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Saturday’s TV highlights and weekend talk: ‘Joy’ and more

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SERIES

Downtown Shabby “Design on a Dime’s” Frank Fontana and his wife, Sherry, give vintage houses the renovations they sorely need in this new home-makeover series. 9 p.m. FYI

Home Sweet Headache A married couple face myriad challenges as they build their dream home in Florida in the debut of this unscripted series. 10 and 11 p.m. FYI

Saturday Night Live Emily Blunt (“The Girl on the Train”) hosts a new episode of the long-running sketch series, with musical guest Bruno Mars. 11:29 p.m. NBC

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Austin City Limits Former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant and his band perform new songs and old favorites in this new installment of the long-running concert series. Midnight KOCE

SPECIALS

Kyle Kinane: Loose in Chicago The comic returns in a new standup special recorded in the Windy City. Midnight, Comedy Central

MOVIES

Stake Land Vampires run wild in a post-apocalyptic America in this 2010 terror tale, followed by the brand-new sequel “Stake Land 2.” 7 and 9 p.m. Syfy

Joy Jennifer Lawrence portrays single mom turned inventor and home-shopping pioneer Joy Mangano in director David O. Russell’s 2015 biographical comedy-drama; Robert De Niro, Diane Ladd, Virginia Madsen, Isabella Rossellini and Bradley Cooper also star. 8 p.m. HBO

Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four This new documentary examines the case of four Latina lesbians trying to clear their names after being convicted for a shocking crime they did not commit. 8 and 11 p.m. Investigation Discovery

Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel’le The story of R&B singer Michel’le (Rhyon Nicole Brown) and her relationships with N.W.A’s Dr. Dre and rap mogul Suge Knight (Curtis Hamilton, R. Marcos Taylor) is retold in this new docudrama; followed by the new special “Beyond the Headlines: Michel’le.” 8 and 10 p.m. Lifetime

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Pumpkin Pie Wars A long-running rivalry between two older women isn’t enough to stop a budding romance between their respective adult children in this new TV movie; with Julie Gonzalo and Eric Aragon. 9 p.m. Hallmark Channel

Risen Joseph Fiennes (“Shakespeare in Love”) stars in this 2016 biblical drama about a Roman military tribune in 1st-century Jerusalem tasked with investigating rumors of a resurrected Jewish messiah (“Fear the Walking Dead’s” Cliff Curtis). 9 p.m. Starz

TALK SHOWS

SATURDAY

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

SUNDAY

Today Alpine ski racer Lindsey Vonn. (N) 6 a.m. KNBC

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

State of the Union 2016 politics: Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco); 2016 politics: Rep: Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.). (N) 6 and 9 a.m. CNN

Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace 2016 election: Republican vice presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence (R-Ind.); preview of the final presidential debate. (N) 6 a.m. and 11 a.m. Fox News Channel; 7 a.m. KTTV

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CBS News Sunday Morning Sarah Jessica Parker; the role of Hispanics in the presidential election; songwriter Carole Bayer Sager; the history of bumper stickers; family-run household products manufacturer S.C. Johnson. 6:30 a.m. KCBS

Fareed Zakaria GPS Trump, Clinton, the media: Comic Bill Maher; a program to alleviate income inequality and poverty; new survey of American attitudes on foreign-policy issues.(N) 7 and 10 a.m. CNN

Face the Nation 2016 election: Gov. Mike Pence (R-Ind.); new election polls from Nevada, Utah and other battleground states; roundtable on the future of the Republican Party. (N) 8 a.m. KCBS

Meet the Press 2016 election: Vice President Joe Biden; 2016 election: Gov. Mike Pence (R-Ind.); new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. (N) 8 a.m. KNBC

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

Reliable Sources Trump biographers’ roundtable; the role of Breitbart in the 2016 election; Wikileaks. (N) 8 a.m. CNN

MediaBuzz Coverage of the 2016 presidential and vice presidential nominees. (N) 8 a.m. FNC

60 Minutes Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson discusses the vetting process of refugees; the sons of infamous spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. (N) 7 p.m. KCBS

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