Wrapping up a stellar year, with an Emmy nominated show, a hit movie and last week’s “SNL” hosting debut, what should have been a triumphant standup performance, “Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo” (HBO, 10 p.m.) turns out to be more of the thing that got her famous: smutty jokes.
Surely there’s more to women than bedroom stuff, and Schumer has occasionally proven on her Comedy Central show she can rise her comedy to bigger societal commentary. But she’s loathe to leave the nasty stuff behind. She adds some things about her newfound fame, which never goes down too well and gets the whitest audience that’s perhaps ever been in the famed theater on 125th Street.
Both of baseball’s league championships are on today — Game 2 of Toronto at Kansas City (Fox Sports 1, 4 p.m.) and Game 1 of Cubs at Mets (TBS, 7:30 p.m.).
Weird that they are still on cable, while broadcast tonight is again dominated by college football, with Penn State at Ohio State (ABC, 8 p.m.), and Southern California at Notre Dame (NBC, 7:30 p.m.).
Otherwise it’s just the week’s reruns of “NCIS” (CBS, 8 p.m.), “Minority Report” (Fox, 8 p.m.), “Code Black” (CBS, 9 p.m.) and “Rosewood” (Fox, 9 p.m.).
The Vikings kidnap the Doctor and Clara on a new “Doctor Who” (BBC America, 9 p.m.).
Walter celebrates the anniversary of his beloved Falklands War on “Blunt Talk” (Starz, 9 p.m.).
College students take a wrong turn on the made-for-TV movie “They Found Hell” (Syfy, 9 p.m.). Upside: They could write a paper on it.
Ashley Williams stars as a commitment-free nanny for a workaholic dad (Sam Jaeger) in the new made-for-TV romance “October Kiss” (Hallmark, 9 p.m.). Wonder what will happen.
You’d think Liam Neeson would be more careful by now, but “Taken 3” (HBO, 8 p.m.) makes its premium cable debut, as does the sci fi “Jupiter Ascending” (Cinemax, 10 p.m.) with Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis.
“Behind the Screams” (Reelz, 9 p.m.) looks at the story that inspired “The Exorcist.”
Turner Classic Movies plays movies set in Arizona: “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” (8 p.m.), “The Petrified Forest” (10 p.m.), “The Baron of Arizona” (11:30 p.m.) and “Western Heritage” (1:15 a.m.). Later comes “The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years” (TCM, 2:30 a.m.) and the animated “Heavy Metal” (TCM, 4:15 a.m.), which isn’t about music at all
Saturday Night Hockey includes Detroit at Montreal (NHL, 7 p.m.)
College football begins today with the following games at noon: South Florida at Connecticut (ESPNU), Tulsa at East Carolina (ESPNews), Texas Tech at Kansas (Fox Sports 1), Bucknell at Army (CBS Sports), West Virginia at Baylor (Fox,), Iowa at Northwestern (ESPN2), Mississippi at Memphis (ABC) and Louisville at Florida State (ESPN).
Then at 3:30 p.m. comes Air Force at Colorado State (CBS Sports), Virginia Tech at Miami (ESPNU), Alabama at Texas A&M (CBS), Oklahoma at Kansas State (ABC), Michigan State at Michigan (ESPN) and Nebraska at Minnesota (ESPN2).
Tonight’s games also include Florida at LSU (ESPN, 7 p.m.), Boston College at Clemson (ESPNU, 7 p.m.), TCU at Iowa State (ESPN2, 7 p.m.), Central Florida at Temple (CBS Sports), 7:30 p.m.), Arizona at Colorado (Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.), Arizona State at Washington (ESPN2, 10:30 p.m.) and San Diego State at San Jose State (ESPNU, 10:30 p.m.).
Sturgill Simpson and Asleep at the Wheel play a new “Austin City Limits” (PBS, 11:30 p.m., check local listings
Tracy Morgan makes his comeback from a bad car accident by hosting “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.). Demi Lovato is musical guest.