Saturday’s TV Highlights and Weekend Talk Shows: ‘Nikita’ on KTLA

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This week’s TV Movies

SERIES

The Carrie Diaries Carrie (AnnaSophia Robb) learns her interview with the CEO of Bongo Jeans is her last chance to get a piece in the magazine. 8 p.m. KTLA

Nikita Ryan (Noah Bean) confesses a secret that could derail Nikita’s (Maggie Q) plans to be free as Michael (Shane West) contemplates the future in the penultimate episode of the action series. 9 p.m. KTLA

The Graham Norton Show Ben Stiller, Jamie Oliver and Martin Freeman are guests and Rebecca Ferguson performs. 10 p.m. BBC America

Saturday Night Live Jimmy Fallon returns to host. Justin Timberlake performs. 11:29 p.m. NBC

SPECIALS

I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown! Linus and Lucy’s little brother, ReRun, turns to Snoopy , but the dog has other plans in this holiday special. 8 p.m. ABC

MOVIES

Auntie Mame Rosalind Russell earned an Oscar nomination for her portrayal of a zany free spirited bohemian socialite raising an orphaned nephew (Jan Handzlik and Roger Smith) in this 1958 classic. 5 p.m. TCM

The Christmas Blessing Neil Patrick Harris plays a doctor on TV in this 2005 sequel to 2002’s “The Christmas Shoes.” Rebecca Gayheart, Angus T. Jones and Rob Lowe also star. 8 p.m. Hallmark

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 With Candy Crowley Budget deal; the Affordable Care Act; gun control legislation; the Senate: Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.V.). Millennials in Congress: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D- Hawaii); Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Ill.). Panel: Mark Halperin, Time; Dan Balz; Mark Leibovich; Newt Gingrich. (N) 6 and 9 a.m. CNN

CBS News Sunday Morning Jonah Hill; Mormon Tabernacle Choir. (N) 6:30 a.m. KCBS

Fareed Zakaria GPS Britain’s austerity compared to U.S. stimulus: George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, U.K. 2013 highs and lows: Zanny Minton Beddoes; Ian Bremmer; Anne-Marie Slaughter; Bret Stephens. NSA reform: Adm. Dennis C. Blair, U.S. Navy (Ret.). Israel: Ari Shavit.(N) 7 and 10 a.m. CNN

Face the Nation NSA: Former CIA director Michael Morrell: Best books of 2013: Rick Atkinson (“The Guns at Last Light”); Michael Connelly (“The Gods of Guilt”); Terry McMillan (“Who Asked You?”); George Saunders (“The Tenth of December”). Year-end report: Margaret Brennan; Nancy Cordes; Major Garrett; David Martin (N) 8 a.m. KCBS

Meet the Press The Affordable Care Act: Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.); Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.). The economy; unemployment and the minimum wage: Christine Lagarde, IMF. NSA surveillance: Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D- Vt.); Rep. Peter T. King (R-N.Y.). The loss of his son: Sen. James M. Inhofe (R- Okla.). Panel: Ana Navarro; Robert Gibbs; E.J. Dionne; David Brooks (N) 8 a.m. KNBC

This Week Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.); Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.). Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart (“Waiting for Godot” and “No Man’s Land”). Panel: Donna Brazile; Matthew Dowd; Bill Kristol; Steven Rattner; Greta Van Susteren. (N) 8 a.m. KABC

Fox News Sunday The Affordable Care Act; the controversy surrounding Phil Robertson’s (“Duck Dynasty”) GQ interview: Former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-Ark.). Christmas message: Pastor Joel Osteen. Morrill Worcester, Wreaths Across America. Panel: George Will; Kirsten Powers; Charles Krauthammer; Juan Williams. (N) 8 a.m. KTTV; 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. FNC

Reliable Sources Reaction to Phil Robertson’s (“Duck Dynasty”) GQ interview: Matea Gold, the Washington Post; Lola Ogunnaike, Arise TV; Matt Lewis, the Daily Caller. Backlash to “60 Minutes” story on NSA: Michael Calderone; Ryan Lizza; Alicia Shepard. Visas for American reporters in China and Chinese reporters in the U.S.: Jim Sciutto; Michael Calderone; Emily Parker. Re-launch of Capital New York: Jim VandeHei. (N) 8 a.m. CNN

MediaBuzz Lauren Ashburn; Charles Lane; Amy Holmes; Tom Friedman; David Zurawik. (N) 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. FNC

60 Minutes National Security Advisor Susan Rice; Colorado’s legalization of pot. (N) 7 p.m. KCBS