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Saturday’s TV Highlights and Weekend Talk Shows

A concert in paris is featured in "On the Run Tour: Beyoncé and Jay Z" on HBO.
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TV listings for the week of Sept. 21 - 27, 2014 in PDF format

This week’s TV Movies

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SERIES

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History The new Ken Burns miniseries concludes its seven-part run focusing largely on Eleanor Roosevelt (voice of Meryl Streep) after husband Franklin’s (voice of Edward Herrmann) health erodes rapidly during his fourth presidential term. 8 and 10 p.m. KOCE

Cedar Cove Olivia (Andie MacDowell) is surprised by Rebecca’s (Cindy Busby) reluctance to accept a deal that could save the young assistant district attorney’s career in this new episode. Meanwhile, Jack (Dylan Neal) battles a bad case of writer’s block as he works on his first article for the Seattle Courier, and Grace (Teryl Rothery) feels threatened by Cliff’s (Sebastian Spence) beautiful ranch hand (Rebecca Marshall). 8 p.m. Hallmark

SPECIALS

On the Run Tour: Beyoncé and Jay Z Taped in Paris, this new concert special follows the married artists as they perform during their first collaborative tour. 9 p.m. HBO

MOVIES

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Network Howard Beale (Peter Finch) is mad as hell and he’s not going to take it anymore in this 1976 classic written by Paddy Chayefsky. Faye Dunaway and William Holden also star and Sidney Lumet directs. 6:45 p.m. TCM

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Ben Stiller stars in and directs this 2013 update of James Thurber’s story about a milquetoast who’s an adventurous hero in his own mind. Kristen Wiig, Adam Scott and Shirley MacLaine co-star. 7 p.m. HBO

The Assault Makenzie Vega stars in this new TV movie premiere as a cheerleader fighting for justice after members of the high-school football team sexually assault her. Khandi Alexander, Malik Yoba, Gary Weeks and Amy Bruckner also star. 8 p.m. Lifetime

Perfect on Paper An idealistic young book editor (Lindsay Hartley) searches for Mr. Right while working with a high-maintenance author (Morgan Fairchild) on her latest epic romance. Drew Fuller also stars in this TV movie premiere. 9 p.m. Hallmark

WEEKEND TALK

SATURDAY

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

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

SUNDAY

Today (N) 6 a.m. KNBC

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

State of the Union With Candy Crowley (N) 6 and 9 a.m. CNN

CBS News Sunday Morning Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett; Common Core state standards; Steve Coleman. (N) 6:30 a.m. KCBS

Fareed Zakaria GPS (N) U.N. General Assembly; Clinton Global Initiative: President Bill Clinton. U.S. and India; Al Qaeda in India; China: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 7 and 10 a.m. CNN

Face the Nation Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.); Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.). Violence and the NFL: James Brown. Ebola outbreak: Dr. William Schaffner; Dr. Jon Lapook. Panel: Former Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.); Jane Harman; Robert Kagan; Michael Morell. (N) 8 a.m. KCBS

Meet the Press ISIS: Michael Mullen; Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.); Sen. Christopher S. Murphy (D-Conn.). ISIS plans to attack the U.S.: Vali Nasr; Michael Leiter. Taxes and growth: Grover Norquist; author Thomas Frank (“What’s the Matter with Kansas?”). Panel: John Stanton, BuzzFeed; Amy Walter, the Cook Political Report; Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review; Neera Tanden, Center for American Progress. (N) 8 a.m. KNBC; 11 a.m. MSNBC

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

Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace ISIS: Rep. Peter T. King (R-N.Y.); Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Burbank). Midterm elections: Karl Rove; Joe Trippi. Author Daniel Silva (“The Heist”); Panel: Brit Hume; Julie Pace; George Will; Juan Williams. (N) 8 a.m. KTTV; 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.

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Reliable Sources (N) 8 a.m. CNN

MediaBuzz ISIS; Democratic party leadership; the NFL controversies; new cast of “The View”; coverage of midterm elections: James Rosen; Mary Katharine Ham; Mara Liasson; Joe Concha; Marisa Guthrie, the Hollywood Reporter; Bob Cusack, The Hill; Susan Ferrechio, the Washington Examiner. (N) 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. FNC

60 Minutes (Season Premiere) Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and a detained member of ISIS; stolen Social Security numbers. (N) 7 p.m. KCBS

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