Saturday’s TV Highlights and Weekend Talk: ‘Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation’ and more
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SERIES
30 for 30 The new documentary “Believeland” looks at Cleveland’s often-struggling sports franchises and the diehard fans that still love them regardless. 6:30 p.m. ESPN, 9 p.m. ESPN2
Outlander Jamie and Claire (Sam Heughan, Caitriona Balfe) try to stop a potentially lucrative deal that could fill the prince’s coffers in this new episode of the fantasy drama. 9 p.m. Starz
Saturday Night Live Hip-hop star Drake pulls double duty as host and musical guest in this new episode of the sketch-comedy series. 11:29 p.m. NBC
MOVIES
The Blind Side Sandra Bullock won an Oscar for her role in this fact-based 2009 drama about a white Southern family that takes in a homeless black teen (Quinton Aaron) who has a talent for football. Tim McGraw, Kathy Bates and Lily Collins also star. 8 p.m. ABC
Primal Fear Richard Gere, Laura Linney and Edward Norton star in this twist-laden 1996 courtroom thriller. 8 p.m. KDOC
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Tom Cruise reprises his role as IMF agent Ethan Hunt in this exciting 2015 entry in the action franchise; Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames and Alec Baldwin also star. 8 p.m. Epix
Pan Hugh Jackman, Levi Miller, Garrett Hedlund and Rooney Mara star in “Atonement” director Joe Wright’s mishandled 2015 prequel to J.M. Barrie’s beloved “Peter Pan.” 8 p.m. HBO
I Didn’t Kill My Sister Nicholle Tom (“The Nanny”) and Sharon Taylor star in this new made-for-cable thriller. 8 p.m. Lifetime
The Stanford Prison Experiment Billy Crudup, Michael Angarano and “Juno’s” Olivia Thirlby star in this fact-based 2015 drama about a shocking psychological experiment conducted at the university in 1971. 8 p.m. Showtime
Tulips in Spring “Telenovela’s” Fiona Gubelmann and “Haven’s” Lucas Bryant star in this new made-for-cable romantic fable; with Kevin McNulty and “The O.C.’s” Kelly Rowan. 9 p.m. Hallmark Channel
WEEKEND TALK
SATURDAY
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 2016 politics: Donald Trump campaign advisor Paul Manafort; 2016 politics: Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio). (N) 6 and 9 a.m. CNN
CBS News Sunday Morning A young man’s path to recovery after being in a coma; actor, comic and composer Fred Newman; tree-climbing goats in Morocco help create argan oil; MSNBC host Rachel Maddow; the upcoming National Geographic Bee. (N) 6:30 a.m. KCBS
Fareed Zakaria GPS Iraq, Islamic State, Iran, Russia, the U.N., Syria: National Security Advisor Susan Rice. (N) 7 and 10 a.m. CNN
Face the Nation Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus; former Defense Secretary Robert Gates; panel discussion with Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.), Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Rep. Peter T. King (R-N.Y). (N) 8 a.m. KCBS
This Week With George Stephanopoulos (N) 8 a.m. KABC
Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace 2016 presidential election, meeting between Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan: RNC Chairman Reince Priebus; 2016 election, support for Trump: former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.); matchmaking skills: Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.). (N) 8 a.m. KTTV, 11 a.m. Fox News Channel
Reliable Sources Press coverage of the Trump campaign; allegations of a liberal bias in Facebook’s newsfeeds; “The Hollywood Reporter’s” coverage of Woody Allen. (N) 8 a.m. CNN
MediaBuzz Meeting between Donald Trump and Paul Ryan; updates on Hillary Clinton’s and Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaigns; fallout from the New York Times Magazine feature on deputy national security advisor Ben Rhodes; Megyn Kelly previews her upcoming prime-time network special. (N) 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Fox News Channel
60 Minutes New cancer therapy yields promising results; innocent Americans caught up in the U.S. government’s fight against Chinese theft of U.S. trade secrets and intellectual property. (N) 7 p.m. KCBS
60 Minutes A celebration of the life and career of correspondent Morley Safer. (N) 8 p.m. KCBS
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