Saturday’s TV Highlights: ‘The Santa Switch” on Hallmark’

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This week’s TV Movies

SERIES

The Blacklist Tom (Ryan Eggold) insists he’s innocent and tells Liz (Megan Boone) he wants the box turned in to the FBI so his name can be cleared while Red (James Spader) tells Liz that a deadly — and beautiful — corporate terrorist (Margarita Levieva) is the next person on his list. Diego Klattenhoff and Parminder Nagra also star. 9 p.m. NBC

Saturday Night Live Paul Rudd hosts with musical guest One Direction. 11:29 p.m. NBC

MOVIES

The Santa Switch This new TV movie stars Ethan Erickson as a down-on-his-luck dad who loses his job as a mall Santa, then is tapped by the real Kriss Kringle (Donovan Scott) to fill in for him this year. Sean Astin, Anne Dudek, Annie Thurman and Griffin Cleveland also star. 8 p.m. Hallmark

Christmas in the City Ashley Williams, Ashanti and Jon Prescott star in this new holiday drama about a single mom who moves to the big city with her little girl and gets a job in a department store. 8 p.m. Lifetime

WEEKEND TALK

SATURDAY

Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC

McLaughlin Group (N) 6:30 p.m. KCET

SUNDAY

Today David Gregory. (N) 6 a.m. KNBC

Good Morning America (N) 6 a.m. KABC

State of the Union With Candy Crowley Remembering Nelson Mandela. Iran; China: Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas); Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Burbank). (N) 6 and 9 a.m. CNN

CBS News Sunday Morning Ethan Hawke. (N) 6:30 a.m. KCBS

Fareed Zakaria GPS Nelson Mandela’s life and legacy. Iran; Afghanistan; China: Former National Security Advisor Tom Donilon. The economy: Former FED Chair Alan Greenspan. (N) 7 and 10 a.m. CNN

Face the Nation Remembering Nelson Mandela: Maya Angelou; Former Sec. of State James Baker; Randall Robinson, Transafrica. Gwen Ifill, PBS; Lorraine Miller, NAACP; Michele Norris, NPR; author Rick Stengel (“Mandela’s Way”); Gayle King. (N) 8 a.m. KCBS

Meet the Press Nelson Mandela’s legacy: Charlayne Hunter-Gault; Tom Brokaw; Rev. Jesse Jackson; author Richard Stengel (“Mandela’s Way”); Charles Ogletree; Rev. Al Sharpton; Katty Kay; Paul Gigot. Remembering Nelson Mandela: Maya Angelou. (N) 8 a.m. KNBC

This Week With George Stephanopoulos Remembering Nelson Mandela: Jendayi Frazer; Stan Greenberg; Bill Keller. Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.); Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio). Panel: Matthew Dowd; Michael Eric Dyson; James Carville; Mary Matalin. (N) 8 a.m. KABC

Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace Remembering Nelson Mandella: Journalist Greg Palkot; former South African Foreign Minister Pik Botha. Affordable Care Act; Detroit’s bankruptcy; Amazon’s drones; Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). Affordable Care Act: Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel. Panel: George Will; Julie Pace; Brit Hume; Juan Williams. (N) 8 a.m. KTTV; 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. FNC

Reliable Sources Remembering Nelson Mandela: Author Bill Keller (“Tree Shaker: The Story of Nelson Mandela”); New Year’s Eve; “American Idol”: Ryan Seacrest. (N) 8 a.m. CNN

MediaBuzz Martin Bashir’s resignation; Chris Matthews’ interview with President Obama; Amazon’s delivery drones; release of Newtown, 911 tapes; coverage of the death of Nelson Mandela: Lauren Ashburn; Richard Grenell; Keli Goff; Author Peter Baker (“Days of Fire: Bush and Cheney in the White House”); Glenn Greenwald. (N) 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. FNC

60 Minutes The life and death of Nelson Mandela; former Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell. (N) 7 p.m. KCBS