Tune in Tonight: Oscar-nominated The Cave debuts on National Geographic – St. Augustine Record

Film buffs who want to see as many Oscar-nominated films as possible before the big awards should not miss "The Cave" (9 p.m. Saturday, National Geographic). For the record, this is not about the Thai cave rescue efforts to save a trapped soccer team. Nominated for best documentary, this 2019 Syrian film is directed by Feras Fayyad and is a companion to his earlier film "Last Men in Aleppo." "Cave" profiles female doctor Amani Ballour, who operated a makeshift hospital in a cave during the worst of the Syrian civil war. "Cave" has already been cited for the People's Choice Award for Documentaries at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.

David Attenborough narrates "Seven Worlds, One Planet" (9 p.m. Saturday, BBC America, AMC, IFC, Sundance, TV-PG), an exploration of each continent's unique species, as it turns its focus to North America.

It's always the husband! Lifetime puts a true-crime spin on its women-in-peril franchise with "Chris Watts: Confessions of a Killer" (8 p.m. Saturday, TV-14). After his wife, Shanann (Ashley Williams), and their two young daughters had been missing for some days, Chris Watts (Sean Kleier) made an emotional plea in front of television cameras. Scant days later, his charade began to unravel after he failed a polygraph and later spilled details about the murder of his family. Confessing to the murder was only the beginning of revelations that would shatter the lives of friends, neighbors and colleagues as they learned secrets of his dark double life.

A special report, "Beyond the Headlines: The Watts Family Tragedy" (10 p.m.) follows.

Monday marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp. To commemorate the event, the History Channel returns to history, for one night at least, with "Auschwitz Untold" (9 p.m. Sunday, TV-14), a history of the Nazis' Final Solution program, including interviews with survivors who recall their internment when they were only children.

Discovery offers a special airing of the 2018 historical drama "Who Will Write Our History" (3 p.m. Sunday, TV-14). Joan Allen and Adrien Brody headline an impressive voice cast in this handsome production about a group of scholars, journalists and activists in Poland's Warsaw Ghetto, who decided, at great personal risk, to write and research the real story of their occupation and oppression in order to counter Nazi propaganda that depicted Jews as filthy vermin fit for extermination.

Linking the Maitland family's "vacation" in Ohio to similar mysterious killings, Holly begins to see patterns that defy rational explanation on "The Outsider" (9 p.m. Sunday, HBO, TV-MA). Portrayed by actress Cynthia Erivo ("Bad Times at the El Royale," "Harriet"), investigator Holly Gibney is the latest in a long line of "damaged" detectives, dating back through "Monk" all the way to Sherlock Holmes.

Her social unease and peculiar focus, born of her place on the autism spectrum, makes her one of the more compelling television characters to emerge in the new year. "The Outsider" is a very good series. Holly has all but stolen the show.

SATURDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS

The 2020 NHL All-Star Game (8 p.m., NBC).

A very short (six episodes) season concludes for "Flirty Dancing" (8 p.m., Fox, TV-PG), a reality spectacle that never really made much sense.

The 76ers host the Lakers in NBA basketball (8:30 p.m., ABC) action.

Hired to provide interior decoration for a widower and his daughter, a designer can't fight Cupid's floor plans in the 2019 romance "Hearts of Winter" (9 p.m., Hallmark, TV-G).

Adam Driver hosts "Saturday Night Live" (11:30 p.m., NBC, TV-14), featuring musical guest Halsey.

SUNDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS

"60 Minutes" has been preempted by "Grammy Red Carpet Live" (7 p.m., CBS).

Alicia Keys hosts the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards (8 p.m., CBS).

The doctor (Jodie Whittaker) races to save Gloucester from trigger-happy space police in the latest helping of "Doctor Who" (8 p.m., BBC America).

"The Impeachment of Donald J. Trump" (8 p.m., CNN) recaps events from the Senate trial.

"The Circus: Inside the Wildest Political Show on Earth" (8 p.m., Showtime, TV-14) returns for a fifth season to cover both impeachment drama and the impending primary season.

"Shameless" (9 p.m., Showtime, TV-MA) wraps ups its 10th season.

A murder occurs with supernatural trappings on "Vienna Blood" (10 p.m., PBS, TV-14, check local listings).

An optimistic scenario emerges on "Avenue 5" (10 p.m., HBO, TV-MA).

Election night proves tense as "The L Word: Generation Q" (10 p.m., Showtime, TV-MA) wraps up its eight-episode season.

Abby leaves her apartment to help Julia Sweeney with her radio showcase on the season finale of "Work in Progress" (11 p.m., Showtime, TV-MA).

CULT CHOICE

John Huston directed the 1980 adaptation of Flannery O'Connor's novel "Wise Blood" (6 p.m., Saturday, TCM, TV-14), starring Brad Dourif, Dan Shor and Harry Dean Stanton.

SATURDAY SERIES

Pictures on the post office walls on "FBI" (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) ... Pride visits New York on "NCIS: New Orleans" (9 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) ... "48 Hours" (10 p.m., CBS).

SUNDAY SERIES

"America's Got Talent" (7 p.m., NBC, r, TV-PG) ... Knock on wood on "The Simpsons" (8 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14) ... "America's Funniest Home Videos" (8 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG) ... Birthday drama on "Batwoman" (8 p.m., CW, TV-14) ... Biology class cut-ups on "Bob's Burgers" (8:30 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14).

"American Ninja Warrior" (9 p.m., NBC, TV-PG) ... On two helpings of "Family Guy" (ABC, r, TV-14): Peter becomes the president's spokesman (9 p.m.); job insecurity (9:30 p.m.) ... On two helpings of "Shark Tank" (ABC, r, TV-PG): kids' shoes (9 p.m.); stem cells (10 p.m.) ... An unoriginal villain strikes on "Supergirl" (9 p.m., CW, TV-PG).

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