Saturday’s Highlights: ‘Being Human’ on BBC America
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OTHERWORLDLY: Aidan Turner stars in the season premiere of the original version of “Being Human” at 6 and 9 p.m. on BBC America.
SERIES
Must Love Cats: In this new episode host John Fulton travels to Little Rock, Ark., to meet a local news station’s feline celebrity and in Kansas, Fulton learns trade secrets from a scratching-post builder and meets “The Cat Engineers,” whose video of “yodeling” cats has gone viral online (8 p.m. Animal Planet).
America’s Most Wanted: America Fights Back: John Walsh meets with LAPD Chief Charlie Beck, for an update on the investigation into the Grim Sleeper case (9 p.m. Fox).
SPECIALS
Alonzo Bodden: Who’s Paying Attention?: The comic discusses the decline of civilization, the rise of pop culture, and swine flu in this new special (10:30 p.m. Showtime).
MOVIES
Eastwood’s Westerns: AMC is devoting the evening to three of Clint Eastwood’s early movies starting with 1964’s “A Fistful of Dollars” at 5:30 p.m.; 1965’s “For a Few Dollars More” at 8; and 1966’s “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” at 11 p.m.
The Losers: This 2010 adventure follows a group of troubleshooters out to even the score with those who did them wrong. Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Jason Patric, Chris Evans, Idris Elba and Columbus Short star (8 p.m. HBO).
The Runaways: Kristen Stewart plays Joan Jett, the rock star who fronted the title band before having wider success as lead singer of the Blackhearts, in this 2010 drama. Dakota Fanning and Scout Taylor-Compton portray fellow Runaways members Cherie Currie and Lita Ford (9 p.m. Starz).
SPORTS
College basketball: Pittsburgh at St. John’s (9 a.m. ESPN); Missouri at Iowa State (10:30 a.m. KDOC); Colorado at Kansas (11 a.m. ESPN); Oklahoma at Kansas State (1 p.m. KDOC); Oregon State at Oregon (1 p.m. FSN); Washington at Arizona (3 p.m. ESPN); Utah State at St. Mary’s (6 p.m. ESPN2); USC at Stanford (7:30 p.m. FSN); Montana at Long Beach State (8 p.m. ESPN2).
Hockey: The Kings visit the New York Islanders (4 p.m. FSN); the Ducks visit the St. Louis Blues (5 p.m. FS Prime).