roar“Roar: The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made” (Animal Planet, 10 p.m.) chronicles the making of the 1981 film “Roar,” about a family beset by big game animals which resulted in serious injuries to the crew and its cast, that included Tippi Hedren and her daughter Melanie Griffith.

All told, the ill-fated flop “Roar” was 10 years in the making and resulted in the injuries of more than 70 people. The film’s story, about a family who dealt with 150 lions, tigers, leopards, jaguars and elephants, resulted in the so many bites for its director Noel Marshall, he contracted gangrene. Hedren, his wife, was bitten on the back of the head by a lion. Griffith, then a teenager, was clawed in the face by a lion. The cinematographer needed 120 stitches in his head.

The documentary about the fascinating failure represents a new direction in the network better known for Saturday night fare like “My Cat from Hell” (Animal Planet, 8 p.m.).

Unusual Saturday Night fare is the Nitro Circus Special: From Salt Lake City (NBC, 8 p.m.), with BMX, skate, inline and scooter action from the Nitro World games in Utah.

It’s a coincidence that tonight’s “20/20: In an Instant” (ABC, 9 p.m.) also takes place in Salt Lake City, in a hostage event at the library.

For its season finale “Doctor Who” (BBC America, 9 p.m.) falls into a black hole, and with it, the four year run of Peter Capaldi in the 12th incarnation as the title role.

Nate Parker’s “The Birth of a Nation” (HBO, 8 p.m.) from last year gets a premium channel premiere.

“Tiny House of Terror” (Lifetime Movie Network, 8 p.m.) takes the tiny house craze of “Tiny House Nation” (FYI, 9 p.m.) into the horror realm, with a woman imperiled by more than her close confines. Samantha Hastings stars.

Something that only sounds like a horror / housing show combination is “Zombie House Flipping” (FYI, 10 p.m.).

In the other made-for-TV movie tonight, “My Favorite Wedding” (Hallmark, 9 p.m.), a Boston surgical resident is maid of honor and falls for the groom’s best man. With Maggie Lawson and Paul Greene.

“48 Hours” (CBS, 10 p.m.) looks at the case of a man who inprisoned woman chained inside a shipping container.

Alison tries to return to the community center on “Orphan Black” (BBC America, 10 p.m.).

Anna faces a tough decision on “Turn: Washington Spies” (AMC, 9 p.m.).

“Black and Blue” (Investigation Discovery, 8 p.m.) looks at tensions between police and minority communities.

“The Thundermans” (Nickelodeon, 8 p.m.) have their Hawaiian vacation episode.

A minister’s son falls for a pastor’s daughter on “Fatal Vows” (Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.).

“Ghost Adventures” (Travel, 9 p.m.) goes to New Mexico.

“Autopsy: The Last Hours Of…” (Reelz, 9 p.m.) looks at the demise of Gary Coleman.

Moms take over on another three hour “Say Yes to the Dress” (TLC, 8 p.m.).

Mark Wahlberg, Tom Holland, Woody Harrelson, Andy Serkis and Alison Moyet are on a new “Graham Norton Show” (BBC America, 11 p.m.).

Turner Classic Movies rightly names Hitchcock’s “Rear Window” (TCM, 8 p.m.) as one of the Essentials. Host Alec Baldwin welcomes Tina Fey to talk about it. They follow it with other stories of the eyewitness, with Barbara Hale in “The Window” (10:15 p.m.) and Barbara Stanwyck in “Witness to Murder” (11:45 p.m.).

Then come a couple of weird films from the 60s era, Antonioni’s “Zabriskie Point” (TCM, 2 a.m.) and Jean-Luc Godard’s “Weekend” (TCM, 4:15 a.m.).

Baseball includes Texas at Yankees (MLB, 1 p.m.), Milwaukee at Atlanta (Fox Sports 1, 4:10 p.m.), Angels at Boston (Fox, 7:15 p.m.) and Colorado at Dodgers (MLB, 10 p.m.).

In the College World Series, it’s LSU vs. Oregon State (ESPN, 3 p.m.) and TCU vs. Florida (ESPN, 8 p.m.).

The WNBA has Los Angeles at Indiana (NBA, 7 p.m.).

Soccer includes Russia vs. Mexico (Fox, 11 a.m.) and New Zealand vs. Portugal (Fox Sports 1, 11 a.m.) in the FIFA Confederations Cup.

In Golf, there’s third round play in the Travelers Championship (Golf, 1 p.m.; CBS, 3 p.m.).

Horse racing’s Royal Ascot (NBC Sports, 8:30 a.m.) reaches day five.

And in sailing, it’s America’s Cup (NBC, 1 p.m.).

My Morning Jacket and Ben Harper perform in a replay of “Austin City Limits” (PBS, 11 p.m., check local listings) from last year.

The “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) from last month with Melissa McCarthy’s fifth hosting stint, along with Haim, is rerun.