Saturday’s TV highlights
SERIES
The Fades: This dark fantasy-drama presents its season finale (6 p.m. BBC America).
Ultimate Factories: The docu-series visits an Italian motorcycle factory (8 p.m. National Geographic).
Saturday Night Live: Former cast member Maya Rudolph hosts, with musical guest Sleigh Bells (11:29 p.m. NBC).
Ultraviolet: Code 044: The future looks bleak in this new animated action series inspired by a 2006 film starring Milla Jovo-
vich (midnight G4).
SPECIAL
Nick Cannon: Mr. Showbiz: The “America’s Got Talent” host and husband of singer Mariah Carey performs stand-up in this encore special (11 p.m. Comedy Central).
MOVIES
Your Highness: Danny McBride, James Franco and Natalie Portman star in this uneven 2011 mix of stoner humor and sword-and-sorcery fantasy (8 p.m. HBO).
The Ride: This 2011 documentary follows “Amazing Race” host Phil Keoghan on a cross-country bike trek (8 p.m. Showtime).
Wild Hogs: John Travolta, Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence and William H. Macy star in this 2007 road-trip comedy (9 p.m. ABC).
Bad Teacher: Cameron Diaz is bad as all that in this 2011 campus comedy; Justin Timberlake and Jason Segel also star
(9 p.m. Starz).
SPORTS
College basketball: The UCLA Bruins take on St. John’s
(10 a.m. CBS).
Golf: Play continues at the Northern Trust Open in Pacific Palisades (noon CBS).
Basketball: The Clippers host the San Antonio Spurs (12:30 p.m. FS Prime), and the New Jersey Nets battle the Chicago Bulls (1 p.m. WGN America).
NASCAR: The Sprint Cup’s Budweiser Shootout takes place at Daytona International Speedway in Florida (5 p.m. Fox).
Hockey: The Kings face the Calgary Flames (7 p.m. FSN).
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