Directed by Rick Famuyiwa (“The Wood,” “Dope”) from a screenplay by Susannah Grant (“Erin Brockovich,” “The Soloist”), “Confirmation” deals with the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court. It stars Kerry Washington (as Anita Hill), Wendell Pierce (as Thomas), Greg Kinnear (as Joe Biden), Treat Williams (as Ted Kennedy), Dylan Baker (as Orrin Hatch), Jeffrey Wright, Eric Stonestreet, Jennifer Hudson, Bill Irwin, Zoe Lister-Jones, Grace Gummer, Erika Christensen, Alison Wright, Malcolm Gets, Peter McRobbie, and Kimberly Elise.
Premiering tonight:
Case Closed (Reelz)
Dr. Jeff (AP)
The SNL hosted by Russell Crowe was easily the top show in late night or primetime last Saturday.
Saturdays, Feb. 19-April 9, 2016
(Adults 18-49; repeats in gray; previous weeks in parentheses)
1.8 (1.9) (---) (---) SNL
0.9 (---) (---) (---) NASCAR
0.9 (0.8) (---) (1.1) 48 Hours
0.8 (0.6) (0.8) (0.8) Dateline
0.8 (---) (---) (1.8) NBA Basketball
0.7 (---) (0.6) (0.8) SNL Primetime
0.6 (0.6) (0.7) (0.7) Dragon Ball Z
0.5 (---) (---) (---) Criminal Minds BB
0.5 (---) (---) (---) Hawaii Five-0
0.5 (0.4) (0.3) (0.4) SportsCenter
0.4 (0.4) (---) (---) Cops
0.4 (---) (---) (---) Outlander
0.3 (0.4) (0.4) (0.4) House Hunters Reno
0.3 (0.4) (0.5) (0.4) Naruto Shippuden
