News & Notes

On cable tonight, Hallmark Channel has the TV movie premiere of Coming Home for Christmas, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries has the TV movie premiere of Christmas Homecoming, HBO has A Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism, and Lifetime has the TV movie premiere of I Am Elizabeth Smart.

Prime Picks

NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS): Repeat. The “Glasnost” episode from last season replays where, Callen’s father ends up mixed up in a case.

Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (BBC America): New. The group deals with the villains. Plays again later.

Saturday Night Live (NBC): Repeat. A vintage episode replays.

Sports Notes

• ABC has doubleheader college football action today and then later has Saturday Night College Football with UCLA at USC.
• CBS has doubleheader college football action today with Mississippi State at Arkansas followed by Kentucky at Georigia.
• CBS Sports has quadruple-header college football action with Nevada at San Diego State closing out the night.
• ESPN has quadruple-header college football action with Utah at Washington closing out the night.
• ESPN2 has quadruple-header college football action with Air Force at Boise State closing out the night.
• ESPNU has tripleheader college football action with North Carolina State at Wake Forest closing out the night.
• FOX has tripleheader college football action with Cal at Stanford closing out the night.
• FS1 has doubleheader college football action today with TCU at Texas Tech followed by Nebraska at Penn State.
• NBC has college football action today with Navy at Notre Dame.

Late Night

• Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO): Repeat. This past Sunday night’s episode, “Namaste,” replays. Runs 35 minutes.
• Saturday Night Live (NBC): New. Chance the Rapper hosts with musical guest Eminem. Plays live across all time zones.
• SMILF (Showtime): Repeat. This past Sunday night’s episode, “1800 Filet-O-Fishes & One Small Diet Coke,” replays. Runs 30 minutes. Last week’s series premiere replays right before.
• White Famous (Showtime): Repeat. This past Sunday night’s episode, “Wolves,” replays. Runs 30 minutes.

Saturday TV Marathons

ER (Pop): Seven episodes that play twice.
Law & Order (WEtv): Eight episodes tonight into late night.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (ION): Has 14 episodes.
Monk (WEtv): Seven episodes today.
Star Trek: Voyager (BBC America): Has 10 episodes.