The third film in the series “Merry Liddle Christmas Baby” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.) concerns an addition to the household portrayed by Kelly Rowland and Thomas Carrot.
Another holiday film with royal lineage is “Royally Wrapped for Christmas” (GAC Family, 8 p.m.) with Jen Lilley and Brendan Fehr.
“Robbie the Reindeer” (CBS, 8 and 8:30 p.m.) returns for a couple of animated specials. They precede another revived special, “The Story of Santa Claus” (CBS, 9 p.m.).
A golden eagle is recovered on “The Zoo: Bronx Tales” (Animal Planet, 8 p.m.). Bull sea lions meet new girlfriends on “The Zoo” (Animal Planet, 9 p.m.).
Vanessa tries to avoid Wanda on “Love & Marriage: Huntsville” (OWN, 9 p.m.).
On “Family or Fiance” (OWN, 10 p.m.) a custody case becomes a complication.
“Frankie Drake Mysteries” (Ovation, 7 p.m.) looks into a morality violation in a modern dance troupe.
A woman is suspicious of her husband in light of a murder at their winery in the made-for-TV thriller “Dirty Little Deeds” (Lifetime Movie Network, 8 p.m.).
Turner Classic Movies has a couple of films about stowing away in a spacecraft, “It! The Terror from Beyond Space” (8 p.m.) and “Alien” (9:30 p.m.). The 12 o’clock noir is “Tight Spot” (midnight), followed about a couple of misbegotten RV trips, “Lost in America” (2 a.m.) and “The Long, Long Trailer” (4 a.m.).
College football begins at noon with games that include Georgia at Georgia Tech (ABC), Ohio State at Michigan (Fox), Florida State at Florida (ESPN), Wake Forest at Coston College (ESPN2), Texas Tech at Baylor (Fox Sports 1), Navy at Temple (ESPNU) and Houston at Connecticut (CBS Sports).
Games at 3:30 p.m. include Penn State at Michigan State (ABC), Alabama at Auburn (CBS), Oregon State at Oregon (ESPN), Indiana at Purdue (Fox Sports 1) and Western Kentucky at Marshall (CBS Sports). Then comes Wisconsin at Minnesota (Fox, 4 p.m.), Tulsa at SMU (ESPN2, 4 p.m.), Louisiana Monroe at Louisiana Lafayette (ESPNU, 4 p.m.), Grambling State at Southern (NBC Sports, 5 p.m.), Texas A&M at LSU (ESPN, 7 p.m.), West Virginia at Kansas (Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.), Kentucky at Louisville (ESPN2, 7:30 p.m.), Tulane at Memphis (ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.), Nevada at Colorado State (CBS Sports, 9 p.m.), BYU at Southern California (ESPN, 10:30 p.m.) and California at UCLA (Fox Sports 1, 10:30 p.m.).
Basketball has Phoenix at Brooklyn (NBA, 7:30 p.m.) and Washington at Dallas (NBC Sports, 8:30 p.m.).
Hockey has Edmonton at Vegas (NHL, 7 p.m.).
Men’s college hoops include Saint Peter’s at Providence (Fox Sports 2, noon), New Jersey Institute of Technology at Saint John’s (Fox Sports 2, 4 p.m.), Southern Illinois Edwardsville at Creighton (Fox Sports 2, 6 p.m.) and Northern Illinois at Marquette (Fox Sports 2, 8 p.m.).
Mitski and Rainbow Kitten Surprise play an “Austin City Limits” (PBS, 11 p.m., check local listings) from last year.
Last month’s “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) with Kim Kardashian and Halsey, is rerun. The 10 p.m. rerun is from 2018 with Steve Carell and Ella Mai.