What to Watch Tonight: Primeval, Tailgate Warriors & Saturday Night Live

News & Notes

On cable tonight, Animal Planet has the second season premiere of Pit Boss, Comedy Central has a Nick Kroll: Thank You Very Cool comedy special, Discovery Channel has the series premiere of Kidnap & Rescue, Hallmark Movie Channel has the TV movie premiere of Goodnight for Justice, Planet Green has the series premiere of Boomtown, and Syfy has the TV movie premiere of Mega Python vs. Gatoroid.

Prime Picks

Harry’s Law (NBC): Repeat. This past Monday’s episode, “Heat of Passion,” replays.

Primeval (BBC America): New. Abby and Connor go to a small coastal town to investigate some strange anomaly signals have appeared. Matt is searching for Emily. Plays again later. Last week’s episode replays right before.

Tailgate Warriors With Guy Fieri (Food Network): New. The two top tailgating teams face off in the “Championship Finale.” Plays again later. The previous three episodes replay right before.

Sports Notes

• CBS has a college basketball game followed by PGA Tour action.
• EPSN has four college basketball games followed by Winter X Games.
• EPSN2 has two college basketball games, Winter X Games, two college basketball games, and then Australian Open tennis coverage with the women’s final.
• NBC has the U.S. Figure Skating Championships today and tonight.
• Versus has a college basketball game followed by the NHL All-Star SuperSkills Competition.

Late Night

• Royal Pains (USA Network): Repeat. This past Thursday’s episode, “Pit Stop,” replays.
• Saturday Night Live (NBC): New. Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network hosts with musical guest Nicki Minaj.

TV Marathons

A&E has seven episodes of The First 48.
Bravo has six episodes of House, M.D.
History has 10 episodes of IRT Deadliest Roads.
Oxygen has 12 episodes of America’s Next Top Model.
Syfy has eight movies full of mega sharks, crocs, gators, etc.
TLC has eight episodes of Cake Boss: The Next Great Baker.
TNT has five episodes of Law & Order early.

What on tap for you this Saturday?