Saturday’s TV Highlights: ‘Class’ on the Hallmark Channel
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‘CLASS’: A single mom (Jodi Lyn O’Keefe, with Maxwell Perry Cotton) struggles to get by in this TV movie premiering at 9 p.m. on the Hallmark Channel.
Celebrity Ghost Stories: Shirley Jones (“The Partridge Family”) and Lindsay Wagner (“The Bionic Woman”) are featured in this new installment (6 and 10 p.m. Biography).
The Cupcake Girls: Best buddies build a business based on baked goods in this new reality series (9 and 9:30 p.m. WE).
SPECIALS
25 Reasons to Worship Ninja Warrior: This new special celebrates the return of this grueling reality competition from Japan (6 p.m. G4).
Doubles Poker Championship: Top players team up to try for a cool million in this new special (6 and 9 p.m. GSN).
Guy Fieri’s Road Show: The celebrity chef gets out among his fans in this new special (7:30 p.m. Food).
MOVIES
Inglourious Basterds: Brad Pitt and Oscar winner Christoph Waltz star in director Quentin Tarantino’s over-the-top 2009 WWII action flick (8 p.m. Showtime).
Old Dogs: John Travolta and Robin Williams try to learn new tricks in this 2009 comedy (9 p.m. Starz).
SPORTS
Baseball: The Padres face the Giants (1 p.m. Fox); the Dodgers battle the Braves (4 p.m. FS Prime); the Tigers take on the White Sox (4 p.m. WGN America); the Red Sox meet the Rangers or the Brewers play the Rockies (5 p.m. MLB); and the Angels host the Blue Jays (6 p.m. FSN).
Exhibition football: In preseason matchups, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers visit the Miami Dolphins (4 p.m. NFL), the Chicago Bears visit the San Diego Chargers (6 p.m. CBS), and the Tennessee Titans visit the Seattle Seahawks (7 p.m. NFL).
Boxing: Light heavyweights Chad Dawson and Jean Pascal duke it out in a live title bout in Montreal (7:30 p.m. HBO).
Gymnastics: The 2010 Visa Championships take place in Hartford, Conn. (8 p.m. NBC).
MLS soccer: Club Deportivo Chivas USA welcomes the Seattle Sounders FC (8 p.m. FS Prime).