HIGHLIGHTS
Saturday morning, WUSA broadcasts coverage of the National Marathon around the District from 7-8 a.m., and then again at 8:55.
Original movie “Scream of the Banshee” (Syfy at 9) is sort of self-explanatory, as everyone who hears the scream of a Banshee winds up dying a horrible death.
DVR alert: “No Ordinary Family,” normally on Tuesdays, airs a new episode on Saturday night at 10, as Stephanie tries to prevent the family’s secret powers being exposed.
Sunday talk-shows: “Platts Energy Week” (WUSA at 8 a.m.) interviews German ambassador Klaus Scharioth; “BioCentury This Week” (WUSA at 8:30) features Versant Venture’s Brian Atwood; “Ideas in Action with Jim Glassman” (MPT at 8:30, 9:30 on WHUT) has Center for American Progress’s Karen Davenport, America’s Health Insurance Plans’s Karen Ignani and Project HOPE’s Gail Wilesnsky; “Fox News Sunday” (Fox at 9) hosts Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich; “Politics Program With Mark Plotkin” (NewsChannel 8 at 9) features former D.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Board member Mital Gandhi and Montgomery County councilmember Valerie Ervin; “White House Chronicle” (WETA at 9) has King Features’s Bob Franken, the Endeavor Group’s Lauren Ashburn and Corbinian Inc.’s Steve O’Hearn; “State of the Union” (CNN at 9) features Sen. Carl Levin, former National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley and former CIA director Michael Hayden; “This Week” (ABC at 10) features Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, ABC”s George Will, journalist Mona Eltahawy, the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg and former Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.).
“Newsmakers” (C-SPAN at 10) talks to Planned Parenthood’s Cecile Richards; “Meet the Press” (NBC at 10:30) has Hillary Clinton, Robert Gates, Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), The Post’s Bob Woodward, BBC’s Ted Koppel, Center for a New American Security’s Tom Ricks and NBC’s Savannah Guthrie; “Face the Nation” (CBS at 10:30) talks to Hillary Clinton and Robert Gates; “Washington Watch with Roland Martin” (TV One at 11) hosts actresses Tichina Arnold, Tatyana Ali, Wendy Davis and Tasha Smith, among others; “This Week in Defense News” (WUSA at 11) has U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. (ret.) David Deptula; “energyNOW!” (WJLA at 11) talks to Carnegie Endowment’s Nuclear Policy Program’s James Acton, and Sierra Club’s Global Warming and Energy Program’s Dave Hamilton; “The McLaughlin Group” (WUSA at 11:30) features MSNBC’s Pat Buchanan, Newsweek’s Eleanor Clift, Washington Times’ Monica Crowley and the Financial Times’ Richard McGregor; “This Is America With Dennis Wholey” (WHUT at 6 p.m.) talks to United States Institute Of Peace’s Richard Solomon.
Sunday night, “Martha Stewart Presents: Men Who Make Us Laugh” (Hallmark at 8) features the talk show host chatting with Conan O’Brien and Seth Meyers about all their hilarity.
Miniseries “Midred Pierce” (at 9), starring Kate Winslet as a single mother in Los Angeles during the Great Depression, premieres on HBO.
— Emily Yahr
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