Saturday’s TV highlights and weekend talk shows: ‘Midnight Special’ and more

SERIES

Project Grizzly Bear trainer Jeff Watson is almost ready to release his two raised-in-captivity grizzlies into the wild in this documentary series’ first-season finale. 10 p.m. Animal Planet

Saturday Night Live Casey Affleck (“Manchester by the Sea”) hosts, and musical guest Chance the Rapper performs. 11:29 p.m. NBC

SPECIALS

A Pentatonix Christmas Special The a capella group is joined by guests Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire and original “American Idol” Kelly Clarkson in this encore special. 8 p.m. NBC

I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown! The Peanuts gang is back in this animated holiday tale. 8 p.m. ABC

The Soul Train Life of New Edition Members of the 1980s-era R&B group reminisce in this new special. 8 p.m. BET

A Saturday Night Live Christmas Special The late-night comedy show offers up some classic holiday-themed sketches in this encore presentation. 9 p.m. NBC

MOVIES

Big Game The president of the United States (Samuel L. Jackson) is hunted by a madman after Air Force One is shot down over the Finnish wilderness in this 2014 thriller. 8 p.m. CBS

Everybody Wants Some!! Richard Linklater (“Boyhood,” “Dazed and Confused”) directed this raucous 2016 comedy about hard-partying college kids in 1980s Texas; with Will Brittain and Zoey Deutch. 8 p.m. Epix

My Christmas Love A woman receives gifts from an anonymous suitor in this new holiday romance; with Meredith Hagner and Bobby Campo. 8 p.m. Hallmark Channel

Midnight Special “Boardwalk Empire’s” Michael Shannon stars in Jeff Nichols’ 2016 sci-fi thriller about a father and his uniquely gifted son who are on the run from government agents as well as a sinister cult; Joel Edgerton and Kirsten Dunst also star. 8 p.m. HBO

Miles Ahead “Traffic’s” Don Cheadle portrays legendary jazz trumpeter Miles Davis in this 2015 bio-drama; with Ewan McGregor. 9 p.m. Starz

SATURDAY

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

SUNDAY

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

State of the Union Russian Hacking, Trump Transition: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). Criminal Justice Reform, Hate Crimes: Atty. Gen. Loretta Lynch Loretta Lynch. Panel: Van Jones; Alice Stewart; former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.); Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.). (N) 6 and 9 a.m. CNN

CBS News Sunday Morning Nicole Kidman; Ohio Choir; Robbie Robertson; Paulo Coelho. 6:30 a.m. KCBS

Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace The Electoral College vote: Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.); Electoral College delegate Clay Pell (D); Clinton advisor Neera Tanden. Incoming White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus. James Murren, MGM Resorts. Panel: Karl Rove; Michael Needham, Heritage Action for America; Juan Williams. (N) 7 a.m. KTTV; 11 a.m., 7 and 11 p.m. Fox News

Fareed Zakaria GPS Russia: Russia and the U.S. election; U.S.-Russian relations: Anne Applebaum, the Washington Post; Stephen Cohen; Fyodor Lukyanov, Council on Foreign and Defense Policy; Phil Mudd. American mayors in opposition to Trump on climate change and immigration: Benjamin Barber, Global Parliament of Mayors; Mayor Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles. The future for Democrats; why Democrats lost so many 2016 races: Gov. Dannel Malloy (D-Conn.); Thomas Frank, the Guardian. (N) 7 and 10 a.m. CNN

Face the Nation Former Sec. of State Henry Kissinger. Former National Security Advisor Tom Donilon. Author Ta-Nehisi Coates (“My President Was Black”). Author Graeme Wood (“The Way Of The Strangers: Encounters With The Islamist State”). Panel: Margaret Brennan; David Ignatius, the Washington Post; Jeff Pegues. (N) 8 a.m. KCBS

Meet the Press Former Clinton campaign chair John Podesta. Former Sec. of Defense Robert Gates. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.); Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.). Panel: Yamiche Alcindor, the New York Times; Jeff Greenfield, Politico; Katty Kay; Rick Santelli. (N) 8 a.m. KNBC; 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. MSNBC

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

Reliable Sources Topic: Election hacking; defending facts in a “fake news” environment: Angie Drobnic Holan, PolitiFact; Jane Hall, American University; Jeffrey Toobin, the New Yorker. The future of White House press briefings: White House press secretary Josh Earnest; Jeff Mason, Reuters. A U.S. state-run news operation: Rick Stengel. Press freedom: Kim Ghattis, BBC News; Ukrainian journalist Savik Shuster.(N) 8 a.m. CNN

MediaBuzz Coverage of the Trump transition; coverage of Russian involvement in the election; Trump’s meeting with Kanye West: Corey Lewandowski, former Trump campaign manager; Erin McPike; Mollie Hemingway, the Federalist; Julie Roginsky; Steve Hayes. (N) 8 a.m. FNC

60 Minutes Syrian Civil Defense; the Pope’s choir; Denzel Washington. (N) 7 p.m. KCBS

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