Saturday’s TV Highlights: Supernatural series and a few funny films

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PROSPECT: The new TV movie ‘Acceptance’ takes a lighthearted look at the effort to get a young woman (Mae Whitman) into the right college, on Lifetime at 9 p.m.

SERIES

Being Human: Mitchell (Aidan Turner) drifts back into the vampire fold and uncovers the dark truth about the bloodsuckers’ plans to start a mass conversion (6 and 9 p.m. BBC America).

Psychic Investigators: Psychic sisters conclude that a police officer is the culprit in the slaying of a Pennsylvania dentist (7 p.m. Biography).

MOVIES

High School Musical: Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens are two radically different teens who decide to try out for a musical. Corbin Bleu, Ashley Tisdale and Lucas Grabeel also star in this 2006 TV hit (7 p.m. Disney). The 2007 sequel, ‘High School Musical 2,’ follows at 8:50 p.m.

Meet the Parents: In this 2000 comedy, Ben Stiller stars as a young man who immediately runs into trouble with his beloved’s (Teri Polo) father (Robert De Niro). Blythe Danner also stars (7 p.m. TBS).

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest: In this second installment of the ‘Pirates’ trilogy, from 2006, Will (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth’s (Keira Knightley) wedding is interrupted by a stay in jail (8 p.m. USA).

Phantom Racer: A race car driver (Greg Evigan) returns from beyond the grave in the 2009 TV movie (9 p.m. SyFy).

RocknRolla: Gerard Butler plays a Scottish gangster involved in a scheme built on real estate and a treasured painting that passes through several hands, some quite unintentionally, in writer-director Guy Ritchie’s 2008 thriller about dishonor among thieves. Tom Wilkinson, Thandie Newton, Idris Elba and Jeremy Piven also star (10 p.m. Cinemax).

SPORTS

English premier league soccer: Wigan Athletic vs. Manchester United (6:55 a.m. ESPN2).

Little League baseball: World Series Pool Play: Canada vs. Mexico (8 a.m. ESPN); Curacao vs. Venezuela (10 a.m. ESPN); Staten Island (N.Y.) vs. Warner Robins (Ga.) (Noon ABC); Japan vs. Saudi Arabia (3 p.m. ESPN2); Chula Vista (Calif.) vs. Russellville (Ky.) (5 p.m. ESPN2).

Lacrosse: Semifinal: Boston Cannons vs. Denver Outlaws (9 a.m. ESPN2).

Track and field: IAAF World Championships (10 a.m. NBC).

Baseball: The Angels visit the Toronto Blue Jays (10 a.m. FSN); the Chicago Cubs visit the Dodgers (1 p.m. Fox).

PGA golf: Wyndham Championship: Third round (11 a.m. CBS). Champions: JELD-WEN Tradition: Third Round (1 p.m. NBC).

Tennis: U.S. Open Series: Western and Southern Financial Group Masters, First semifinal (11 a.m. ESPN2).

WPS soccer: Championship (1 p.m. FS Prime).

NASCAR racing: Sprint Cup: Sharpie 500 (4:30 p.m. ESPN).

NFL exhibition football: The Pittsburgh Steelers visit the Washington Redskins (4:30 p.m. NFL); the Oakland Raiders visit the 49ers (5 p.m. KTLA); the San Diego Chargers visit the Arizona Cardinals (7 p.m. CBS); the Denver Broncos visit the Seattle Seahawks (7:30 p.m. NFL).

Soccer: The Toronto FC visit the Club Deportivo Chivas USA (7:30 p.m. FS Prime).