Saturday’s TV Highlights: ‘The Firm’ on NBC
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SERIES
NYC 22: Kenny and Ahmad (Stark Sands, Tom Reed) try to track down a suspected rapist at a chaotic block party in Harlem and Jackpot while White House (Harold House Moore, Leelee Sobieski) make a grisly discovery in a backyard in the first of two new episodes (8 and 9 p.m. CBS).
Bad Dog! In this new episode a house cat chases alligators back into the swamp (9 p.m. Animal Planet).
Twenty Twelve: The Algerians issue a deadline and the French threaten to pull out of the games (9 p.m. BBC America). In a second episode of the mockumentary series organizers attempt linking the Olympics with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee (9:40).
Tanked: Unfiltered: In this new episode a minor league baseball team asks Wayde and Brett to turn an old school bus into a mobile fish tank (10 p.m. Animal Planet).
MOVIES
An American Girl: McKenna Shoots for the Stars: Nia Vardalos and Jade Pettyjohn star in this TV movie based on the popular series of books and dolls (8 p.m. NBC).
In Time: A setup reminiscent of “Logan’s Run” fuels writer-director Andrew Niccol’s 2011 science fiction adventure about a future world where time literally is money, since people have to pay for the privilege of living past age 25. Justin Timberlake plays a man whose inheritance creates the impression he’ll exist as long as he wants to. Amanda Seyfried and Cillian Murphy also star (8 p.m. HBO).
Blue-Eyed Butcher: A woman stands trial for the murder of her husband in their Texas home in this 2012 TV drama starring Sara Paxton and Lisa Edelstein (8 p.m. Lifetime).
True Bloodthirst: Andrew Lee Potts and Neil Jackson star in this new TV Vampire movie (9 p.m. Syfy).
SPORTS
NASCAR Nationwide Series: F.W. Webb 200: Qualifying (7 a.m. ESPN2); Racing: (12:30 p.m. ESPN).
Baseball: The Angels visit the New York Yankees (10 a.m. FSN); the Arizona Diamondbacks visit the Chicago Cubs (10 a.m. WGN A); the New York Mets visit the Atlanta Braves (1 p.m. Fox); the Chicago White Sox visit the Kansas City Royals (4 p.m. WGN A); the Padres visit the Dodgers (6 p.m. FS Prime).
Golf: PGA Tour: John Deere Classic (Noon CBS); U.S. Senior Open (Noon NBC).
Tennis: U.S. Open Series: Bank of the West Classic Semifinals (1 and 7 p.m. ESPN2).
Lacrosse: The Charlotte Hounds visit the Denver Outlaws (4 p.m. ESPN2).
Soccer: The Galaxy visits the Portland Timbers (8 p.m. NBCSP).
Tour de France: Stage 14: High Mountains (5 a.m. NBCSP).
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