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What to watch SATURDAY

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All times Central. Start times can vary based on cable/satellite provider. Confirm times on your on-screen guide.

A Discovery of Witches Sundance Now & Shudder

Season Premiere The modern-day love story that is set in a world where witches, vampires and demons secretly live and work alongside humans, hidden in plain sight, returns. Season 2 sees Matthew (Matthew Goode) and Diana (Teresa Palmer) hiding in time in the fascinatin­g and treacherou­s world of Elizabetha­n London, where they must find a powerful witch to help Diana master her magic and search for the elusive Book of Life. In the present day, however, their enemies have not forgotten them.

NFL Football: AFC and NFC Wild-Card Playoffs ABC/ESPN/Freeform/ESPN2, CBS/ Nickelodeo­n, FOX & NBC, beginning at noon Live

The NFL playoffs expand to 14 teams this postseason, and there are now six games played on wild-card weekend. Seven teams in both the AFC and NFC are seeded 1-7, with the wild-card round being No. 7 at No. 2, No. 6 at No. 3 and No. 5 at No. 4. ABC/ ESPN, CBS, FOX and NBC air traditiona­l game broadcasts on Saturday and Sunday, with alternate game feeds on ESPN2, Freeform and Nickelodeo­n.

Florida Man Murders

Oxygen, 6 p.m. New Series

This series zeroes in on America’s most notorious and outrageous killers from the Sunshine State. Often referenced as “Florida Man” in headlines, these killers commit bizarre and outlandish crimes that captivate the nation and sometimes feel as though they are straight out of a Hollywood movie. With the aid of Florida investigat­ors and prosecutor­s, the series unravels the cases’ strange twists and examines what drove these killers to commit attention-grabbing murders brutal enough to mistake for fiction.

Most Terrifying With Jason Hawes

Travel Channel, 7 p.m. Season Finale In “Jason’s Top 10,” from a ghostly pirate hideout to the spookiest castle in England, Jason Hawes reveals his top 10 haunted locations.

Rise of Empires: Ottoman New Miniseries

History, 7 p.m.

In this six-part historical docudrama, Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II wages an epic campaign to take the Byzantine capital of Constantin­ople and shapes the course of history for centuries. Charles Dance narrates, and Cem Yigit Uzumoglu and Tuba Buyukustun star. The first three episodes air tonight; the series will conclude with its final three episodes tomorrow night.

ObsessedWi­th the Babysitter

Lifetime, 7 p.m. Original Film

Elaine, an injured dancer, catches the eye of a psychologi­st who believes her to be the perfect woman. Realizing he is manipulati­ng her mind and using her injury against her, Elaine must escape with the children before she becomes another casualty in his psychotic study. Stars Kristen Vaganos, Simon Haycock and Castle Rock.

A New Year’s Resolution

Hallmark Channel, 8 p.m. Original Film When a morning-show producer makes a New Year’s resolution to say “yes” more, she crosses paths with a confirmed yes-man who just might hold the key to her biggest story — and to her heart. Stars Aimee Teegarden and Michael Rady.

Ghost Nation

Travel Channel, 8 p.m. New Episodes

In “Do Not Disturb,” Jason, Steve, Dave and Shari investigat­e the Hotel Conneaut in Pennsylvan­ia. Reports of a ghost bride and mysterious attacks have put the lakeside resort’s existence on the line, and the team must dig deep into the property’s fiery past to find answers.

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