What’s on this weekend
FRIDAY
By the time you wake up,
Netflix will have made its latest documentary acquisition available for streaming. “Hot Girls
Wanted,” produced by Rashida Jones, is a documentary about the porn industry and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. The third season of “Alaskan Bush People” premieres on the
Discovery Channel at 9 p. m., and the fifth season of “Marriage Boot Camp” at the same time on WE. The 10th season of “What
Would You Do” launches on ABC at 9: 02 p. m. It may not be the smartest show ABC ever launched, but it’s mildly addictive if you’re just flipping channels. It combines the hooks of a hidden- camera show with actual and often realistic moral questions.
Epix gives comic Jim Breuer his own special. “Comic Frenzy” airs at 10 p. m.
SATURDAY
HBO hosts the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony” Saturday at 8 p. m.
Lifetime kicks off a two- part miniseries on that woefully undercovered movie star Marilyn
Monroe. The two- night event is based on the book “The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe” by J. Randy Taraborrelli. Kelli
Garner (“Pan Am”) does a credible job as Monroe, and Susan Sarandon devours every piece of scenery in sight as Norma Jean’s schizophrenic mother, Gladys. Emma Watson plays Grace McKee.
The whole thing is framed within analysis session between Marilyn and a new shrink in her life, played by Jack Noseworthy. It’s a tried and tired template, but the truth is, you could do a special about Marilyn Monroe’s checkbook and probably draw a sizable audience. Part 2 airs on Sunday.
Richard Glazier, the pianist and historian, looks at music of Hollywood and Broadway on KQED’s various platforms.
“From Broadway to Hollywood With Richard Glazier” enlightens viewers about music they may know as well as tunes they may not, through interviews, performances and commentary. The special airs at 6 p. m. Saturday and midnight on KQED 9 and KQED Life, as well as 4: 30 p. m. Sunday on KQED Plus.
SUNDAY
A&E hosts the “Critics’ Choice Awards” at 7 p. m., for those who either believe critics know what they’re talking about or just want to see stars.
The second season of a brand- new animation series kicks off on Fox at 9: 30 p. m. Wait: Brandnew and a second season? How can that be? Well, it’s complicated. “Golan the Insatiable” was created by Josh Miller and aired two years ago on Fox’s Animation Domination HD programming block. Now the second season is actually premiering on regular Fox. Golan is from another dimension and has been been banished to a small town in Minnesota. The eighth season of “Finding Bigfoot” begins at 9 p. m. on the Animal Planet. Gosh, do you think this will finally be the season where they find him? The premiere lasts two hours. Fair warning: You’ll never get those hours back.
“The Critics’ Choice Television Awards” air at 8 p. m. Sunday on A& E, with a red carpet show at 7 p. m. These are awards given to TV shows and actors by critics for TV and other electronic media.
The Fox News Channel will premiere “The Greg Gutfield Show” at 7 p. m. Sunday, and it’s meant to be a comedy hour with parodies on current events. FNC contributor and “Red Eye” regular Joanne Nosuchinsky will offer offbeat reports and commentary on the program as well.
El Rey Network Chairman Robert Rodriguez sits down with filmmaker Robert Zemeckis in tonight’s installment of “El Rey Network Presents: The Director’s Chair,” at 5 p. m.
The second season of “Halt and Catch Fire” ignites on AMC at 10 p. m., right opposite “Silicon Valley” on HBO.