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What to Watch on Saturday: Mick Jagger has all the moves on SNL season finale

America's Got Talent (8pm, NBC) - NBC is repeating this week's premiere, which features new judge Howard Stern. Howie Mandel and Sharon Osbourne return as judges, and Nick Cannon is back as host. This first episode features auditions in St. Louis and Los Angeles.

Saw Dogs (9pm, Discovery) - You can get your fix of chainsaw-sculpting with tonight's "Saw Dogs" marathon. Some of the creations featured in tonight's episodes are a mother whale and her baby, a massive tree house, and a soaring eagle for a golf course.

American Warships (9pm, Syfy) - The crew of the USS Iowa take on a fleet of hostile alien spaceships. This is a movie, by the way.

Saturday Night Live (11:29pm, NBC) - Mick Jagger pulls double duty on SNL's 37th season finale, hosting and providing the music. Jagger is scheduled to perform without his fellow Stones, so don't expect to see Keith Richards tonight. Jagger is pictured here in a 2001 "Saturday Night Live" skit with Jimmy Fallon.

What to Watch on Saturday: Will Ferrell and Usher on SNL

Shark Men (8pm, NGC) - The crew hope to catch one more tiger shark and three more silvertip sharks before pulling anchor and leaving the Revillagigedos Archipelago. 

Welcome to Sweetie Pie's (9pm, OWN) - Robbie must run the business by herself because Tim is distracted by his show-business endeavors. But she does persuade him to help judge auditions for the Upper Crust, and he finds one performance surprisingly charming. 

Tanked (9pm, Animal Planet) - The crew discuss their favorite tanks and pranks from Season 1 in an episode that features unseen footage. 

Lockup: Santa Rosa - Extended Stay (10pm, MSNBC) - An inmate dies; a murderer explains prison life, which a young inmate learns about firsthand; and another inmate mails a death threat to the White House. 

Saturday Night Live (11:29pm, NBC) - Will Ferrell is the guest host with musical guest Usher

What to Watch on Saturday: Rock Hall of Fame ceremony dedicated to Beastie Boy

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (9pm, HBO) - HBO is dedicating tonight's broadcast of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony to Adam "MCA" Yauch, the Beastie Boy who died on Friday after a three-year battle with cancer. The Beastie Boys were inducted into the Hall of Fame on April 14, but Yauch was too ill to attend. Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz read a letter from Yauch at the ceremony. Billboard reports that HBO has altered the broadcast to include an acknowledgment of Yauch's passing and tributes to Dick Clark and Levon Helm, who also died after the ceremony. Other inductees this year include Donovan, Small Faces/The Faces, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Guns N' Roses, Freddie King and others. Taped at Cleveland's Public Auditorium.

My Ghost Story: Caught on Camera (9pm, Bio) - Two men encounter the ghosts of people killed in a train derailment; the ghost of a dead cook is seen by a Pennsylvania woman; Native American ghosts haunt a Kentucky cave; and a married couple befriend the spirits of sailors who served on the USS North Carolina

Tanked (9pm, Animal Planet) - A baseball team in Pensacola, Fla., asks for a tank inside a school bus and Brett designs an aquarium resembling a bottle of nail polish—complete with hand driers—for his mom's salon. 

Saturday Night Live (11:29, NBC) - Guest host Eli Manning and musical guest Rihanna.

What to Watch on Saturday: 'Downton Abbey' creator takes on 'Titanic'

Titanic (8pm, ABC) - The three-hour opener of a new miniseries that uses real and fictional characters to dramatize the events leading up to the luxury liner's sinking in 1912. Tonight, tension between First and Second Class passengers, and a Catholic engineer from Belfast looks forward to his new life in America. This is from Julian Fellowes, the creator of "Downton Abbey." Fellowes gives his upstairs-downstairs treatment to the Titanic story, but the buzz isn't as strong as it was for "Downton." But -- it has Linus Roache (right)! The one-hour conclusion airs tomorrow night at 9.

Must Love Cats (8pm, Animal Planet) - In the season finale, John Fulton visits a kindergarten for kittens (awww!) and cats that help prison inmates.

The Firm (9pm, NBC) - Another random episode of "The Firm!" Mitch and Ray meet with Andrew, who offers to help expose Kinross and Clark to the FBI. Meanwhile, Abby tries to prevent the next murder, and Mitch prepares to take on Kevin Stack. If my math is correct, two more episodes after this one.

Tanked (9pm, Animal Planet) - Season 2 opens with Wayde and Brett visiting a familiar client in New York to install a shark tank in an orthodontist office.

A Night to Remember (10pm, TCM) - This 1958 classic film based on the book by Walter Lord recreates the sinking of the Titanic.

Saturday Night Live (11:29pm, NBC) - Josh Brolin hosts and the music guest is Gotye.

What to Watch on Saturday: An Obama introduction for 'To Kill a Mockingbird'

To Kill A Mockingbird (8pm, USA) - A special introduction from President Obama marks the 50th anniversary of this Oscar-winning classic film, which was adapted from Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. In the film, Gregory Peck plays Atticus Finch, a small town lawyer who defends a black man wrongly accused of raping a white woman in 1930s Alabama. Robert Duvall made his screen debut in this film, as the mysterious Boo Radley. In other words, YOU SHOULD WATCH THIS, even if you've seen it before. The President also introduced the film at a special White House screening on Thursday, at which Washington, D.C., schoolchildren and the widow of Gregory Peck were in attendance.

iCarly (8pm, Nickelodeon) - Carly gets sick and transmits her illness to a member of the British pop group, One Direction (who also perform tonight on SNL).

Must Love Cats (8pm, Animal Planet) - John Fulton visits an Oregon woman who taught her cats how to swim and a cat hotel in Los Angeles.

Saturday Night Live (11:29pm, NBC) - Sofia Vergara from "Modern Family" hosts and the music guest is One Direction.

Live from the Artists Den (1am, UNC-TV) - The Fray perform at the Angel Orensanz Foundation in New York City's Lower East Side.

What to Watch on Saturday: Cats take Animal Planet, 'Game Change' takes HBO

The ACC Tournament (1pm, WRAL) - Games scheduled for today at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

Must Love Cats (8pm, Animal Planet) - Hello, Kitty. A new season of "Must Love Cats" opens with host John Fulton exploring the cat culture in Japan. Featured: Tama, the train station master cat (right); the Maneki Neko, or "Beckoning Cat;" Tashirojima (aka Cat Island); and a shelter for rescued cats, including ones left behind after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. An episode of "Too Cute" about something called "kitten dolls" airs at 9 and a different "Too Cute" about cats repeats at 10.

Of Two Minds (8pm, Lifetime) - A woman takes her schizophrenic sister to live with her family after her mother dies, but her sibling's disturbing behavior threatens their relationship.

Q Viva! The Chosen (8pm, Fox) - Two couples who dance the tango face a hard decision, and Marc Anthony embraces the Mexican pointy-boots trend.

Game Change (9pm, HBO) - This movie adaptation of the political best-seller by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann focuses on the John McCain-Sarah Palin storyline of the 2008 presidential campaign. Stars Ed Harris as McCain and Julianne Moore as Palin. Adrienne has a "Game Change" review.

The Firm (9pm, NBC) - Penultimate episode alert! Tonight, Mitch defends a woman accused of kidnapping a baby, Ray and Tammy find information on the Sarah Holt case, and Joey Morolto admits to being the head of the crime family.

Saturday Night Live (11:29pm, NBC) - Jonah Hill hosts with music guest The Shins.

What to Watch on Saturday: J-Lo searches for a Latin idol

Carolina at Duke (7pm, ESPN) - UNC travels to Duke looking to avenge their buzzer-beater loss from February 8.

Q'Viva! The Chosen (8pm, Fox) - Jennifer Lopez, Mark Anthony and Jamie King begin an international search for burgeoning Latin singers, dancers and musicians in the premiere of this new reality competition show. This "grabby" photo was likely taken before J-Lo and Marc Anthony split.

Blue-eyed Butcher (8pm, Lifetime) - A Houston prosecutor tries to prove that a suburban housewife who stabbed her husband nearly 200 times and then buried his body in their backyard is a cold-blooded murderer and not an abused wife who killed to protect her family. Based on a true story. Adrienne reviews.

The Firm (9pm, NBC) - Mitch and Ray probe the death of a sergeant's son and the case becomes a national security matter.

Too Cute (9pm, Animal Planet) - Kittens! This new episode follows the first few months of three litters of kittens, including Savannahs, Siberians and shorthairs.

Saturday Night Live (11:29pm, NBC) - Lindsay Lohan hosts with music guest Jack White.

What to Watch on Saturday: Watch 'The Firm' while you still can

The Ride (8pm, Showtime) - A documentary following "Amazing Race" host Phil Keoghan on a grueling 40-day bike ride across America to raise $1 million for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Keoghan's adventure included a trip to the hospital, extreme exhaustion, drastic weight loss and a dangerous crash in Ohio.

My Cat From Hell (8pm, Animal Planet) - In the second season finale: an attack cat has a couple fearing for the safety of their two-year-old son, and two sphynx cats fight for control of their owners' house. There's a marathon of Season 2 episodes starting today at 3. Animal Plane recently announced the show will back for Season 3.

The Firm (9pm, NBC) - NBC has moved this struggling drama to Saturday nights, which is not a good sign ("Awake" will air in the old spot on Thursdays starting March 1). So if you're a fan, watch it while you still can. In tonight's episode, two brothers become codefendants in a case that forces Mitch to coax one to betray the other. Meanwhile, Tammy works on a cryptic clue in the Sarah Holt case.

Pit Boss (9pm, Animal Planet) - Two back-to-back new episodes for tonight's season finale. In the first episode, Shorty learns his secret memoir will be published so he must prepare his sister for the book's surprises about their family. In the 10 p.m. episode, Shorty agrees to be "roasted" at a fundraiser for rescue charities.

Saturday Night Live (11:29pm, NBC) - Maya Rudolph hosts and the music guest is Sleigh Bells.  So, there's basically no way Rudolph can do her excellent Whitney Houston impersonation now, right?

Also, the TechJunkie blog has info on three shows airing on the National Geographic Channel today about illegal street racing and auto theft.

What to Watch on Saturday: Hallmark's 'Cupid' and Zooey D on SNL

Cupid (8pm, Hallmark) - A new Hallmark movie in which a talk show host (Joely Fisher) receives a visit from a mysterious love expert (Jamie Kennedy) who promises he'll reveal her true love to her if she first helps other couples find each other. Her matchmaking doesn't go well and she starts to question her task.

Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown (8pm, ABC) - From 1975, an animated Peanuts special in which Charlie Brown keeps vigil by the mailbox, waiting for a Valentine. In a 2002 special that follows, the gang searches for the meaning of love.

America's Most Wanted (8pm, Fox) - In this "Crimes of Passion" special broadcast, a fugitive from Texas wanted for murdering his wife with chainsaws and a Pennsylvania man who murdered his wife in 2005. Happy Valentines Day!

Parking Wars (9pm, A&E) - Season six opens in Detroit and Providence, Rhode Island.

Saturday Night Live (11:29pm, NBC) - Zooey Deschanel ("New Girl") hosts and the music guest is Karmin.

What to Watch on Saturday: NFL honors and great late night music

My Cat From Hell (8pm, Animal Planet) - Jackson Galaxy helps a woman whose cat attacks her roommate every chance it gets. I say, maybe the cat knows something she doesn't know. Also, some newlyweds move into a new house and then their cats suddenly no longer get along.

NFL Honors (9pm, NBC) - In advance of this weekend's Super Bowl, the NFL salutes its top players and plays in Indianapolis. Host Alec Baldwin is joined by celebrities and NFL stars, and awards are presented to NFL MVP, Coach of the Year, and the Walter Payton Man of the Year.

Pit Boss (9pm, Animal Planet) - The rescue of a severely abused pit bull turns dangerous for Shorty and Sebastian when the dog is frightened.

Saturday Night Live (11:29pm, NBC) - Channing Tatum hosts. Despite that fact, I will tune in for the musical guest Bon Iver.

Austin City Limits (Midnight, UNC-TV) - Wilco performs from their 2011 album "The Whole Love."

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