Saturday’s TV Highlights and Weekend Talk: ‘Great Performances’

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This week’s TV Movies

SERIES

Reckless Lee Anne’s (Georgina Haig) case against the police goes to trial and Roy and Jamie (Cam Gigandet, Anna Wood) are on opposite sides of the biggest battle of their careers in the two-part season finale of the legal drama. 8 and 9 p.m. CBS

Great Performances The season premiere celebrates the 200th anniversary of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” John Lithgow and Jordin Sparks hosts. 8 p.m. KOCE

Hell on Wheels Cullen (Anson Mount) tries to reconnect with Elam (Common) while Durant (Colm Meaney) confronts an old problem in this new episode. 9 p.m. AMC

Intruders In this new episode Gary (Tory Kittles) uncovers a strange link between Amy (Mira Sorvino) and one of his former clients. 10 p.m. BBC America

The Chair In this new episode the filmmakers learn one the harsh realities of Hollywood: it isn’t all about lofty creative decisions, there’s also drumming up the dollars to keep the lights on. 11 p.m. Starz

MOVIES

Dallas Buyers Club Matthew McConaughey stars in this fact-inspired 2013 drama about a modern cowboy diagnosed as HIV-positive. 8 p.m. HBO

Deliverance Creek Best-selling author Nicholas Sparks is an executive producer on this new TV movie, a revenge drama about a young Civil War widow (Lauren Ambrose) struggling to protect herself and her three children battles rage around them. Wes Ramsey also stars. 8 p.m. Lifetime

Fruitvale Station Ryan Coogler directed this gripping 2013 recreation of the real-life tragedy when Oscar Grant (Michael B. Jordan) was killed by a transit police officer during an altercation on an Oakland train platform.Octavia Spencer, Kevin Durand and Chad Michael Murray also star. 8 p.m. Showtime

WEEKEND TALK

SATURDAY

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

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

SUNDAY

Today Erica Hill and Dylan Dreyer become Benihana chefs. (N) 6 a.m. KNBC

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

State of the Union With Candy Crowley ISIS: Denis McDonough, White House Chief of Staff. U.S. Strategy against ISIS: Major General Paul D. Eaton; Lt. General James M. Dubik U.S. Army, retired. NFL/Ray Rice domestic violence controversy; Iraq and Syria: Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.); Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.). Panel: Jay Carney, CNN; Lanhee Chen; C.E. Cupp; LZ Granderson. (N) 6 and 9 a.m. CNN

CBS News Sunday Morning Great Britain and Scotland; Jessica Chastain; Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele; Questlove. (N) 6:30 a.m. KCBS

Fareed Zakaria GPS ISIS: Marwan al-Muasher, former Deputy Prime Minister of Jordan. ISIS; Ukraine; President Obama’s foreign policy: Henry Kissinger. Uber: Travis Kalanick. Renewable energy: Vinod Khosla. (N) 7 and 10 a.m. CNN

Face the Nation Sec. of State John F. Kerry. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas). Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.). Domestic violence and the NFL: William C. Rhoden, the New York Times; James Brown. New documentary: Ken Burns and Geoffrey C. Ward (“The Roosevelts: An Intimate History”); Doris Kearns Goodwin. (N) 8 a.m. KCBS

Meet the Press (N) 8 a.m. KNBC; 11 a.m. MSNBC

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

Fox News Sunday President Obama’s ISIS strategy; immigration; 2014 midterm elections: Denis McDonough, White House Chief of Staff. Military action against ISIS: Former CIA and NSA director Michael Hayden. ISIS: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.); Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.). NFL/Ray Rice domestic violence controversy: Jim Gray. Panel: Brit Hume; Kirsten Powers; Karl Rove; Juan Williams. (N) 8 a.m. KTTV; 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. FNC

Reliable Sources (N) 8 a.m. CNN

MediaBuzz Coverage of President Obama’s speech; ISIS; NFL/Ray Rice domestic violence controversy; Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) refuses to name harassers: Lauren Ashburn; Jim Geraghty; Dana Milbank, the Washington Post; Christine Brennan, USA Today; Harvey Levin, TMZ; David Zurawik, Baltimore Sun. (N) 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. FNC

60 Minutes Mental healthcare shortcomings: State Sen. Creigh Deeds (R-Va.). (N) 7 p.m. KCBS