musical guest Arcade Fire. 11:29 p.m. NBC

MOVIES

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The Cheating Pact Three high-schoolers talk a bright classmate into taking their college entrance exams for them. After she gets a low score on one test, she turns up dead, and the three cheaters are suspected of killing her. Daniela Bobadilla, Laura Slade Wiggins, Max Carver and Laura Samuels star in this new drama based on true events. 8 p.m. Lifetime

Lincoln Daniel Day-Lewis won his third Oscar for his remarkable portrayal of the title president in director Steven Spielberg and screenwriter Tony Kushner’s superb 2012 drama. Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones and Joseph Gordon-Levitt also star. 8 p.m. Showtime

WEEKEND TALK SHOWS

SATURDAY

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

McLaughlin Group (N) 6:30 p.m. KCET

SUNDAY

Today David Gregory. (N) 6 a.m. KNBC

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

State of the Union With Candy Crowley Government shutdown; GOP infighting; debt Limit: Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.). The Affordable Care Act: Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.); former Gov. Howard Dean (D-Vt.). Panel: John Podesta; Artur Davis; Ruth Marcus; Ben Ferguson. (N) 6 and 9 a.m. CNN

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CBS News Sunday Morning Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.). (N) 6:30 a.m. KCBS

Fareed Zakaria GPS Syria and Iran: National Security advisor Susan Rice. Jewish member of Iran’s Parliament: Siamak Moreh Sedgh. Somalia; terrorism: President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. Syria; Turkey: President of Turkey Abdullah Gul. (N) 7 and 10 a.m. CNN

Face the Nation Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.); Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.); Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.); Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.); Neera Tanden; Chris Chocola; Gerald Seib, the Wall Street Journal; David Ignatius, the Washington Post; John Dickerson; Clarissa Ward (N) 8 a.m. KCBS

Meet the Press The Affordable Care Act; the budget: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). The Affordable Care Act; the budget; foreign policy: Former Gov. Jon Huntsman (R-Utah); Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho); Dee Dee Myers; Chris Matthews.. (N) 8 a.m. KNBC

This Week With George Stephanopoulos President Bill Clinton. (N) 8 a.m. KABC

Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace Budget negotiations; government shutdown: Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R- Bakersfield). The Affordable Care Act: Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah); Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.). Medal of Honor Recipient Harvey “Barney” Barnum, Jr. Panel: Brit Hume; Former Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.); Kimberley Strassel; Juan Williams. (N) 8 a.m. KTTV’ 11 a.m. FNC

Reliable Sources Coverage of potential government shutdown; Obamacare: Ana Marie Cox, the Guardian; Manu Raju, Politico; Ryan Lizza, the New Yorker. “Breaking Bad” series finale; Saturday Night Live: Charlie Collier, AMC; James Poniewozik, Time; Maureen Ryan, Huffington Post. Food Network: Allen Salkin. (N) 8 a.m. CNN

MediaBuzz Lauren Ashburn; Kirsten Powers; Jim Geraghty, National Review; Joe Concha, Mediaite; Sarah Lacy, PandoDaily (N) 8 a.m. FNC; 2 p.m. FNC

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60 Minutes (Season Premiere) Sec. of State John Kerry; America’s mental health system; Bill O’Reilly. (N) 7 p.m. KCBS

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