Today’s entertainment picks:

Today’s entertainment picks:

v “The Bold and the Sanctified,” 6 p.m.: This new musical, featuring Ruben Studdard, is about white and black congregations that are forced to combine into one church. It’s getting its Ohio premiere ($41.50 to $48.50) at Powers Auditorium; youngstownsymphony.com.

v Phantoms, 7:05 p.m.: The local hockey team takes on Sioux City, Iowa, at Covelli Centre ($8 to $24). The first 750 kids 12 and under will receive a free Phantoms jersey. Go to youngstownphantoms.com for tickets.

v YSU basketball, 7 p.m.: The Penguins will take on University of Illinois at Chicago at Beeghly Center ($16), and all fans will receive Pete the Penguin playing cards. Go to YSUsports.com.

v “Greetings,” 7:30 p.m.: This drama continues on stage ($13, $10 for students and seniors) at Victorian Players Theater, 705 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown; 330-746-5455.

v “The Great Winter Quest, 6 p.m.: An interactive comedy dinner-theater show, by the Stage Door Academy, at California Palms Hotel, 1051 N. Canfield Niles Road, Austintown; call 330-935-2663 or reservations.

“Saturday Night Live” (11:30 P.M., NBC): May the force be with her: “Rogue One” star Felicity Jones will be our host when “Saturday Night Live” airs its first show of 2017. Country singer Sturgill Simpson is the musical guest.

For complete listings, see TV Week magazine, included with today’s paper.

LOCAL TOPICS ON TV

“Community Connection” (Sunday at 6:30 a.m. on 21 WFMJ-TV, and 11 a.m. on WBCB-TV): Kim Thompson of Mercy Health will join host Madonna Chism Pinkard to discuss lupus awareness and the creation of a new support group for those with the chronic disease.

Next, Youngstown State University students Tyshon Coleman and Tyler Brantley will discuss the annual MLK Diversity Breakfast featuring Youngstown native Rochelle Martin-Robinson, the first African-American mayor of Douglasville, Ga.

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

Michael Jackson episode is killed

An upcoming TV episode that dramatized the urban myth of Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando taking a post-9/11 road trip is about to become an urban myth of its own.

British television channel Sky Arts announced Friday morning its decision not to air the “Urban Myths” episode after Jackson’s family expressed its outrage over Joseph Fiennes’ portrayal of the late icon.

“We have taken the decision not to broadcast ’Elizabeth, Michael, and Marlon,’ a half-hour episode from the Sky Arts ’Urban Myths’ series, in light of the concerns expressed by Michael Jackson’s immediate family,” a Sky spokesperson said in a statement.

“We set out to take a light-hearted look at reportedly true events and never intended to cause any offence. Joseph Fiennes fully supports our decision.”

Fiennes’ casting last year sparked outrage but it was nothing compared with the public’s swift disgust upon seeing the first trailer for the series.

Jackson’s daughter, Paris, stated that the project was “shameful.”