What to Watch Saturday: Lifetime movie dramatizes California woman’s fake kidnapping
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Here’s what’s on TV tonight.
Hoax: The Kidnapping of Sherri Papini (8 p.m., Lifetime)
These true-crime Lifetime movies can be fascinating. In this week’s offering, Jaime King plays Sherri Papini, who made national headlines as a mother of two who disappeared while jogging near her home in Redding, California. Everyone freaked out and searched for her and then she magically reappeared three weeks later on Thanksgiving Day, claiming she had been abducted by two Hispanic women who chained and repeatedly abused her. Yeah, that’s not what happened.
Sherri’s return was celebrated, but the state never stopped searching for her kidnappers. Then, four years later, “Sherri’s world came crashing down as evidence revealed her kidnapping was all a hoax perpetrated by Sherri herself to spend time with her ex-boyfriend.” She was arrested and ultimately sentenced to 18 months in prison for lying to federal agents, creating hysteria in the community and wasting police time and funding with her nearly successful, elaborate scheme. Matt Hamilton stars as Sherri’s husband, Keith.
Love in Glacier National: A National Park Romance (8 p.m., Hallmark)
It’s a little more wholesome over on the Hallmark Channel, with this week’s movie involving an avalanche forecasting expert who “brings her new technology to Glacier National Park, but soon faces opposition from the director of Mountain Rescue who is trained in intuition and common sense.”
Saturday Night Live (11:30 p.m., NBC)
Michael B. Jordan hosts this week’s SNL and Lil Baby is the musical guest.
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