There's the second semi-final of Britain's Got Talent, new Scandi drama Families Like Ours, Mary-Louise Parker in sci-fi drama Omni Loop, and rugby action with Leinster v Northampton Saints...
Pick of the Day
Britain's Got Talent, 7.00pm, Virgin Media One & UTV
Ant and Dec (below) host the second semi-final of the long-running talent show as more acts that made it through the audition rounds perform in front of the judges and a live audience for a chance of a place in the final.
Judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and Bruno Tonioli, as well as presenters Ant and Dec, have the power to send one act straight through to the grand final with the golden buzzer.
Then it’s the turn of the audience to vote for their favourite act, who will gain the second place in next week’s final.
New or Returning Shows
Families Like Ours, 9.00pm, BBC Four
Saturday isn't Saturday without a Scandi drama on BBC Four - this time from Denmark.
Denmark faces an evacuation due to rising water levels, but the public doesn't know yet.
Nineteen-year-old Laura is at school when the news that will change her and her family's lives forever breaks. Everyone is left questioning where they will go. Drama, starring Amaryllis August. In Danish
In episode two at 9.50pm, everything has descended into chaos.
Everyone is relying on Jacob to find the money needed to relocate his extended family to Paris, except Fanny, who refuses to be a burden to anyone.
24 Hours: The Fall of Nazi Germany, 8.00pm, Channel 4
Worth a look as the 80th anniversary of VE Day is being celebrated around Europe.
It’s a documentary going behind the scenes of the German and Allied negotiations to end the war in Europe, counting down the final 24 hours of the struggle to agree a lasting ceasefire.
After nearly six years of global conflict, Hitler is dead, the Soviets and Western Allies are closing in on Berlin, and the race is on to secure a peace agreement.
The decisions made would shape the future of Europe and the world as we know it today.
New to Stream
Omni Loop, Sky Cinema Premiere
Streaming on NOW
Here’s a pretty good sci-fi drama.
Mary-Louise Parker heads the cast as a quantum physicist who finds herself stuck in a time loop, with a black hole growing in her chest and only a week to live.
When she meets a gifted student (Ayo Edibiri), they team up to save her life - and to unlock the mysteries of time travel.
The Handmaid’s Tale, Prime Video/Channel 4
The sixth and final season of the drama, starring Elisabeth Moss and based on the dystopian Margaret Atwood novel of the same name, is already on RTÉ2.
By all accounts it’s a return to form. To be honest, I gave up on this show a couple of years ago.
It also begins tonight on Channel 4 at 9pm.
As the season begins, there’s a lengthy – but welcome – recap. Things then kick off as June and Serena's journey takes an unexpected turn.
Meanwhile, Moira makes a bold decision and Nick deals with a powerful visitor.
Saturday Cinema
Mamma Mia! 9.35pm, RTÉ One
Saturday night smiles are guaranteed with this musical jukebox comedy, with a soundtrack of Abba songs, starring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Julie Walters, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgard and Amanda Seyfried.
A former member of a singing trio, now running a hotel on a Greek island, is reunited with her old bandmates for her daughter's wedding.
But she gets a big surprise when three of her old flames also show up unexpectedly.
The three men have been invited by the bride, who wants to find out which one of them is her father.
As Good as It Gets, 9.50pm, TG4
And this is a pretty good romantic comedy drama from 1997, with Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Cuba Gooding Jr and Greg Kinnear.
A bigoted misanthropic writer, who treats everyone he meets with contempt, is forced to look after a gay neighbour's dog, and develops an empathy with another creature for the first time in years.
Sensing a need for human company, he pursues an unlikely romance with a waitress, who is the only person willing to put up with his rudeness.
The Program, 9.10pm, RTÉ2
Fact-based drama, starring Ben Foster, Chris O'Dowd and Dustin Hoffman.
A journalist follows Lance Armstrong's rise to dominance in the world of professional cycling, even following a successful battle with cancer.
As time goes on, he begins to suspect the champion is boosting his performance with drugs, and in the face of condemnation from the media he sets out to expose the truth.
For good measure, this is followed at 10.50pm by The Gift, starring Cate Blanchett, Keanu Reeves, Hilary Swank and Giovanni Ribisi.
A clairvoyant woman's life is turned upside down when her sixth sense allows her to unravel the mystery behind a girl's disappearance.
Family Flick
Kindergarten Cop, 2.20pm, Channel 4
Comedy, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penelope Ann Miller, Linda Hunt, Pamela Reed and Richard Tyson.
A tough detective is forced to pose as a preschool teacher in a bid to capture a drug dealer whose son is one of the pupils.
But, unlikely as it seems, his biggest challenge turns out to be controlling a class full of five-year-olds.
Sport
Investec Champions Cup, 4.45pm, RTÉ2
Streaming on RTÉ Player
Jacqui Hurley presents coverage of the Investec Champions Cup semi-final at Aviva Stadium as Leinster host Northampton Saints (KO 5.30pm).
Leinster have been in excellent form in all competitions this season, as highlighted by their emphatic 52-0 victory over reigning United Rugby Championship title-holders Glasgow Warriors in the quarter-finals.
But the Saints were also at their best in the last eight, winning 51-16 against French side Castres.
It's all to play for as both sides strive for a place in this saeason's decider.
With analysis from Bernard Jackman, Donal Lenihan, Fiona Coghlan and Jamie Heaslip.
