Younger generations may not know all they should about the Watergate incident that occurred 40 years ago, which is covered in the documentary “All the President’s Men Revisited” (Discovery, 8 p.m.). It’s produced by Robert Redford, who also takes time to look back at the influential film he made about the incident, “All the President’s Men.” As such, he convenes Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein to come into the Washington Post newsroom with he and Dustin Hoffman and Ben Bradlee. “Arguably, the best movie about reporting,” Hoffman opines.
With comments from Jon Stewart, Joe Scarborough, Fred Thompson and The film benefits from some extraordinary footage of Nixon goofing around just before his historic speech announcing his resignation. Also Ben Stein weeps all over again at the speech and calls Nixon a saint.
Elsewhere tonight, the intelligent and expressive actress Anna Maxwell Martin, previously seen in “South Riding” and “Bleak House,” portrays an ex-cartographer who finds herself a bored postwar housewife in “The Bletchley Circle” (PBS, 10 p.m.). In the three part murder mystery, she convenes other women who were in her decryption unit to bring their skills to investigating crime. To do so they have to hide what they are doing rom the male police establishment, and from their husbands as well.
It fits in well with the period dress female empowerment series “Call the Midwife” (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings) and, to a lesser extent, the continuing story of “Mr. Selfridge” on “Masterpiece Classic” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings).
The TV movie “Remember Sunday” (ABC, 9 p.m.) stars Zachary Levi of “Chuck” fame as an astrophysicist who is losing memory in a romantic film with Alexis Bledel, who for a time was part of “Mad Men” (AMC, 9 p.m.) last season.
The new “What Would Ryan Lochte Do?” (E!, 10 p.m.) walks the fine line between ridicule and siding with the Olympic swimmer, who may not have the brightest gold medal in the team.
You can’t keep a good bounty hunter down as “Dog and Beth: On the Hunt” (A&E, 8 p.m.) returns for a new show on a different network. still chasing criminals and suspects.
Think of the new “Ice Cold Gold” (Animal Planet, 10 p.m.) as a mi of “Gold Rush” and “Ice Road Truckers.”
Can’t believe Daenerys would trade a dragon for an army on “Game of Thrones” (HBO 9 p.m.), but she’s smart.
Jorge Garcia returns to “Once Upon a Time” (ABC, 8 p.m.); Brooke Shields begins her run on “Army Wives” (Lifetime, 9 p.m.).
Spencer Tracy and Joan Bennett are featured in a double feature, “Me and My Gal” (TCM, 8 p.m.) and “Father of the Bride” (TCM, 9:30 p.m.).
There are many pressing topics to warrant news specials this weekend, but “Ryan Seacrest with the Kardashians: An E! News Presentation” (E!, 9 p.m.) is not one of them.
It’s St. Louis at Philadelphia (ESPN, 8 p.m.) in Sunday Night Football.
NBA playoff games include Indiana at Atlanta (TNT, 1 p.m.), Los Angeles Lakers at San Antonio (ABC, 3:30 p.m.), Milwaukee at Miami (TNT, 7 p.m.) and Houston at Oklahoma City (TNT, 9:30 p.m.).
Hockey action includes New Jersey at New York (NBC, 3 p.m.), St. Louis at Colorado (NBC Sports Network, 8 p.m.) and Dallas at Los Angeles (NHL Network, 9 p.m.).
Sunday Talk
ABC: Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, former White House counterterrorism adviser Richard Clarke, former FBI agent Brad Garrett, Sen. Dan Coats, Rep. Bennie Thompson, Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass. CBS: Rep. Mike McCaul, Sen. Tom Coburn, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Tom Ridge. NBC: Rep. Mike Rogers, Sen. Dick Durgin, Micharl Leiter, former director National Counterterrorism Center, former secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff. CNN: Giuliani, McCaul, Sens. Chuck Chuck Schumer, Lindsey Graham and William “Mo” Cowan, former Rep. Tim Roemer, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Fox News: Sen. Dianne feinstein, Rep. Peter King, former CIA director Michael Hayden.