Saturday’s TV Highlights and Weekend Talk: ‘Tatau’ on BBC America

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This week’s TV Movies

SERIES

When Calls the Heart The period drama returns with a two-hour season premiere that finds Elizabeth and Jack (Erin Krakow, Daniel Lissing) closer than ever after their first kiss. 8 p.m. Hallmark

Orphan Black In a new episode, Castor agents (Ari Millen) seeking original tissue samples pursue the Leda (Tatiana Maslany) clones. 9 p.m. BBC America

Outlander Claire’s (Caitriona Balfe) efforts to return to her “real” life and time are seem pretty half-hearted, but when she returns with Jamie (Sam Heughan) to his family home, it’s not a welcome visit. Laura Donnelly also stars. 9 p.m. Starz

Tatau Kyle (Joe Layton) seeks to confirm the validity of his premonitions by speaking to Aumea (Shushila Takao), the beautiful daughter of an influential Manutaki Island family. 10 p.m. BBC America

SPECIALS

Valley Uprising Discovery Channel’s “Elevation Weekend” opens with the premiere of this documentary, which chronicles the stories of adventurous souls in Yosemite Valley’s favorite spots for rock climbing. 8 p.m.

MOVIES

Boyhood Patricia Arquette won an Academy Award for supporting actress for her performance in writer-director Richard Linklater’s 2014 drama, which was filmed over the course of 12 years, tracing a Texas youth’s (Ellar Coltrane) coming of age. 8 p.m. Showtime

Lake Placid vs. Anaconda The giant gator “Lake Placid” movie series meets the humongous snake from the “Anaconda” offerings in this new made-for-TV offering. Robert Englund (“A Nightmare on Elm Street”), Yancy Butler and Corin Nemec star. 9 p.m. Syfy

WEEKEND TALK

SATURDAY

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

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

SUNDAY

Today Eli and Max Sussman. (N) 6 a.m. KNBC

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

State of the Union Counterterrorism strikes; disagreements with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.): Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). 2016 Presidential race: Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio). Reforms to prevent police brutality: Musician John Legend. Panel: Stephanie Cutter; Kristen Soltis Anderson; Carol Lee; Jeff Zeleny. (N) 6 and 9 a.m. CNN

CBS News Sunday Morning Helen Hunt. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS

Fareed Zakaria GPS Drone strikes kill al-Qaeda hostages; ISIS; Yemen: Phil Mudd; Emma Sky. Character and leadership: David Brooks. The economy; running a hedge fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater. (N) 7 and 10 a.m. CNN

Meet the Press (N) Same-sex marriage: Authors David Boies and Ted Olson (“Redeeming the Dream; The Case for Marriage Equality”); Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R-Ark.). White House Correspondents’ Dinner: Cecily Strong. Charlie Hebdo controversy: Garry Trudeau. Panel: Matt Bai; Helene Cooper; Doris Kearns Goodwin. 8 a.m. KNBC and 11 a.m. MSNBC

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

Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace Author Peter Schweizer (“Clinton Cash: The Untold Story”). Clinton controversies: Lanny Davis. NIH progress; science and religion: NIH Director Francis Collins. Panel: Brit Hume, Julie Pace; Karl Rove; Ron Fournier. (N) 8 a.m. KTTV; 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. FNC

Reliable Sources Iran’s imprisonment of a Washington Post journalist: Marty Baron, the Washington Post; Brian Williams and NBC: Paul Farhi. Coverage of Bruce Jenner interview: Sarah Kate Ellis, GLAAD; Zoey Tur. Pulitzer Prize winner left newspapers: Rob Kuznia. (N) 8 a.m. CNN

MediaBuzz Clinton controversies; 2016 presidential candidates on same-sex weddings; coverage of Bruce Jenner: Bob Cusack; Mercedes Schlapp; Joe Trippi; David Zurawik, Baltimore Sun; John Solomon; Anne Gearan. Dana Perino. (N) 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. FNC

Face the Nation Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.). Commissioner William Bratton, NYPD; Deputy Commissioner John Miller, New York City. Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio). Evan Wolfson, Freedom To Marry. Tony Perkins, Family Research Council. Panel: Peter Baker, the New York Times; John Dickerson; Ruth Marcus, the Washington Post; Kimberley Strassel, the Wall Street Journal. (N) 8:30 a.m. KCBS

60 Minutes The often-tragic migrant trek where hundreds of lives were recently lost. (N) 7 p.m. KCBS