“Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) changed its schedule in honor of Prince, who died Thursday at 57, dropping a planned rerun of its Peter Dinklage episode to show a new, all-Prince clip show episode featuring his performances from over the years, beginning in 1981, when he performed “Partyup.” He returned as musical guest in 2006 and 2014 and was subject of countless skits starring Fred Armisen.
Otherwise, there’s a whole lot of “Purple Rain” (VH1, 9 a.m., 4:30 and 7 p.m.; MTV, 9 p.m.) So why is nobody showing Prince’s second, less successful movie, “Graffiti Bridge”?
There is also a rebroadcast today of last year’s “Rock Legends” (AXS TV, 1 p.m.) about Prince and a second special, “Slave Trade: How Prince Re-Made the Music Business” (AXS, 2 p.m.).
There is also a replay of the 1996 edition of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” (OWN, 8 p.m.) where Prince was the guest and the host visits his Paisley Park.
You know the old saying about what you do when life gives you lemons. It apparently works for people who have had an opposite experience. So here is Beyonce and her world-premiere project “Lemonade” (HBO, 9 p.m.), which is also showing free online to non-subscribers at HBO.Go.
She’s not one to let one know what it’s about, but it looks to be along the lines of her first person documentary last year, tying into the release of her new concept album, her sixth. It follows the premium cable premiere of “Jurassic World” (HBO, 6:55 p.m.).
A Saturday night network game of hockey is pretty unusual but it is Stanley Cup playoff time, with St. Louis at Chicago (NBC, 8 p.m.). Earlier it’s Rangers at Pittsburgh (NBC, 3 p.m.) and Nashville at Anaheim (NBC Sports Network, 6 p.m.).
NBA Playoffs today include Toronto at Indiana (TNT, 3 p.m.), Miami at Charlotte (TNT, 5:30 p.m.), Oklahoma City at Dallas (ESPN, 8 p.m.) and Clippers at Portland (ESPN, 10:30 p.m.).
Jamie gets involved in French politics on a new “Outlander” (Starz, 9 p.m.).
On “48 Hours” (CBS, 9 p.m.), a Kentucky woman admits to shooting her boyfriend attorney, but says it was in self defense. Another Kentucky case is the subject of “Scorned: Love Kills” (Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.).
A new standup special “Rachel Feinstein: Only Whores Wear Purple” (Comedy Central, 11 p.m.) follows a replay of a special by her patron, “Amy Schumer: Mostly Sex Stuff” (Comedy Central, 10 p.m.).
“The Vanilla Ice Project” (DIY, 10 p.m.) returns for its sixth season of home improvement and jokes about “Ice Ice Baby.”
Eric Church plays a 2014 “Austin City Limits” (PBS, 11 p.m., check local listings).
There’s some prime time animation with the 2013 movie “Monsters University” (ABC, 8 p.m.).
“Jack of the Red Hearts” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.) is a movie about an untrustworthy live-in caregiver.
Baseball today includes Tampa Bay at Yankees (MLB, 1 p.m.), Cubs at Cincinnati (MLB, 7 p.m.) and Seattle at Angels (MLB, 10 p.m.).
In golf, there’s third round play in the Texas Open (CBS, 3 p.m.).