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

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TV listings for the week of Sept. 6 - 12, 2015 in PDF format

This week’s TV Movies

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SERIES

Doctor Who The venerable sci-fi drama presents an expanded encore edition of the 50th-anniversary episode “The Day of the Doctor” starring David Tennant, Matt Smith and John Hurt 8 p.m. BBC America

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy This new animated series follows the adventures of the band of misfit heroes led by Peter Quill — a.k.a. Star-Lord. 9 p.m. Disney XD

MythBusters Jamie and Adam have another crack at George Lucas’ space saga in the new episode “Star Wars: The Myths Strike Back.” 9 p.m. Discovery Channel

SPECIALS

Fall previews Fox offers sneak peeks at some of its new series, including “Scream Queens,” “Minority Report” and “The Grinder.” 11:30 p.m. Fox

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MOVIES

Wild Reese Witherspoon stars in this fact-based 2014 drama about a troubled woman who coped with a tragedy by embarking on a grueling solo journey along the Pacific Crest Trail. 8 p.m. HBO

River Raft Nightmare “Army Wives’” Brigid Brannagh stars in this new thriller about a woman and her young daughter whose whitewater-rafting trip takes a dark turn when they’re abducted by thieves searching for some hidden loot. 8 p.m. Lifetime

St. Vincent Bill Murray stars as the very rough-around-the-edges guardian neighbor of a 12-year-old boy whose single mother (Melissa McCarthy) has a demanding work schedule in this 2014 drama. 9 p.m. Showtime

WEEKEND TALK

SATURDAY

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Good Morning America 7 a.m. KABC

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

SUNDAY

Today Blogger Kamran Siddiqi; Sundays with Harry. (N) 6 a.m. KNBC

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

State of the Union Obama’s Alaska trip, 2016 politics: Former Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska); Iran deal, budget, congressional agenda: Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.). (N) 6 and 9 a.m. CNN

CBS News Sunday Morning Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders; Stephen Colbert; artist Jose Parla; the rise of “business casual.” (N) 6:30 a.m. KCBS

Fareed Zakaria GPS Future of science and technology. (N) 7 and 10 a.m. CNN

Face the Nation 2016 election: Presidential candidate and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina; former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.). (N) 8 a.m. KCBS

Meet the Press Iran nuclear deal, 2016 presidential race: Former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell; organized labor and the 2016 election, Labor Day march: AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. (N) 8 a.m. KNBC

This Week With George Stephanopoulos 2016 election: Former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-Ark.); 2016 election: Gov. John Kasich (R-Oho); refugee crisis: David Miliband, International Rescue Committee. (N) 8 a.m. KABC

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Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace The police and racial tension, the Black Lives Matter movement: Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn; foreign policy, Iran nuclear deal, new book: Former Vice President Dick Cheney and daughter Liz Cheney. (N) 8 a.m. KTTV

Reliable Sources Donald Trump candidacy; Black Lives Matter versus Fox; new late-night war brewing with Colbert’s debut; Democratic candidates not getting attention; photo of dead refugee child. (N) 8 a.m. CNN

MediaBuzz Coverage of presidential candidates Donald Trump and Jeb Bush; Andrea Mitchell’s Hillary Clinton interview; quarterback Tom Brady and “deflategate”; 2016 presidential election, upcoming GOP debate: Carly Fiorina. (N) 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Fox News Channel

60 Minutes (N) 7 p.m. KCBS

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