Saturday’s Highlights: “Ali 70 From Las Vegas” on ABC and ESPN2
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THE GREATEST, Muhammad Ali, right, with trainer Angelo Dundee, celebrates his 70th birthday on “Ali 70 From Las Vegas” at 2 p.m. on ABC, 7 p.m. on ESPN2.
SERIES
Being Human:
The British show that inspired the Syfy series starts a new season tonight with Russell Tovey, Aidan Turner and Lenora Crichlow starring as a werewolf, a vampire and a ghost (6 and 9 p.m. BBC America).The Firm: Mitch (Josh Lucas) is cleared as a suspect in Martin Moxon’s death and goes to work on a case against a large drug company. He visits Sarah Holt (Alex Paxton-Beesley) in jail, but she won’t talk to him in this new episode (9 p.m. NBC).
48 Hours Mystery: A former reality-TV producer accused of brutally murdering his wife discusses the case from a Mexican prison in this new episode (10 p.m. CBS).
Live From Daryl’s House: Toots and the Maytals perform in this new episode (11 p.m. KTLA).
SPECIALS
2012 Spirit Awards:
Seth Rogan hosts from Santa Monica beach (10 p.m. IFC).MOVIES
The Grapes of Wrath:
Henry Fonda stars as the bloody-but-unbowed Tom Joad in director John Ford’s 1940 classic, based on John Steinbeck’s novel. With Jane Darwell (5 p.m. TCM).Black Forest: Ben Cross and Tinsel Korey star in this original film about a group of tourists who find themselves fending off fearsome fairy-tale creatures in a magical forest (7 p.m. Syfy).
Witchslayer Gretl: All grown up 20 years after his encounter with a witch in a haunted forest, Hansel returns to the scene of his abduction in search of revenge. But a surprise is waiting for him: His sister, Gretl, whom he’d taken for dead, is now the witch’s protegee. Shannen Doherty, Sarain Boylan and Jefferson Brown star in this new fantasy (9 and 11 p.m. Syfy).
SPORTS
College basketball:
Vanderbilt at Kentucky (9 a.m. CBS); Virginia Tech at Duke (9 a.m. MyNet); UCLA at Arizona (11 a.m. CBS); Missouri at Kansas (1 p.m. CBS); North Carolina at Virginia (1 p.m. ESPN); USC at Arizona State (5 p.m. FSN2); Syracuse at Connecticut (6 p.m. ESPN); Cal State Northridge at UC Irvine (7:30 p.m. FSN2); Santa Clara at Loyola Marymount (8 p.m. FSN).Hockey: The Chicago Blackhawks visit the Kings (5 p.m. FSN).