Viola Davis, who just picked up an Academy Award for “Fences,” stars as a family court judge in the star-filled made-for-TV she also produces. “Custody” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.), written and directed by James Lapine (“Into the Woods”), concerns a single working class mother whose children are taken from her after she is accused of harming her son. Hayden Panettiere, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Ellen Burstyn and Tony Shalhoub also star.
Rattlesnakes and bison get the spotlight on “The Zoo” (Animal Planet, 10 p.m.).
Last year’s “X-Men: Apocalypse” (HBO, 8 p.m.) gets its premium cable premiere.
Casey Affleck, Christian Bale and Woody Harrelson star in the thriller “Out of the Furnace” (Showtime, 9 p.m.).
“Planet Earth II” (BBC America, 9 p.m.) looks at wildlife in the jungles.
Prime time sports includes NBA, with Clippers at Bulls (ABC, 8:30 p.m.), and boxing (CBS, 9 p.m.).
A twisted case in Walsenburg, Colo., makes the series “Murder Comes to Town” (Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.).
Holly and Rodney look at homeschooling on “For Peete’s Sake” (OWN, 10 p.m.).
On “Ransom” (CBS, 8 p.m.), a girl is kidnapped from a train in France.
An 11 year old boy is 6-foot-9 and still growing on “Body Bizarre” (Fit, 9 p.m.).
Elle King steps in on a two hour episode of “Say Yes to th Dress” (TLC, 8 p.m.).
“What on Earth?” (Science, 8 p.m.) looks at strange markings in deserts.
“Ghost Adventures” (Travel, 8 p.m.) visits a castle in Port townsend, ash.
You could binge on “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” (TMC, 1 and 7 p.m.), “Star Trek III: The Search for Spock” (3 p.m.) and “Star Trek V: The Final Frontier” (5 p.m.), or “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace” (TNT, 1:55 p.m.), “Star Wars: Attack of the Clones” (TNT, 4:53 p.m.), “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith” (TNT, 8 p.m.), “Star Wars: A New Hope” (11:06 p.m.), and “Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back” (TNT, 1:52 a.m.).
Also: “Saw III” (TMC, 9 p.m. and 2:10 a.m.), “Saw IV” (TMC, 11 p.m. and 4 a.m.) and “Saw V” (12:35 a.m.).
Barbara Harris is featured on Turner Classic Movies with “A Thousand Clowns” (8 p.m.), “Family Plot” (10:15 p.m.), “Second Hand Hearts” (12:30 a.m.). Later comes a couple of animated oddities from the 1973, Japan’s “Belladonna of Sadness” (TCM, 2:15 a.m.) followed by the Czech Republic’s “Fantastic Planet” (TCM, 4 a.m.).
March is here and the madness is soon to follow. so there’s a huge amount of games and championship matchupss today, with Villanova at Georgetown (Fox, noon), Indiana at Ohio State (ESPN, noon), Kentucky at Texas A&M (CBS, noon), Illinois at Rutgers (ESPNU, noon), Texas Tech at Kansas State (ESPNews, 1 p.m.), Notre Dame at Louisville (CBS, 2 p.m.), Florida at Vanderbilt (ESPN, 2 p.m.), Georgia at Arkansas (ESPN2, 2 p.m.), Seton Hall at Butler (Fox, 2:30 p.m.), TCU at Oklahoma (ESPNews, 3 p.m.), TCU at Oklahoma (ESPNews, 3 p.m.), Illinois State vs. Southern Illinois (CBS Sports, 3:30 p.m.), Baylor at Texas (ESPN, 4 p.m.), Arizona at Arizona State (CBS, 4 p.m.), Memphis at SMU (ESPN2, 4 p.m.), Kansas at Oklahoma State (ESPN, 6 p.m.), Oregon at Oregon State (ESPN2, 6 p.m.), Wichita State vs. Missouri State (CBS Sports, 6 p.m.), Dayton at George Washington (CBS Sports, 8 p.m.), Jacksonville State vs. UT Martin (ESPN2, 8 p.m.), Duke at North Carolina (ESPN, 8:15 p.m.), Washington State at UCLA (ESPNU, 9:30 p.m.), San Diego State at New Mexico (CBS Sports, 10 p.m.), Gonzaga vs. Pacific (ESPN2, 10 p.m.), Washington State at UCLA (ESPN, 10:15 p.m.) and Saint Mary’s vs. Portland (ESPN2, midnight).
Women’s games include Saint Louis vs. Dayton (CBS Sports, 11 a.m.), Louisville vs. Notre Dame (ESPN2, noon), Duquesne vs. Saint Joseph’s (CBS Sports, 1:30 p.m.), Miami vs. Duke (ESPNU, 2:30 p.m.), Kentucky vs. South Carolina (ESPNU, 5 p.m.) and Mississippi State vs. Texas A&M (ESPNU, 7 p.m.).
Hockey includes Montreal at Rangers (NHL, 7 p.m.).
Spring baseball includes Boston at Pittsburgh (MLB, 1 p.m.).
Golf has third round play in the WGC-Mexico Championship (Golf, noon; NBC, 3 p.m.).
TV on the Radio and War on Drugs play a 2015 episode of “Austin City Limits” (PBS, 11 p.m., check local listings).
Octavia Spencer hosts a new “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) with Father John Misty as musical guest.