A starlet who became one of the most controversial names in entertainment, only to re-emerge as a mogul’s wife and workout queen and who continued a movie career through most of this, is honored in an event at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
Meryl Streep, Sandra Bullock, Mel Brooks, Michael Douglas, Peter Fonda, Eva Longoria, Cameron Diaz, Lily Tomlin and Sally Field are among those toasting the actress of the hour on “AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jane Fonda” (TNT, 8 p.m.). But only Wanda Sykes puts on a Barbarella costume in the event taped earlier this month .
It’s Flag Day! The only special recognition comes in the Francis Scott Key documentary “Star-Spangled Story: A Battle for America” (Smithsonian, 9 p.m.), noting the National Anthem’s 200th birthday.
Cosima’s condition takes a dive, maybe because of a wrong glasses prescription, on “Orphan Black” (BBC America, 9 p.m.).
Today’s World Cup games are Greece vs. Colombia (ABC, noon), Uruguay vs. Costa Rica (ABC, 3 p.m.), England vs. Italy (ESPN, 6 p.m.) and Ivory Coast vs. Japan (ESPN, 9 p.m.).
Burning off episodes of “Sing Your Face Off” (ABC, 9 p.m.) two by two means tonight is also the finale of the dress up oddity. But “Bet on Your Baby” (ABC, 8 p.m.) is still crawling.
Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga star in the paranormal “The Conjuring” (HBO, 8 p.m.), making its premium cable debut, as is “Runner Runner” (Cinemax, 10 p.m.) with Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck.
In the made-for-Tv “The Mentor” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.), Jess Macallan stars as a woman who tries to put the loss of her daughter behind her by returning to teaching, though her new mentor there (Aaron Douglas), creeps her out for being so obsessive.
The British zombie import “In the Flesh” (BBC America, 10 p.m.) has its second season finale, amid Roarton’s annual winter fair.
“Dateline” (NBC, 8 p.m.) takes two hours to tell a weird murder tale.
The main character is “Power” (Starz, 9 p.m.) is named Ghost, and it plays opposite the show “Ghost Adventures” (Travel, 9 p.m.). Ghosts abound on Saturday night with “My Haunted House” (Lifetime Movie Network, 9 p.m.) in its second season premiere, along side “A Seance With..” (Lifetime Movie Network, 10 p.m.), which features a different celebrity every weeks. Tonight, Lisa Rinna tries to contact her old lips.
Mark Ruffalo, Amanda Holden, Michael Sheen and Ed Sheeran are on a new episode of “The Graham Norton Show” (BBC America, 10 p.m.).
Fathers and sons is the theme on Turner Classic Movies, with Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper in “The Champ” (8 p.m.), “Life Begins for Andy Hardy” (9:45 p.m.) with Lewis Stone and Mickey Rooney, and Melvyn Douglas and Gene Hackman in “I Never Sang for My Father” (11:45 p.m.).
Much later, a couple of odd mob potboilers from the early 70s, “Shoot First, Die Later” (TCM, 2 a.m.) and “Hit Man” (TCM, 3:45 a.m.).
Baseball includes Washington at St. Louis (Fox, 7 p.m.) and Yankees at Oakland (MLB, 10 p.m.).
Third round action in The U.S. Open (NBC, noon) continues from Pinehurst, N.C.
In Omaha, the College World Series opens with Irvine vs. Texas (ESPN2, 3 p.m.) and Louisville vs. Vanderbilt (ESPN2, 8 p.m.).
The Lumineers shout “Hey!” during their performance on a replay of “Austin City Limits” (PBS, 9 p.m.).
The Jonah Hill-hosted episode with Bastille is rerun on “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.).