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What to Watch Saturday: ‘Dating Game Killer’ movie and a new at-home ‘SNL’

Guillermo Diaz as Rodney Alcala on the set of “The Dating Game” in the Investigation Discovery movie “Dating Game Killer.”
Guillermo Diaz as Rodney Alcala on the set of “The Dating Game” in the Investigation Discovery movie “Dating Game Killer.” INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY

Kids’ Choice Awards 2020: Celebrate Together (8 p.m., Nickelodeon) - Stars (and slime) come together virtually to celebrate kids and the best of what kids love. NBA star LeBron James will be honored. Scheduled to appear: Dwayne Johnson, Ariana Grande, Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Millie Bobby Brown, Lil Nas X and many others.

Deadly Mile High Club (8 p.m., Lifetime) - In this new Lifetime movie, a deranged flight instructor becomes obsessed with a handsome student and tries to destroy the people in his life so that he’ll fall in love with her.

Dating Game Killer (9 p.m., Investigation Discovery) - This creepy movie starring Guillermo Diaz (“Better Call Saul”) follows the investigation and eventual capture of serial killer Rodney Alcala, who actually appeared as a contestant on “The Dating Game” game show (and won!) while in the middle of a string of grisly murders in the 1970s in California. This movie was originally released in 2017, but there’s renewed interest in this creep thanks to a very good Wondery podcast about Alcala, also called “The Dating Game Killer.” A documentary-style program airs at 11.

Saturday Night Live (11:30 p.m., NBC) - We get another quarantine episode this week, with sketches and digital shorts performed from the homes of the cast members.

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Brooke Cain
The News & Observer
Brooke Cain is a North Carolina native who has worked at The News & Observer and McClatchy for more than 30 years as a researcher, reporter and media writer. She is the National Service Journalism Editor for McClatchy. 
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