What To Watch: Donna Summer Doc, Pearl Showtime Premiere And More
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On TV this Saturday: Donna Summer is the subject of HBO's latest documentary, the X prequel Pearl hits cable and Ovation delivers a double dose of Murdoch Mysteries. Here are 10 programs to keep on your radar; all times are Eastern. (Also check out our weekly TVLine-Up of premieres and finales, plus our monthly streaming guide.)
Showtimes for May 20, 2023
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Cheers
Pluto TV’s Sitcom Legends Channel
In celebration of today's 30th anniversary of the beloved sitcom's finale, catch a complete marathon of its final season. (Best characters, ranked!)
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USFL
Fox, USA Network
Pittsburgh Maulers take on the Memphis Showboats (at 12:30 pm on USA Network); Birmingham Stallions battle the Michigan Panthers (4 pm, Fox).
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Murdoch Mysteries
Ovation
Two episodes: Murdoch suspects wrongdoing in the apparent drowning of a military recruit; then at 8 pm, Murdoch is asked to exonerate a former friend in a decades-old murder.
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Love in Zion National: A National Park Romance
Hallmark Channel
TV-movie premiere: Sparks fly between an assistant curator (Cedar Cove's Cindy Busby) and a Native American park ranger (The DUFF's David Gridley) as they explore Zion National Park.
Love to Love You, Donna Summer
HBO
Documentary premiere: The Queen of Disco's life and career is examined through the singer's own reflections and the memories of her family, friends and colleagues.
The Man With My Husband's Face
Lifetime
TV-movie premiere: After a woman's (Infamously in Love's Koko Marshall) husband (Hider in My House's Thomas Gipson) disappears and she catches a glimpse of his apparent doppelganger, a chain of events soon unravels everything she thought she knew about him.
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Pearl
Showtime
Premium cable premiere: In the origin story of X's villainous matriarch, Pearl (Suspiria's Mia Goth) yearns for a glamorous life under the overbearing eye of her devout mom (Nothing Trivial's Tandi Wright), all while tending to her ailing father (The Luminaries' Matthew Sunderland) on her family's isolated farm.
Totally Weird and Funny
The CW
Videos include a surfer with a mind-bending way of unloading his board and a new way to fish at home.
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SNL Vintage
NBC
Paul Rudd hosts this Season 44 throwback from May 18, 2019; DJ Khaled performs.
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Saturday Night Live
NBC
Molly Shannon hosts this encore episode from April; The Jonas Brothers perform. (Yep, rest of season is scrapped due to WGA strike — who was gonna host?)
