If you can only watch one romantic time-traveling saga, it should be “Outlander” (Starz, 9 p.m.), which starts its second season with Jime and Claire arriving in France where they hope to infiltrate the Jacobite rebellion and stop the Battle of Culloden. This will involve a whole new wardrobe.
“Orphan Black” (BBC America, 10 p.m.) doesn’t start its new season until next week, but offers a sneak peak tonight, which I imagine involves way too many spoilers.
Sports dominates primetime network TV once more with the Duck Commander 500 (Fox, 7:30 p.m.) NASCAR race in Forth Worth and basketball’s Cleveland at Chicago (ABC, 8:30 p.m.).
The bawdy comedienne has her first standup special, “Nikki Glaser: Perfect” (Comedy Central, 11 p.m.).
The made for TV “The Cheerleader Murders” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.) sounds pretty self-explanatory. As is the true crime “Smooth Talker: Trail of Death” (Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.).
No one will ever accuse Hallmark of not adhering to the calendar. Its new made-for-TV movie “Hearts of Spring” (Hallmark, 9 p.m.) involves a mommy blogger who is annoyed with a reader who nonetheless begins to fall for an appealing single dad. You guess what happens next.
Have you always wanted to go to a 12-step meeting (without having to stand up and say your name)? The new series “Anonymous: Inside the Meeting” (Discovery Life, 10 p.m.) makes it possible.
Last year’s sci-fi drama “Chappie” (Showtime, 9 p.m.) makes its premium cable premiere.
A mother’s murder takes up a two hour “Dateline” (NBC, 8 p.m.).
On “Beowulf” (Esquire, 10 p.m.), Rhoda faces Abrecan’s advancing army.
A woman convicted of murdering her 5-year-old in 2014 by poisoning him with salt is interviewed on “48 Hours” (CBS, 10 p.m.), claiming innocence.
A homeless man tests the “Cops” (Spike, 8 p.m.).
Somebody has a 1962 Fender Stratocaster on “Pawn Stars” (History, 8 p.m.).
A couple is murdered in Tulsa on “The First 48: Extreme Rage” (A&E, 9 p.m.).
Mackenzie Phillips, Audra McDonald and Jose Canseco are featured on a new “Oprah: Where Are They Now?” (OWN, 10 p.m.).
Talk about prison overcrowding: there’s three consecutive episodes of “Women in Prison” (TLC, 8 p.m.).
The first Saturday of the new baseball season has Yankees at Detroit (MLB, 1 p.m.) and Texas at Angels (MLB, 10 p.m.).
Other NBA action includes Golden State at Memphis (ESPN, 8 p.m.).
Hockey has Pittsburgh at Philadelphia (NBC, 3 p.m.) and Nashville at Dallas (NHL, 8 p.m).
for the NCAA men’s hockey championship, it’s Quinnipiac vs. North Dakota (ESPN2, 8 p.m).
In golf, third round action comes in The Masters (CBS, 3 p.m.).
Nine Inch Nails plays a 2014 episode of “Austin City Limits” (PBS, 11 p.m).
Russell Crowe hosts a new “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m) with Margo Price.