Transgender lives have been reflected more and more on TV, none more so than the new series “New Girls on the Block” (Discovery Life, 10 p.m.) about transgender women in Kansas City. Among them are Kassidy, Chloe, Macy and a couple, Robyn and Andrew.
Another subculture that scares some people get their own docu-reality show, with the Chardon Polka Band of Cleveland doing their thing on “Polka Kings” (Reelz, 9:30 p.m.) about a group that tries to include modern pop songs among its classic oom-pah.
Architects will be clamoring not to appear on the new “Engineering Disasters” (History, 10 p.m.), which looks at engineering failures across the country. Among them, a Washington bridge collapse, construction cranes falling from skyscrapers and the unplanned collapse of a Philadelphia building during demolition.
Take a break from seeing all of “Marvel’s Daredevil” (Netflix, streaming) to catch the premium cable premiere of last year’s “X-Men: Days of Future Past” (HBO, 8 p.m.).
In the original TV movie “Text to Kill” (Lifetime, 9 p.m.) Emily Tennant stars a teen who is stalked and threatened online; Dina Meyer plays her mother.
Claire tries to save an abandoned child on “Outlander” (Starz, 9 p.m.).
Prime time is reruns and weird sports including NASCAR (Fox, 7 p.m.) from Fort Worth and Boxing (NBC, 8:30 p.m.) from Brooklyn on NBC. Boxing was once the prime sport televised on TV, but we’ve moved on.
One thing new on broadcast TV is “Caught on Camera with Nick Cannon” (NBC, 8 p.m.).
A shoot out involving a cop in Florida is the timely premise for tonight’s two hour “In an Instant” (ABC, 9 p.m.).
Think it would be cool to have a crossover between “The Good Wife” and “Good Witch” (Hallmark, 8 p.m.).
A couple of great films from the renaissance of American filmmaking of the late 1960s and early 1970s are presented with Martin Scorsese’s “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” (TCM, 8 p.m.) and Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Rain People” (TCM, 10:15 p.m.). A third film about starting over follows, 1972’s “One is a Lonely Number” (TCM, 12:15 a.m.).
Later comes two from William Castle, “It’s a Small World” (TCM, 2 a.m.) and “Macabre” (3:15 a.m.) followed by a good documentary about his work, “Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story” (4:30 a.m.).
“The Godfather” (AMC, 5:30 p.m.) meets “The Godfather, Part II” (AMC, 9:30 p.m.).
Catch up time: “Black Girls Rock 2015” (BET, 7 p.m.) gets a replay as does the “Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber” (Comedy Central, 9:30 p.m.).
The season’s first Saturday of baseball includes Seattle at Oakland (MLB, 4 p.m.) and Mets at Atlanta (MLB, 7 p.m.).
In basketball, it’s Toronto at Miami (NBA, 7:30 p.m.) and Memphis at Clippers (NBA, 10 p.m.).
Hockey has San Jose at Los Angeles (NBC, 3 p.m.), Columbus at Islanders (NHL, 7 p.m.) and Boston at Tampa Bay (NBC Sports, 7:30 p.m.).
And in golf, The Masters (CBS, 3 p.m.) reaches the third round.
It’s Providence vs. Boston University (ESPN, 7:30 p.m.) in the NCAA hockey championship.
Expect a skit of Cookie when Taraji P. Henson hosts a new “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) with musical guests Mumford & Sons.