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This week’s TV Movies

SERIES

Cedar Cove After Jack (Dylan Neal) moves in with Olivia (Andie MacDowell), she begins to realize how little she knows about his past, in the first of a two-part season finale concluding next week. 8 p.m. Hallmark

Doctor Who Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman continue their adventures together in the first of a two-part season premiere of the venerable British science fiction series. 9 p.m. BBC America

Blunt Talk After a poker game goes terribly wrong, Rosalie (Jacki Weaver) must book a polarizing guest (Elisabeth Shue) who’s pushing a message that makes Walter (Patrick Stewart) see red in this new episode. 9 p.m. Starz

America’s Next Weatherman The final four contestants must get close to increasingly exotic — and unpredictable — animals for a pet adoption segment in this new episode. 11 p.m. TBS

SPECIALS

Neanderthal Apocalypse This new special explores fate of the species that walked the Earth for an estimated 300,000 years. 4 p.m. History

MOVIES

Exodus: Gods and Kings Ridley Scott directed this drama that traces the story of Moses’ (Christian Bale) in his quest to free slaves from Egyptian rule. Joel Edgerton, Aaron Paul (“Breaking Bad”), John Turturro, Ben Kingsley and Sigourney Weaver also star. 8 p.m. HBO

Ungodly Acts This 2015 thriller based on actual events follows a police investigation into the mysterious death of a 27-year-old woman. Dominique Swain, Mike Faiola, Brant Daugherty and Megan Park star. 8 p.m. Lifetime

Lead With Your Heart Kari Matchett and William Baldwin star in this 2015 romantic drama as a longtime married couple who find themselves in a rut, yet with no idea how to fix it with help from their kids. 9 p.m. Hallmark

WEEKEND TALK

SATURDAY

Today (N) 6 a.m. KNBC

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

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

SUNDAY

Today Yo-Yo Ma performs. (N) 6 a.m. KNBC

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

State of the Union Presidential candidate Gov. John Kasich, (R-Ohio). Presidential candidate Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.). (N) 6 and 9 a.m. CNN

CBS News Sunday Morning Don Henley; filmmaker Alex Gibney (“Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine”); Jim Gaffigan. (N) 6:30 a.m. KCBS

Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace Republican presidential candidate: Carly Fiorina. Papal visit to the U.S.: Archbishop of Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl; Father Thomas Rosica. Dr. Jewel Barlow, the Glenn L. Martin Wind Tunnel. Panel: Brit Hume; Kirsten Powers; Karl Rove; Charles Lane. (N) 7 a.m. KTTV; 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. FNC

Fareed Zakaria GPS Refugee crisis in Europe; Russia in Syria; North Korea: David Frum, the Atlantic; David Miliband, International Rescue Committee; Danielle Pletka. Iran deal: Thomas Erdbrink, the New York Times; Karim Sadjadpour. Global economy: Gillian Tett. (N) 7 and 10 a.m. CNN

Face the Nation Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Presidential candidate: Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). Panel: Peggy Noonan; Jamelle Bouie; Ron Brownstein; Michael Gerson. (N) 8 a.m. KCBS

Meet the Press Presidential candidate Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio). Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson. Politics; potential government shutdown; the economy: Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase. Panel: Molly Ball, the Atlantic; Hugh Hewitt; David Maraniss, the Washington Post; Maria Shriver. (N) 8 a.m. KNBC; 11 a.m. MSNBC

This Week With George Stephanopoulos Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.). Papal visit to the U.S.: Mayor Bill de Blasio (D-New York). Panel: Matthew Dowd; Ana Navarro; Cokie Roberts; Donna Brazile (N) 8 a.m. KABC

Reliable Sources View of the debate from conservative media: Steve Malzberg, Newsmax TV. Brian Williams returns: David Zurawik, the Baltimore Sun; David Folkenflik, NPR. Conservative critiques of the Pope: Author Paul Vallely, (“Pope Francis – Untying the Knots”). (N) 8 a.m. CNN

MediaBuzz Republican presidential debate; coverage of Hillary Clinton; Papal visit to the U.S.: Mercedes Schlapp; Andrea McCarren; Joe Trippi; Ron Fournier; Lauren Green; Father Thomas Reese; Jenna Lee. (N) 8 a.m. FNC

60 Minutes (N) 7 p.m. KCBS