SyFy’s Saturday-night movie franchise departs from its usual goofy fare to offer “Witchville” (8 p.m., today, SyFy), a special effects-driven martial arts epic filled with actors wearing medieval garb and saddled with unbearable dialogue, such as, “Sir, it is your birthright!”

While many of the sillier and deliciously cheap-looking Saturday movies have hailed from Bulgaria and its Balkan neighbors, this 2010 release is the first film for the network produced in China. Look for a tale of a sword-wielding king (Luke Goss) with a shaven head accompanied by a testy adviser (Andrew Pleavin) who is equally bald. (I call them Phil Collins I and Phil Collins II). Recently reinstated in his father’s kingdom, our royal highness discovers that local witches have made the crops fail and are literally sucking the life out of the kingdom. Or so a local sorcerer tells him. Some birthrights are easier than others.

• The buildup to the big series finale includes a repeat of the two-hour pilot of “Lost” (7 p.m., today, ABC) that aired in September 2004. The pilot cost as much as a major motion picture and represented a huge roll of the dice for the struggling ABC network. After six years of avid viewership and a worldwide cult audience, I guess we can say the bet paid off.

Glancing back at my original review of the series, I can safely say I was smitten from the start. It’s also fun to reflect on the series that have come and gone during the “Lost” era. “Lost” debuted the same night as the now departed UPN’s “Veronica Mars,” as well as the CBS spinoff “CSI: NY.” It was the fall season that Dennis Farina began his short stint on “Law & Order.” Other quickly canceled series from that fall schedule include “Mountain” on the old WB network, “Hawaii” on NBC, and the “Quintuplets” and “Method & Red” on Fox. Remember them? Neither do I.

• Much like the Super Bowl, the “Lost” (8 p.m., ABC, Sunday) series finale comes with its own pre-game special, “Lost: The Final Journey” (6 p.m., ABC, Sunday), a two-hour recap of the show’s many mysteries, characters and conundrums, as well some behind-the-scenes stories about the show’s production and interviews with the cast.

The show’s faithful will be both saddened by “Lost”‘s departure and disappointed by the questions it fails to resolve. This season has seen the narrative move from science-fiction themes to a decidedly religious bent. The island’s creation myth pitting Jacob against his still unnamed brother evokes both the Old Testament’s Cain and Abel and Jacob and Esau. And Jacob’s recent assignment of Jack to guard the island and its cave of light had heavy-handed references to Jesus and the last supper. Jacob has passed the cup off to Jack.

Like all creation stories, these tales explain everything and nothing. If Jacob and his brother were there at the beginning, then where did their mysterious ghost mother come from? And who are those other “Others” who appealed so much to the mysterious Man in Black?

It’s ironic that “Lost,” with its compelling long-form storytelling, should boil down to a kind of “American Idol” conclusion, pitting Jack and the forces of light against Locke, the smoke monster incarnate. It’s a little like “American Idol” featuring Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader as the last two standing. Now that’s a TV show worth talking about!

And that’s just what folks will be doing on “Jimmy Kimmel Live: Aloha to Lost” (11:05 p.m., Sunday, ABC), a celebration, wake and gabfest not unlike Kimmel’s post-Super Bowl efforts.

• All is not “Lost.” There are other season finales to watch. A winner emerges on “The Celebrity Apprentice” (8 p.m., NBC). “The Simpsons” (7 p.m., Fox, Sunday) wraps up its 21st season as Moe has a chance to become a judge on “American Idol.” Rupert Murdoch, Simon Cowell, Ellen DeGeneres, Kara DioGuardi, Randy Jackson and Ryan Seacrest make guest voice appearances. “Family Guy” (8 p.m., Fox, Sunday) ends season 9 with an hourlong riff on “The Empire Strikes Back.” And “The Cleveland Show” (7:30 p.m., Fox, Sunday) concludes its first season in traditional finale fashion, with a walk down the aisle. Earth, Wind & Fire guest voice.

Saturday’s highlights

• Venice in the 16th century proves to be romantic on “Doctor Who” (8 p.m., BBC America).

• Scheduled on “48 Hours Mystery” (9 p.m., CBS): after years without leads, police stumble on one of their own as a murder suspect in a very cold case.

• Dana Delany guest stars on “Castle” (9 p.m., ABC).

• Tina Fey hosts “Saturday Night Live” (10:30 p.m., NBC), featuring musical guest Justin Bieber.

Sunday’s highlights

• “Brooks & Dunn — The Last Rodeo” (7 p.m., CBS) captures the popular country tandem in farewell mode. Guests include Brad Paisley, Miranda Lambert, Lady Antebellum, Jennifer Hudson, Taylor Swift, George Strait and Sugarland.

• “Masterpiece Mystery” (8 p.m., PBS, check local listings) presents the Agatha Christie whodunit “Miss Marple: The Mirror Cracked from Side to Side.”

• La Donna and Toni take heart after a judge’s ruling on “Treme” (9 p.m., HBO).