What To Watch: Diarra From Detroit Sneak Peek, NAACP Image Awards And More
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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
ET
Murdoch Mysteries
Ovation
Ogden, Watts and Effie attend a health retreat hosted by a charismatic leader where a fellow guest dies mysteriously.
ET
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.)
ET
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.