Saturday’s TV Highlights and Weekend Talk Shows: ‘Mythbusters’

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This week’s TV Movies

SERIES

MythBusters The new episode “Star Wars: Revenge of the Myth” tests myths from the blockbusting science fiction movie series. 8 p.m. Discovery

The Graham Norton Show “Anchorman” cast members Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, David Koechner and Christina Applegate. Eric Idle, John Cleese, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam. Joan and Jackie Collins, Frank Skinner and Michael Bublé. 10 p.m. BBC America

MOVIES

The Bad and the Beautiful Following a reversal of fortune, a ruthless Hollywood producer (Kirk Douglas) is forced to turn for help to a director (Barry Sullivan), an actress (Lana Turner) and a writer (Dick Powell) — all of whom loathe him for the callous way he used and discarded people during his successful years — in this 1952 drama. Gloria Grahame and Walter Pidgeon.5 p.m. TCM

Blindsided A blind woman living quietly in a New York penthouse becomes the target of a killer in search of a hidden fortune in this new thriller. Michelle Monaghan, Michael Keaton and Barry Sloane star. 8 p.m. Lifetime

WEEKEND TALK SHOWS

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 With Candy Crowley The Affordable Care Act; politics: Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wis.). Jobless benefits; debt ceiling; jobs: Gene Sperling. Politics: Stu Rothenberg. (N) 6 and 9 a.m. CNN

CBS News Sunday Morning Yoga: Alec and Hilaria Baldwin; Sara Bareilles; Barkhad Abdi (“Captain Phillips”); Mary Matalin and James Carville. (N) 6:30 a.m. KCBS

Fareed Zakaria GPS 2014: Zanny Minton Beddoes; Ian Bremmer; Anne-Marie Slaughter; Bret Stephens. Humanitarian optimism: Bono. Ingenuity: Elon Musk. (N) 7 and 10 a.m. CNN

Face the Nation Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). Rep. Peter T. King (R-N.Y.); Rep. Matt Salmon (R-Ariz.). Panel: Peggy Noonan; David Ignatius; David Sanger; John Dickerson. (N) 8 a.m. KCBS

Meet the Press Security issues for Winter Olympics: Former Sec. of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano. The economy; minimum wage; extension of jobless benefits: Gene Sperling; Jim Cramer. Affordable Care Act: Dr. Delos Cosgrove, Cleveland Clinic; Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Mayo Clinic. Panel: Steve Schmidt; Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.); Judy Woodruff; Chuck Todd. (N) 8 a.m. KNBC; 11 a.m. MSNBC

This Week With George Stephanopoulos Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.); Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.). Panel: Cokie Roberts; Bill Kristol; Ana Navarro; former Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D-Mont.); Ben Smith. (N) 8 a.m. KABC

Fox News Sunday The Affordable Care Act; security at the Winter Olympics: Former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-Mass.). Affordable Care Act’s birth control provisions: Ilyse Hogue; Mark Rienzi. Author Doris Kearns Goodwin (“The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft and the Golden Age of Journalism”). Panel: Brit Hume; Amy Walter; George Will; Charles Lane. (N) 8 a.m. KTTV; 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. FNC

Reliable Sources Reaction to the New York Times Benghazi article; Melissa Harris Perry comments on the Romney family photo: Sally Kohn; Thomas Joscelyn; Dylan Byers. Hulu’s California headquarters: Charlotte Koh. Tech blog: Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, Re/Code. (N) 8 a.m. CNN

MediaBuzz Melissa Harris-Perry’s comment about the Romney family photo; Robin Roberts’ decision to come out; American Journalism Review transitioning to online; trust in the media: Lauren Ashburn; Lucy Daglish; Joe Concha; Richard Grenell; Keli Goff. (N) 8 and 2 p.m. FNC

60 Minutes The U.S. government’s investments in clean technology; Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom; volcanoes. (N) 7 p.m. KCBS