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Saturday’s TV Highlights: ‘Hope Springs’ on Starz

Tommy Lee Jones stars in "Hope Springs" on Starz
(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
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This week’s TV Movies


SERIES

Doctor Who The Doctor (Matt Smith) searches for Clara (Jenna-Louise Coleman) in London, where something dangerous lurks in the Wi-Fi signals in the science fiction series’ season premiere. 5 and 8 p.m. BBC America

Orphan Black In this new supernatural series an orphan (Tatiana Maslany) witnesses the suicide of a woman who looks exactly like her, and decides to steal the dead woman’s identity, which leads to a shocking discovery. 6 and 9 p.m. BBC America

The Nerdist “Doctor Who” fan Chris Hardwick hosts this new comedy-variety talk show based on his popular pod cast. 7 and 10 p.m. BBC America

Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? Joan Rivers prepares for her annual Thanksgiving feast and daughter Melissa brings a date in this new episode. 9 p.m. WE

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World’s Toughest Drive Three men attempt to break the world record for the fastest over land journey to the South Pole in this chilly imported series. 10 p.m. Discovery

SPECIALS

Rebel Eats “Food Network Star” winner Justin Warner hits the road in search of culinary mavericks in this new special. 10 p.m. Food

MOVIES

Hope Springs Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones (pictured) star as a long-wed couple seeking a therapist’s (Steve Carell) help in this 2012 comedy. 9 p.m. Starz

Cleanskin Sean Bean (“Game of Thrones”) stars in this 2012 thriller as a British secret agent who must stop a team of suicide bombers targeting London. Abhin Galeya, Charlotte Rampling and Tom Burke also star. 10 p.m. Cinemax

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SATURDAY

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

McLaughlin Group 6:30 p.m. KCET

SUNDAY

The Chris Matthews Show Same-sex marriage: Howard Fineman; Kelly O’Donnell; Errol Louis; S.E. Cupp. (N) 5:30 a.m. KNBC

Today (N) 6 a.m. KNBC

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

State of the Union With Candy Crowley Immigration reform; gun legislation; North Korea; the budget: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). Gun legislation after Newtown shootings: Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.). Supreme Court same-sex marriage hearings: David Boies and Ted Olson. Politics: Donna Brazile; Kevin Madden; Jessica Yellin. Religion and politics: U.S. House Chaplain Father Patrick Conroy; U.S. Senate Chaplain Rear Admiral Barry C. Black (U.S. Navy, Ret.). (N) 6 and 9 a.m. CNN

CBS News Sunday Morning (N) 6:30 a.m. KCBS

Face the Nation Religion in America: Cardinal Timothy Dolan (New York); Bishop Marianne Budde (Wash. D.C.); Bishop Harry Jackson; Imam Suhaib Webb, Islamic Society of Boston; Rabbi David Wolpe, Los Angeles. Political leadership: Jeffrey Frank: Lynne Olson; Paul Reid; Amity Shlaes. (N) 8 a.m. KCBS

Meet the Press Politics; immigration reform; gun legislation; Supreme Court same-sex marriage cases: Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.); Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.). Gun legislation; immigration reform: Rob Reiner; Brian Brown; Rev. Al Sharpton; Pete Williams. Panel: David Axelrod; Former Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.); Peggy Noonan; Eugene Robinson. (N) 8 a.m. KNBC

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This Week With George Stephanopoulos Selection of Pope Francis; leadership of the church: Cardinal Timothy Dolan (N.Y.). Former White House photographer Eric Draper (“Front Row Seat: A Photographic Portrait of the Presidency of George W. Bush”). Religion: Author Reza Aslan (“No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam”); Rev. Calvin Butts; author Susan Jacoby (“The Great Agnostic: Robert Ingersoll and American Freethought”); author Dr. Richard Land (“The Divided States of America”); Jim Wallis. (N) 8 a.m. KABC

Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace Gun legislation: Captain Mark Kelly, USN (Ret.). Supreme Court same-sex marriage cases; challenges facing Pope Francis: Cardinal Donald Wuerl (Washington, D.C.). Pulmonologist Dr. Sam Spagnolo. (N) 8 a.m. KTTV

Reliable Sources Media coverage of Supreme Court same-sex marriage hearings: John Aravosis; Jennifer Rubin. Barbara Walter’s retirement coverage: Eric Deggans. Identity theft: Hamish McKenzie; Vine and Twitter: Katie Linendoll; Brynn Gingras. Leaving journalism: Allyson Byrd. (N) 8 a.m. CNN

60 Minutes Investigation into a 1970 hotel fire in Tucson, that killed 28 people. (N) 7 p.m. KCBS

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