What To Watch: Diarra From Detroit Sneak Peek, NAACP Image Awards And More

On TV this Saturday: Queen Latifah emcees the NAACP Image Awards, Diarra From Detroit makes an early cable debut and a health retreat goes horribly wrong on Murdoch Mysteries. Here are seven programs to keep on your radar. (Also check out our weekly TVLine-Up of premieres and finales and monthly streaming guide.)

Showtimes for March 16, 2024

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Murdoch Mysteries

Ovation

Ogden, Watts and Effie attend a health retreat hosted by a charismatic leader where a fellow guest dies mysteriously.

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Dream Scenario

HBO

Premium cable premiere: In this surreal black comedy, a hapless family man (Nicolas Cage) begins appearing in millions of people’s dreams; Julianne Nicholson (Mare of Easttown), Michael Cera (Life & Beth), Tim Meadows (SNL) and Nicholas Braun (Succession) co-star.

Friday Night Sext Scandal

Lifetime

TV-movie premiere: A teen athlete (My Christmas Hero's Anthony Timpano) gets pressured into joining a circle of boys who hunt for/post nude photos of female classmates; Tara Nicodemo (Y: The Last Man) and Keana Lyn Bastidas (The Hardy Boys) co-star.

NAACP Image Awards

BET, BET Her, CBS

Queen Latifah (The Equalizer) returns to host the annual awards ceremony, which honors achievements in TV, film, music and literature. (View nominees.)

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Diarra From Detroit

BET, BET Her, VH1

Series premiere (sneak peek): A divorced teacher (Perry Mason's Diarra Kilpatrick) who believes she's been ghosted by a Tinder date gets pulled into an old mystery involving the Detroit underworld; Morris Chestnut (The Best Man: The Final Chapters) and Phylicia Rashad co-star. (Series officially premieres with three episodes Thursday, March 21 on its streaming home BET+; read review.)

SNL Vintage

NBC

Idris Elba hosts this Season 44 episode from March 9, 2019; Khalid performs.

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Saturday Night Live

NBC

Dakota Johnson hosts this encore episode from January; Justin Timberlake performs. (Who's hosting next three episodes?)

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