Saturday’s TV Highlights and Weekend Talk: ‘Saturday Night Live’ on NBC

SERIES

Celebratory Fare The Food channel devotes the morning to entertaining for the holidays and other occasions. Up first, Ree Drummond looks at “Christmas Goodies� in a new “The Pioneer Woman� (10). Then Nancy Fuller celebrates with a Christmas Eve on “Farmhouse Rules� (10:30). Duff Goldman makes gingerbread cookies and eggnog on “The Kitchen.� (11). Then, at noon, “Patricia Heaton Parties� ends its season, and at 12:30 p.m. “Valerie’s Home Cooking� features a holiday buffet.

Da Vinci’s Demons A former nemesis returns to Florence and mounts an opposition to the Pope’s (James Faulkner) efforts, while Leo (Tom Riley) tries to decipher the markings on the Turkish armor. 8 and 10 p.m. Starz

Doctor Who Struggling with the Time Lords takes the Doctor (Peter Capaldi) to the end of time. 9 p.m. BBC America

Ash vs. Evil Dead Ash’s (Bruce Campbell) drug-induced vision shows him what to do with the Necronomicon in this new episode. 9 and 9:30 p.m. Starz

Saturday Night Live Ryan Gosling hosts with musical guest Leon Bridges. 11:29 p.m. NBC

MOVIES

It’s a Wonderful Life Small-town guy George Bailey (James Stewart) defers one big dream after another to stay home, marry a local girl (Donna Reed) and run the family business in director Frank Capra’s 1946 classic. Travers, Lionel Barrymore and Beulah Bondi also star. 8 p.m. NBC

Just in Time for Christmas A young psychology professor (Eloise Mumford) must choose between marrying her longtime beau (Michael Stahl-David), who owns a coffee shop in their hometown, or accept a great job at an Ivy League college thousands of miles away. Christopher Lloyd and William Shatner also star in this new holiday romance. 8 p.m. Hallmark

The Flight Before Christmas Mayim Bialik (“The Big Bang Theory�) stars as a woman whose boyfriend dumps her just before she flies home Christmas. Ryan McPartlin and Jo Marie Payton also star. 8 p.m. Lifetime

WEEKEND TALK

SATURDAY

Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC

McLaughlin Group (N) 6:30 p.m. KCET

SUNDAY

Today (N) 6 a.m. KNBC

Good Morning America (N) 6 a.m. KABC

State of the Union Politics: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Politics: Presidential candidate Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio). Panel: Neera Tanden; Van Jones; SE Cupp; Ken Cuccinelli. (N) 6 and 9 a.m. CNN

CBS News Sunday Morning (N) 6:30 a.m. KCBS

Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace San Bernardino shooting: Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas). Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson. Paul Dahm. Panel: Brit Hume; Julie Pace; George Will; Juan Williams. (N) 7 a.m. KTTV; 11 a.m., 3 p.m. FNC

Fareed Zakaria GPS Terrorism: National Security Advisor Susan Rice. Paris: Bono and the Edge. (N) 7 and 10 a.m. CNN

Face the Nation Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Presidential candidate Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.). David Axelrod. Panel: Jamelle Bouie; Gwen Ifill; Ed O’Keefe; Ben Domenech; Gerald Seib. (N) 8 a.m. KCBS

Meet the Press San Bernardino shooting: Atty. Gen. Loretta Lynch. Panel: Elisabeth Bumiller; Rich Lowry; Charles Ogletree; Amy Walter (N) 8 a.m. KNBC; 11 a.m. MSNBC

This Week Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Presidential candidate former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-Fla.). Panel: Alex Castellanos; Matthew Dowd; Michael Eric Dyson; former Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D-Mich.) (N) 8 a.m. KABC

Reliable Sources Trump vs. the Media: Dan Abrams; Dylan Byers; Rick Wilson; Glenn Kessler; Katrina Pierson, Trump Campaign; Montel Williams; McKay Coppins. (N) 8 a.m. CNN

MediaBuzz San Bernardino shooting; Planned Parenthood shooting; Clinton e-mails; Donald Trump’s comments about Muslims celebrating the 9/11 attacks: Penny Lee; Jim Geraghty; Ed Henry; Richard Fowler; Gayle Trotter; Carol Marin. (N) 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. FNC

60 Minutes Confidential informants; Bonobo primate orphanage; how a Soviet spy operated in the U.S.; self-driving cars. (N) 7 p.m. KCBS

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