Saturday’s TV Highlights and Weekend Talk: ‘The Other Side of the Door’ on Cinemax

SERIES

The Hero Effect This new 10-part docu-series spotlights ordinary people who are making an extraordinary difference for the better in their communities. The series opener focuses on Mission United, which supports military veterans and their families. Donald Driver and Emily Wilson co-host. 10 a.m. OWN

Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency Dirk and Todd (Samuel Barnett, Elijah Wood) discover that Patrick Spring, the ill-fated tycoon, left behind a complicated mess, while Amanda and Farah (Hannah Marks, Jade Eshete) confront complications from the return of an FBI agent. 9 p.m. BBC America

Project Grizzly After more than 20 years of working with wild animals, bear trainer Jeff Watson undertakes one of the biggest challenges of his career: releasing two 700-pound grizzly bears he raised from cubs to the wild. 10 p.m. Animal Planet

The Graham Norton Show Ben Affleck, David Attenborough, Matt Smith and Claire Foy are guests and Sting performs in this new episode of the comedy variety series. 10 p.m. BBC America

Saturday Night Live Dave Chappelle hosts with musical guest A Tribe Called Quest. 11:29 p.m. NBC

SPECIALS

All Def Comedy Russell Simmons (“Def Comedy Jam”) returns to HBO as producer of this new comedy special from the Avalon Theatre. 10 p.m. HBO

MOVIES

Every Christmas Has a Story After Kate (Lori Loughlin), a TV personality, has an on-air meltdown and accidentally blurts out that she hates Christmas, her bosses ship her off for some image rehab in the most Christmas-y town in America where she works with an old flame (Colin Ferguson) in this new romantic comedy. 8 p.m. Hallmark

The Divergent Series: Allegiant As a ruthless battle threatens all of humanity, Tris and Four (Shailene Woodley, Theo James) make a risky journey beyond the wall that encloses Chicago to find a peaceful solution for their troubled city in this 2016 action film, the first of a two-part adaptation of the final book in Veronica Roth’s “Divergent” trilogy. Jeff Daniels, Octavia Spencer, Ray Stevenson, Zoe Kravitz, Miles Teller and Ansel Elgort also star. 8 p.m. HBO

Little Girl’s Secret This new 2016 chiller keeps the supernatural thrills coming with its story of a blended family that moves into a converted church (rarely a good idea) out in the countryside. Maria Bello, Callum Keith Rennie and Sophie Nelisse star. 8 p.m. Lifetime

One More Time A struggling punk-rock musician (Amber Heard) seeks a respite with her wealthy father (Christopher Walken), an old-school crooner in the Sinatra style, who is looking to make a comeback of his own in writer-director Robert Edwards’ 2015 drama. Hamish Linklater, Ann Magnuson and Oliver Platt also star. 9 p.m. Starz

The Other Side of the Door A grief-stricken mother (Sarah Wayne Callies, “The Walking Dead”), tortured by guilt for her role in her son’s death in a car accident, visits a temple in India where she has been told her dead child may speak to her in this 2016 British-Indian thriller. Jeremy Sisto and Javier Botet also star. 10 p.m. Cinemax

WEEKEND TALK

SATURDAY

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

SUNDAY

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

State of the Union 2016 Election; Congress: Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis.). 2016 Election; the Trump transition; Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (R-N.Y.); 2016 Election; the Democratic Party: Filmmaker Michael Moore. Panel: Nia-Malika Henderson; Sara Murray; Sean Spicer; Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Los Angeles). (N) 6 and 9 a.m. CNN

CBS News Sunday Morning (N) 6:30 a.m. KCBS

Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace 2016 election results; the new Congress; Trump’s first 100 days: House Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield). Joel Benenson, Clinton strategist. Trump’s transition: Kellyanne Conway. Panel: George Will; Julie Pace, Associated Press; Ben Domenech, the Federalist; Charles Lane. (N) 7 a.m. KTTV; 2 p.m. FNC

Fareed Zakaria GPS Topics: Election results: Conrad Black; David Remnick, The New Yorker; Dan Senor; Neera Tanden, Center for American Progress. Why were the polls almost all wrong: Harry Enten, FiveThirtyEight; Nate Cohn, the New York Times. Trump’s foreign policy: Ian Bremmer; Anne-Marie Slaughter; R. James Woolsey. (N) 7 and 10 a.m. CNN

Face the Nation Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.). Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Panel: Jamelle Bouie; Peggy Noonan; Michael Gerson, the Washington Post; Jeffrey Goldberg, the Atlantic. (N) 8 a.m. KCBS

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

This Week With George Stephanopoulos The Trump administration: Rudy Giuliani, Trump transition team. The Democratic party: Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.). Trump’s election: Author Thomas Friedman (“Thank You for Being Late”). Panel: Van Jones, CNN; Bill Kristol; Mary Matalin; Katrina vanden Heuvel, the Nation. (N) 8 a.m. KABC

Reliable Sources President-elect Trump and the media: Dan Rather; Mollie Hemingway, the Federalist; Jeff Greenfield; Dodai Stewart. Polling failures: Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight. Political coverage: John Phillips; Elizabeth Plank, Vox; John Avlon. Trump and freedom of the press: Constitutional and First Amendment attorney Floyd Abrams. (N) 8 a.m. CNN

MediaBuzz Coverage of the 2016 election; inaccurate poll numbers: Erin McPike; Kristen Soltis Anderson, Washington Examiner; Julie Roginsk; Rich Lowry, National Review; Mo Elleithee; Sharyl Attkisson; Frank Luntz. (N) 8 a.m. FNC

60 Minutes President-elect Donald Trump and family. (N) 7 p.m. KCBS

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