A moment is not wasted in bringing October’s first marathon of all things Michael Myers with “Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers” (2 p.m.), “Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers” (AMC, 4 p.m.), “Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers” (AMC, 6 p.m.), “Halloween” (AMC, 8 p.m.), “Halloween H20: 20 Years Later” (AMC, 10 p.m.) and “Halloween: Resurrection” (AMC, midnight).
Stars of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” host the special “Halloween Dragstravaganza” (Hulu, streaming).
Tis the season of corporate synergy, hence the “NBC Special: Halloween in Hollywood” (NBC, 8 p.m.), a one hour promotion for Universal Studio Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights.
“Cold Justice” (Oxygen, 8 p.m.) has a two-part look at a 2007 murder of a North Dakota college student.
A thriller about a woman whose baby disappears “The Missing” (BET, 8 p.m.) makes its cable premiere. Denise Boutte stars.
Former 49ers quarterback Steve Young is profiled on “NFL Icons” (Epix, 10 p.m.).
On “Love & Marriage: Huntsville” (OWN, 8 p.m.), Meineka is blindsided by rumors about an affair.
A mother gets in the way on “Family or Fiancé” (OWN, 9 p.m.).
Robots are featured on Saturday nights all month on Turner Classic Movies, starting with a great one, “Metropolis” (8 p.m.) followed by “Forbidden Planet” (10:45 p.m.). The midnight noir is “The Red House” (12:30 a.m.), followed by a couple of tales of the big top, “Trapeze” (2:30 a.m.) and “At the Circus” (4:30 a.m.).
Baseball includes Boston at Toronto (MLB, 3 p.m.), Mets at Atlanta (Fox, 7 p.m.) and Colorado at Dodgers (10 p.m.).
College football begins another big day with games at noon that include Oklahoma at TCU (ABC), Navy at Air Force (CBS), Michigan at Iowa (Fox), Kentucky at Mississippi (ESPN), Purdue at Minnesota (ESPN2), Temple at Memphis (ESPNU) and Georgia State at Army (CBS Sports).
Games at 3:30 p.m. include Wake Forest at Florida State (ABC), Alabama at Arkansas (CBS), Oklahoma State at Baylor (Fox), Northwestern at Penn State (ESPN), Iowa State at Kansas (ESPN2), Michigan State at Maryland (Fox Sports 1), Central Michigan Toledo (NFL) and Fresno State at Connecticut (CBS Sports).
Then comes LSU at Auburn (ESPN, 7 p.m.), Cincinnati at Tulsa (ESPNU, 7 p.m.), North Carolina State at Clemson (ABC, 7:30 p.m.), West Virginia at Texas (Fox Sports 1, 7:30 p.m.), San Jose State at Wyoming (CBS Sports, 7:30 p.m.), Arizona State at Southern California (ESPN, 10:30 p.m.) and Stanford at Oregon (Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.).
Preseason basketball has Memphis at Milwaukee (NBA, 8 p.m.) and Washington vs. Golden State (NBA, 1 a.m.).
Preseason hockey has Pittsburgh at Buffalo (NHL, 1 p.m.) and Detroit at Chicago (NHL, 8:30 p.m.).
Auto racing includes the Championship Petit La Mans (NBC, noon; USA, 7 p.m.), the Chevy Silverado 250 (Fox Sports 1, 12:30 p.m.) and the Sparks 300 (USA, 4 p.m.).