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Saturday’s TV highlights and weekend talk shows: ‘A Summer to Remember ’ on Hallmark

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SERIES

Pink Collar Crimes This new episode profiles a financial planner who allegedly siphoned money from the retirement funds of her relatives and friends to enable herself to live the high life. Former prosecutor Marcia Clark offers her observations. 8 p.m. CBS

Comfort Food Tour This new episode lands in San Diego, where cohosts Mark Anderson and Ryan Fey find a chocolate bistro/bar with a specialty called the egg and bacon cinnaroll. 8 p.m. Food Network

The Secret Life of the Zoo A Rothschild giraffe, three weeks overdue in her pregnancy, finally gives birth to her second calf. Also, members of the zoo team mount efforts to save mountain chicken frogs, native to the Caribbean, from extinction. 9 p.m. Animal Planet

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Planet Earth: South Pacific The new episode “Ocean of Volcanoes” documents the process of the birth, growth and death of a volcanic island. 9 p.m. BBC America

SPECIALS

2018 Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement CeremonyEntering the Hall this year are Robert Brazile, Brian Dawkins, Jerry Kramer, Ray Lewis, Randy Moss, Terrell Owens, Brian Urlacher and long-time executive Bobby Beathard. 4 p.m. ESPN; 4 and 11 p.m. NFL

MOVIES

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri One of the most honored films of 2017, Martin McDonagh’s trenchant drama won Frances McDormand her second Academy Award as lead actress for playing a grieving Midwestern mother who rents billboards near her hometown to call attention to the still-unsolved murder of her daughter. Sam Rockwell also took home an Oscar in a role as racist cop who clashes with McDormand’s character. Woody Harrelson, John Hawkes and Peter Dinklage also star. 8 p.m. HBO

A Summer to Remember Catherine Bell (“Good Witch”) stars as a widowed doctor who goes on vacation with her daughter (Samantha McGillivray) while she ponders a big promotion that would mean even less time with her family. Cameron Mathison also stars in this made for TV romance. 9 p.m. Hallmark

Home Again Reese Witherspoon stars as a woman — separated from her film director husband (Michael Sheen) — who allows three young aspiring filmmakers to share her guest house. Pico Alexander, Candice Bergen, Reid Scott and Lake Bell also star in director-screenwriter Hallie Meyers-Shyer’s 2017 romantic comedy. 9 p.m. Showtime

WEEKEND TALK

SATURDAY

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Today (N) 6 a.m. KNBC

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

SUNDAY

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

State of the Union With Jake Tapper Rep. Ed Royce (R-Fullerton). Former Gov. Deval Patrick (D-Mass.). Panel: Rep. Nanette Barragán (D-San Pedro); Rick Santorum; Bill Kristol, the Weekly Standard; Karen Finney. (N) 6 and 9 a.m. CNN

CBS News Sunday Morning The challenges of disposing of plastics; sandboarding; North American Truffle Dog Championship; artist Dox Thrash. (N) 6:30 a.m. KCBS

Fareed Zakaria GPS U.S. – Mexico relations; the border wall; immigration; trade: Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Affairs Luis Videgaray Caso. The offer of talks with Iran: Thomas Erdbrink, the New York Times. The economics of guaranteed jobs: Stephanie Kelton. Movies: Author Annette Insdorf (“Cinematic Overtures: How to Read Opening Scenes”). (N) 7 and 10 a.m. CNN

Face the Nation Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank). Former Sec. of Education Arne Duncan (“How Schools Work”). Panel: Mark Landler, the New York Times; Leslie Sanchez; Seung Min Kim, the Washington Post; Paula Reid. (N) 8 a.m. KCBS

Meet the Press Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.). Republican strategist Mike Murphy. Author Clint Watts (“Messing With The Enemy”). Panel: Al Cardenas; Helene Cooper, the New York Times; Robert Costa, the Washington Post; Eliana Johnson, Politico. (N) 8 a.m. KNBC; 3 p.m. MSNBC

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This Week With George StephanopoulosThe Mueller investigation: Jay Sekulow, Trump Legal Team. 2018 midterm elections; the future of the major political parties: Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio); Gov. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.). Panel: Former Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.); Amanda Carpenter; Michelle Cottle, the New York Times; Patrick Gaspard. (N) 8 a.m. KABC

Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace Proposal to fund Family Leave with money from Social Security: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.). National Security Adviser John Bolton. 3d printed guns: Cody Wilson, Defense Distributed. Panel: Karl Rove; Jason Riley; Susan Page, USA Today; Philippe Reines. (N) 8 a.m. KTTV; 11 a.m., 4 and 11 p.m. FNC

Reliable Sources Covering President Trump: Susan Glasser; Margaret Talev. Are media the enemy of the American people? Anthony Scaramucci; Joe Lockhart. President Trump discredits sources of information: David Leonhardt, the New York Times. Ronan Farrow’s investigation of CBS: Kim Masters, the Hollywood Reporter. (N) 8 a.m. CNN

MediaBuzz Coverage of the Trump administration; allegations of sexual misconduct by Les Moonves: Mollie Hemingway; Capri Cafaro, Washington Examiner; Gillian Turner; Corey Lewandowski; David Martosko; Sara Fischer, Axios; Carley Shimkus. (N) 8 a.m. and midnight FNC

60 Minutes Doctors who travel to Syria to treat victims of the civil war; Jennifer Lawrence. (N) 7 p.m. KCBS

SPORTS

Baseball The Angels visit the Cleveland Indians 4 p.m. FS1; the Dodgers host their 2017 World Series opponents the Houston Astros. 6 p.m. KTLA

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