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Saturday’s TV Highlights and Weekend Talk: ‘42’ on HBO

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This week’s TV Movies

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See latest XXII Winter Olympics TV schedule here.


SERIES

MythBusters In this new episode Jamie and Adam investigate a new set of questions from the “Star Wars” universe. 8 p.m. Discovery

Black Sails Flint and Gates (Toby Stephens, Mark Ryan) try to find extra help with their search for the Urca d’Lima. Tom Hopper, Luke Arnold, Zach McGowan, Hannah New and Toby Schmitz also star in this new episode. 9 and 10:05 p.m. Starz

The Graham Norton Show Matthew McConaughey; Julianne Moore and Alan Davies in this new episode. Sheryl Crow performs. 10 p.m. BBC America

SPECIALS

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The Olympic Zone Running every night during the XXII Winter Olympics, this special offers a preview of some of the major events and profiles of Olympic competitors. 7:30 p.m. NBC

MOVIES

Chance at Romance A lovelorn woman (Erin Krakow) strikes up an online friendship with a handsome photographer (Ryan McPartlin) who sends her a plane ticket to come visit. Ian Andrew, Patricia Heaton and Kaitlin Doubleday also stars in this new romantic comedy. 7 and 10 p.m. Hallmark

42 The story of Brooklyn Dodgers star Jackie Robinson is recounted with sincerity and reverence in director Brian Helgeland’s 2013 drama. Chadwick Boseman stars as Robinson, Harrison Ford as Branch Rickey and Nicole Beharie plays Robinson’s wife. 8 p.m. HBO

WEEKEND TALK

SATURDAY

Today Sochi; Olympic opening ceremony highlights; Irina Shayk; Kotsenburg. (N) 6 a.m. KNBC

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

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

SUNDAY

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Today Sochi; snowboarding; the U.S. women’s curling team. (N) 6 a.m. KNBC

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

State of the Union With Candy Crowley Security in Sochi: Former Sec. of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano. Panel: AB Stoddard; Ana Navarro; Cornell Belcher. (N) 6 and 9 a.m. CNN

CBS News Sunday Morning Olympic athletes making political statements; Matthew McConaughey; Eric Church; Klaus Voormann. (N) 6:30 a.m. KCBS

Fareed Zakaria GPS U.S.-Russia relations; security in Sochi; Putin’s presidency: U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael A. McFaul. Races, ethnicity, and religions: Authors Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld (“The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in America”). China’s economy: Ruchir Sharma. Employment and technology: Erik Brynjolfsson; Andrew McAfee. (N) 7 and 10 a.m. CNN

Face the Nation Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.). Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.). Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.). Jeffrey Goldberg, the Atlantic; Michele Norris, NPR; Mark Mazzetti, the New York Times; Margaret Brennan; John Dickerson. (N) 8 a.m. KCBS

Meet the Press CBO report on Obamacare and the economy: Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.); Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio). Hillary Clinton’s presidential prospects: Authors Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes (“HRC: State Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton”). Panel: Andrea Mitchell; David Brooks, the New York Times; EJ Dionne, the Washington Post; Mona Sutphen; Mike Needham. (N) 8 a.m. KNBC; 11 a.m. MSNBC

This Week With George Stephanopoulos Security in Sochi: Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.). Panel: Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.); Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.); S.E. Cupp; David Plouffe; Jeff Zeleny. (N) 8 a.m. KABC

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Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace Affordable Care Act: Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.); Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.). Syria: Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas); Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank). The CIA’s contributions to national security: CIA Museum curator Toni Hiley. Panel: George Will; Julie Pace; Laura Ingraham; Juan Williams. (N) 8 a.m. KTTV; 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Fox News

Reliable Sources Plans to return to US; involvement in Snowden case: Glenn Greenwald. Republican election strategies; Bill O’Riely’s interview with President Obama: Will Cain; Sally Kohn. Coverage of Jay Leno’s departure from “Tonight Show”: Bill Carter, the New York Times. (N) 8 a.m. CNN

MediaBuzz (N) 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. FNC

60 Minutes Differences in how drugs are metabolized by men and women; the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman. (N) 7 p.m. KCBS

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