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Weekend TV: 'Madam Secretary,' 'Robot Chicken Christmas Special' and more

* MADAM SECRETARY. 8 p.m. Sunday, CBS3. Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord (Tea Leoni, pictured) is caught once again between a rock and a hard place. This time, she and the president (Keith Carradine) try to stave off World War III even as McCord's secret agent/theology professor husband (Tim Daly) tries to get his confidential informant out of Russia.

Tea Leoni plays U.S. Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord in CBS' "Madam Secretary"
Tea Leoni plays U.S. Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord in CBS' "Madam Secretary"Read moreSarah Shatz/CBS

* MADAM SECRETARY. 8 p.m. Sunday, CBS3.

Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord (Tea Leoni, pictured) is caught once again between a rock and a hard place. This time, she and the president (Keith Carradine) try to stave off World War III even as McCord's secret agent/theology professor husband (Tim Daly) tries to get his confidential informant out of Russia.

* MARRIED BY MOM AND DAD. 9:30 p.m. Sunday, TLC.

New series features four singles who agree to let their parents choose their spouses, old school-style. Which would sound insane if I hadn't already seen "The Bachelor."

* ROBOT CHICKEN CHRISTMAS SPECIAL. Midnight Sunday, Adult Swim.

Zombie elves, a Santa with nuclear capabilities and a boy in search of his biological father on the Polar Express: This is the Christmas special for people who hate Christmas specials.

* SINATRA: ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL. Noon Saturday, HBO.

7 p.m. Saturday, HBO2.

The network marks the 100th anniversary of Frank Sinatra's birth with a repeat of its Emmy-nominated two-part documentary. Harry Belafonte, Humphrey Bogart and Grace Kelly are among the many stars with cameo appearances.

* BEHIND THE MAGIC: SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS. 8 p.m. Sunday, 6ABC.

Ginnifer Goodwin ("Once Upon a Time") narrates this unabashedly Disney-fied special about Walt Disney's drive to create the first full-length, full-color animated feature.