If PBS had a resident heartthrob, it might be Robson Green (“Reckless,” “Touching Evil”). The handsome actor returns in the British legal drama “Trust” (9 p.m., Saturday, BBC America) as senior partner Stephen Bradley, a workaholic legal eagle who thinks nothing of toiling three straight days without sleeping in his own bed or seeing his wife and kids. Needless to say, this does not make for domestic tranquility.

The rest of his team marches to his drumbeat. He berates one assistant for turning off her “mobile” (cell phone) at 4 a.m. Another colleague is so disoriented by his schedule that he can’t even remember whether he’s just had sex. Law buffs tired of David E. Kelley’s over-the-top torts might enjoy this taut drama. To me, all work and no play makes Robson a dull boy.

Green also turns up in the repeat presentation of “Me and Mrs. Jones” on “Masterpiece Theatre” (8 p.m., Sunday, PBS), in which he plays a tabloid reporter who romances a lovelorn British prime minister.

Mario Lopez is host of “50 Greatest Movie Animals” (7 p.m., Saturday, Animal Planet), a two-hour clip-job countdown featuring a menagerie of moviedom’s most beloved critters.

Celebrities and unknowns gather at the “Independent Spirit Awards Red Carpet Show” (8 p.m., Saturday, Bravo), followed by “The Independent Spirit Awards” (9 p.m., Bravo), honoring small movies made outside of the studio system. Maverick director and bad-taste aficionado John Waters hosts.

OK, it’s “The 76th Academy Awards” (7:30 p.m., Sunday, ABC) — time for Oscar predictions. No, I’m not talking about which film will win for Best Documentary Short Subject. I’m talking about the jokes and “statements.” While industry in-jokes are hard to predict, I give 2-to-1 odds that someone will comment about illegal movie downloading and/or the Academy’s efforts to stop “screener” tapes from being distributed. And the odds that the Oscars will wrap up by midnight Eastern? Not a chance.

Today’s highlights

• Arsenio Hall is host of “Star Search” (7 p.m., CBS).
• Tom Hanks stars in the 1994 fantasy “Forrest Gump” (7 p.m., ABC).
• Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Richard Gere star in the 2002 musical (and Oscar winner for Best Picture) “Chicago” (8 p.m., Starz).

Sunday’s highlights

• Scheduled on “60 Minutes” (6 p.m., CBS): a radical reinterpretation of Anne Frank’s diary; false confessions; extreme surfing.
• George Lucas did the near-impossible with his 1999 prequel “Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace” (6 p.m., Fox): He took the most popular franchise in film history and managed to make it boring.
• Billy Crystal, Diane Keaton and Matt LeBlanc chat on the 23rd annual Oscar-night edition of “The Barbara Walters Special” (6 p.m., ABC).
• A real-estate tycoon is found floating dead in a bathtub on “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” (7 p.m., NBC).
• Gene Wilder stars in the 1971 fantasy “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” (7 p.m., WB).
• Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson star in the 2000 military thriller “Rules of Engagement” (9 p.m., CBC).