Against all odds, Lifetime may be the new artistic playground for actors. After Will Ferrell made his own straight Lifetime Movie, “A Deadly Adoption” last year, James Franco has entered the game, remaking Tori Spelling’s 1996 showcase “Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.) as a lesbian vampire saga.
This time, 20 years later, Spelling plays the mother of a “Twilight” obsessed girl (Leila George) who has fallen in with a goth photographer (Emily Meade). Franco pops up as a college drama teacher staging a particularly bloody version of “Macbeth.” Also appearing briefly is actress Amber Coney, who is credited with writing the thing. James Iha of Smashing Pumpkins provided the score.
Much more conventional is the other big made-for-TV movie tonight “The Convenient Groom” (Hallmark, 9 p.m.) in which Vanessa Marcil plays a relationship expert’s engagement is humiliated by a sudden breakup, a childhood pal (David Sutcliffe) poses as her fiancé to save face.
The much more luridly named made for cable movie “Revenge Porn” (Lifetime, 10 p.m.) has a mother looking into the smarmy world and getting her own revenge after her teenage daughter is exposed online. With Elisabeth Rohm, Tiera Skovbye and Aliyah O’Brien.
The conclusion of the monumental “OJ: Made in America” (ESPN, 9 p.m.) documentary series covers the years since the murder trial, including the minor case that landed him a large prison sentence.
An Oklahoma tornado and its aftermath is the subject of “20/20: In an Instant” (ABC, 9 p.m.).
On two consecutive episodes of “48 Hours” (CBS, 9 and 10 p.m.), a drowning death in Utah is updated before looking into a woman’s 2002 death that her husband said was suicide.
“Sleeping with Other People” (Showtime, 9 p.m.) the romantic comedy starring Jason Sudeikis and Alison Brie makes its premium cable debut as do last year’s sequels “Ted 2” (HBO, 8 pm.) and “Sinister 2” (Cinemax, 10 p.m.).
Jacobites halt the march on Washington on “Outlander” (Starz, 9 p.m.).
In the latest new true crime title, “Your Number’s Up” (Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.) seems to guarantee a weekly death. First up is fallout from a banker’s affair with his secretary.
Weird to have boxing back on Saturday night network TV with light heavyweight bouts of the Premier Boxing Champions (NBC, 8:30 p.m.).
Jesse James targets the railroads on “The West” (AMC, 10 p.m.).
Besides being a movie and a musical, “School of Rock” (Nickelodeon, 9 p.m.) is a kids’ cable series.
“Ghost Adventures” (Travel, 9 p.m.) returns to a Savannah brewery, probably for the brew.
Donald Trump will be likely watching the latest from his favorite news source, “National Enquirer Investigates” (Reelz, 9 p.m.), investigating the death of Natalie Wood.
Just so you’re not completely lost, too, when you see “Finding Dory,” here’s the 2003 original “Finding Nemo” (Freeform, 9 p.m.).
It’s all Jane Austen on Turner Movie Classics tonight with the 1940 “Pride and Prejudice” (8 p.m.) and two from 1995, “Persuasion” (10:15) and “Sense and Sensibility” (12:15 a.m.). Two David Bowie movies follow, “The Hunger” (TCM, 2:45 a.m.) and “Absolute Beginners” (TCM, 4:30 a.m.).
Baseball includes Yankees at Minnesota (MLB, 2 p.m.), Atlanta at Mets (Fox, 8 p.m.) and Milwaukee at Dodgers (MLB, 11 p.m.).
Third round play comes in the U.S. Open (Fox, 11 a.m.).
In the Copa America Centenary quarterfinals, it’s Argentina vs. Venezuela (FX, Univision, 7 p.m.) and Mexico vs. Chile (FX, Univision, 10 p.m.).
In Omaha, the College World Series begins, with UC Santa Barbara vs. Oklahoma State (ESPN2, 3 p.m.) and Arizona vs. Miami (SPN2, 8 p.m.).
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds play a 2014 “Austin City Limits” (PBS, 11 p.m., check local listings).
The Peter Dinklage-hosted “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) with Gwen Stefani from earlier this spring is rerun.