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WHAT TO WATCH Hallmark Channel, 8 p.m. (original film)

From the publishers of TV Guide

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Disney Movie Marathon

Freeform, 6 a.m.

Eight family-friendly Disney films will air: “Alice Through the Looking Glass,” “The Princess Diaries,” “The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement,” “Brave,” “Tangled,” “Moana,” “Frozen” and “Pocahontas.”

The Kitchen

Food Network, 10 a.m.

Family adds an extra ingredient in a comfort-food lineup that includes a chicken-and-dumplings dish inspired by Katie Lee’s grandmothe­r and cheesestea­k tacos whipped up by Jeff Mauro and his father.

Secret State

Ovation, 6 p.m.

The 2012 British political thriller (starring the great Gabriel Byrne as a newly elected prime minister who’s investigat­ing his predecesso­r’s untimely death in a plane crash) heats up in this episode. Be patient: Next week’s finale reveals all.

AMC Celebrates: ‘Casino’ 25th Anniversar­y

AMC, 7 p.m.

Director Martin Scorsese and star Robert De Niro again made a memorable team for this epic 1995 crime film inspired by real people. De Niro plays Sam “Ace” Rothstein, a gambling handicappe­r sent to oversee day-today operations at a Mafia-run casino in Las Vegas. De Niro’s “Goodfellas” co-star Joe Pesci is on hand with another wildly mesmerizin­g performanc­e as Ace’s friend and “made man” Nicky, with best actress Oscar nominee Sharon Stone as Ginger, a hustler whom Ace marries.

Just Mercy HBO, 7 p.m.

Based on attorney Bryan Stevenson’s powerful memoir about his decades working to overturn wrongful conviction­s for deathrow inmates, this stirring 2019 drama stars Michael B. Jordan (“Creed”) as a young, idealistic Stevenson, newly graduated from Harvard in the late 1980s. After founding the Equal Justice Initiative, the impassione­d lawyer interviews prisoners in Alabama — despite the disapprova­l of local authoritie­s. In his search for people in need, Stevenson comes across Walter McMillian ( Jamie Foxx), convicted of murdering an 18-year-old girl even though substantia­l evidence proves his innocence. Facing resistance from the prosecutor (Rafe Spall), Stevenson devotes himself to fixing this miscarriag­e of justice. But it’s a wrong that will take years — and a ruling from the Alabama Supreme Court — to make right.

Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet

Animal Planet, 8 p.m. Ahead of next Saturday’s season premiere, Animal Planet takes us behind the scenes to show what life is really like as one of Dr. Jeff’s busy trainees. Plus, outtakes his team will wish had stayed in the vault.

Falling for Look Lodge

Clark Backo and Jonathan Keltz star in this new movie. When the activities director at Look Lodge quits, Lily (Backo) seizes the opportunit­y for a promotion and must immediatel­y entertain a wedding party. While keeping Charmaine ( Janice Mendes), her boss and sister, happy, Lily helps the bride’s estranged brother, Noah (Keltz), put his job aside to help plan the wedding and reconnect with his family.

Adventures of Superman

Decades, 10:30 p.m.

He’s faster than a speeding bullet and more powerful than a locomotive, but Superman still succumbs to kryptonite. In this marathon of the 1952-58 George Reeves classic, the alien mineral plays a big role in the season two standout “The Defeat of Superman,” with enemy Happy King (Peter Mamakos) acquiring a synthetic version.

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