Tonight's TV Hot List: Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011

Tailgate Warriors with Guy Fieri
10/9c Food Network
Dozens of passionate tailgate chefs from across the country faced off last fall; now the two top-scoring teams are meeting outside San Francisco's Candlestick Park for one final "battle on the blacktop" in the Season 1 finale. They'll have one hour to cook two appetizers, two sides, one entrée and one dessert. At stake is a trip to the Super Bowl, along with the coveted title of "Tailgate Warriors Champion." — Karen Kelty

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Goodnight for Justice8/7c HallmarkBeverly Hills, 90210 heartthrobs Luke Perry and Jason Priestley reunite for a far grittier project than their earlier roles as rich kids on the hit teen drama. Under the direction of Priestley, Perry plays a newly appointed judge with a long-simmering vendetta against the person who killed his parents. When his new job sends him to Wyoming — the place where his family was gunned down — he has an opportunity to finally exact his revenge. — Brie HearnPhineas and Ferb8/7c Disney Phineas and Ferb decide to recreate one of their most memorable days, when they built a gigantic roller coaster in their backyard, but with one key difference — this time they will do it as a full-fledged musical! Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, Singin' in the Rain, Les Miserables, The Music Man and a host of other musicals are referenced, and that's just in the opening number. Their friends and foes get in on the act, too, with Isabella belting out "Whatcha Doin'" and Doofenshmirtz turning into a punk rocker as he tries to reverse the Earth's rotation using a mega-magnet and tons of tinfoil. — Tim Holland

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Figure Skating
9/8c NBC
Figure skating returns to prime time, and even if you haven't logged much ice time since all the Olympic brouhaha last year, a number of the contenders in tonight's U.S. Championships' women's final will look familiar. Returning to compete are 2010 Olympians Rachael Flatt, the defending U.S. champion; and Mirai Nagasu, who finished fourth in Vancouver. Others to watch include Alissa Czisny, who won this year's Grand Prix Final and Skate Canada, and is currently ranked No. 1 by the ISU; and 2010 U.S. junior champion Agnes Zawadzki, making her debut in the senior ranks. — Dave Roeder
Saturday Night Live
11:29/10:29c NBC
Jesse Eisenberg does some comical social networking when he serves as host. Eisenberg scored a Golden Globe nomination and an Oscar nod for his star turn in The Social Network, about the founding of Facebook, and he hopes to click tonight by teaming with the "SNL" players to satirize today's hot newsmakers and hotter happenings. Elsewhere, R&B-rap artist Nicki Minaj takes to the music stage. Minaj released the CD Pink Friday in November 2010. — Dean Maurer

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Mega Python vs. Gatoroid9/8c Syfy What happens to eighties pop princesses when they grow up? They star in silly, over-the-top monster movies with "Mega" in the title. Debbie Gibson (Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus) and Tiffany (Mega Piranha), who also coproduced this reptiles-run-amok flick, face off as an animal activist and a park ranger who have conflicting ideas about which species should rule the Everglades. — Michael ChantKidnap & Rescue10/9c DiscoveryIf a person is kidnapped in America and taken across a state line, it becomes a federal offense for the FBI to resolve. But if the abductors take the victim out of the country, a positive outcome may lie with heroes such as Brad Barker and his HALO group, who go to Mexico to retrieve two unfortunate souls in the debut of a series focused on elite rescuers who try to recover kidnapped people. — Michael ChantNick Kroll: Thank You Very Cool10/9c Comedy CentralComedian Nick Kroll may not be a man with a thousand faces, but he has more than enough bizarre alter egos to ratchet up the absurdity on stage at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn. So in between Bobby Bottleservice's tight security, Fabrice Fabrice manning the craft-services table, El Chupacabra on the radio and Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland (John Mulaney) at the bar, Kroll carves out a stand-up routine that includes riffs on the DMV, Michael Jackson, traveling, and cats and dogs. — Joe Friedrich