The 10-year anniversary of the nation’s most destructive storm reaches its peak this weekend. The major report tonight is “Inside Hurricane Katrina” (National Geographic Channel, 8 p.m.), a kind of old fashioned report with urgent music and timestamps, which seems to go out of its way to exonerate George W. Bush and especially the hapless FEMA director Michael Brown, who sits down so he can specifically blame others, from the New Orleans people who wouldn’t evacuate to the assimilation of his agency into Homeland Security.
Again, the main cause of the flooding — faulty levees — gets secondary notice, but the story balances out eventually. And there are some sobering reminders, such as how state and federal officials couldn’t agree on whose troops to send in, so didn’t send any.
Pay a sad farewell to “Hannibal” (NBC, 10 p.m.), the ambitious and a tad horrifying series that comes the closest to its “The Silence of the Lambs” origins tonight in a series finale episode titled “The Wrath of the Lamb.”
It’s not shark week or anything, but maybe it is shark Saturday with a “Mythbusters” (Discovery, 9 p.m.) that checks into the “Jaws” finale, surrounded by “Ninja Sharks: Sharkopedia Edition” (Discovery, 8 p.m.) and “Shark Alley: Legend of Dynamite” (Discovery, 10 p.m.)
Prime time means a Pixar cartoon with “Cars” (ABC, 8 p.m.).
Flex has a graphic novel party on the season two finale of “Flex & Shanice” (OWN, 10 p.m.).
It follows the first season finale of “Livin’ Lozada” (OWN, 9 p.m.), in which Shaniece makes a shocking announcement.
The floodgates open on preseason football with Seattle at San Diego (CBS, 8 p.m.) in prime time; earlier it’s Pittsburgh at Buffalo (NFL, 4 p.m.) and Washington at Baltimore (NBC, 7:30 p.m.).
And with a rerun of a two hour “American Ninja Warrior” (NBC, 8 p.m.) opposite a rerun of “Bullseye” (Fox, 8 p.m.), how much choice does network TV offer?
Remaining contestants on “Funny or Die Present America’s Next Weatherman” (TBS, 11 p.m.) have to deal with a screaming producer and have to explain the weather to kids.
They could take a hint from Walter Blunt on a new “Blunt Talk” (Starz, 9 p.m.), when he tries to recreate a storm in a porn studio.
“Kill the Messenger” (HBO, 8 p.m.) the drug saga with Jeremy Renner and Ray Liotta, makes its premium cable debut. Also on tonight: “Dracula Untold” (Cinemax, 10 p.m.) with Luke Evans and Sarah Gadon.
There’s some media fallout on “Survivor’s Remorse” (Starz, 9:30 p.m.).
Not about comedian Flip Wilson, “Fatal Flip” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.) is about a contractor who flips a house for a couple and turns out to be untrustworthy in some key way. With Dominique Seain, Mike Faiola and Tatyana Ali. Tcm
A Texas family looks to go off the grid in a move to North Carolina on “Unplugged Nation” (FYI, 10 p.m.).
George C. Scott is star on Turner Classic Movies with “Not With My Wife, You Don’t!” (6 a.m.), “Bank Shot” (8:15 a.m.), “The Yellow Rolls-Royce” (9:45 a.m.), “Anatomy of a Murder” (noon), “The Hanging Tree” (3 p.m.), “Patton” (5 p.m.), “The Hustler” (8 p.m.), “Rage” (10:30 p.m.), “Petulia” (12:15 a.m.), “The Last Run” (2:15 a.m.) and “The Formula” (4 a.m.).
Baseball includes Detroit at Toronto (MLB, 1 p.m.), Red Sox at Mets (Fox Sports 1, 4 p.m.), Yankees at Braves (Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.) and Cubs at Dodgers (MLB, 10 p.m.).
In college football, it’s North Dakota State at Montana (ESPN, 3:30 p.m.).
WNBA action includes Chicago at Atlanta (NBA, 7 p.m.).
Third round play occurs at The Barclays (Golf, 1 p.m.; CBS, 3 p.m.).
In Arena football, it’s Arena Bowl XXVIII with Jacksonville at San Jose (ESPN, 7 p.m.).
The Avett Brothers and Nickel Creek play a replay of “Austin City Limits” (PBS, 11 p.m., check local listings).
The Taraji P. Henson-hosted “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) from earlier this year gets a replay. Mumford and Sons are musical guests.