On the other hand, the premature onslaught of Yuletide romances continues with “Jolly Good Christmas” (Hallmark, 8 p.m.) and “Christmas Bedtime Stories” (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, 10 p.m.) with Erin Cahill, Chelie Weber and Steve Lund.
The other made-for-TV premiere tonight is about escaping the religious sect, “An Amish Sin” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.) with Dylan Ratzlaff, Kellie Martin and Rukiya Bernard, supposedly based on a true story.
Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Omarion compete on “Criss Angel’s Magic with the Stars” (CW, 8 p.m.).
“World’s Funniest Animals” (CW, 9 p.m.) include alpacas, cows and Huskies.
A dog runs afoul of harvest machinery on “Pit Bulls & Parolees” (Animal Planet, 9 p.m.).
“Ghost Hunters” (Travel, 9 p.m.) goes to the Mississippi Coast Coliseum.
The singer faces mortality on “Conjuring Kesha” (Travel, 10 p.m.).
Turner Classic Movies’ month-long Saturday night robot series concludes with “Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla” (8 p.m.) and “Deadly Friend” (9:45 p.m.). The 12 o’clock noir is “El Vampiro Negro” (midnight), followed by Joe Dante’s “Matinee” (2 p.m.) and Ed Wood’s “Plan 9 from Outer Space” (4 p.m.).
Hockey includes Rangers at Dallas (NHL, 2 p.m.) and Toronto at Los Angeles (NHL, 7 p.m.).
College football begins at noon with games that include Notre Dame at Syracuse (ABC), Ohio State at Penn State (Fox), TCU at West Virginia (ESPN), South Florida at Houston (ESPN2), Oklahoma At Iowa State (Fox Sports 1), Toledo at Eastern Michigan (ESPNU) and Boston College at Connecticut (CBS Sports).
Games at 3:30 p.m. include Illinois at Nebraska (ABC), Florida vs. Georgia (CBS), Oklahoma State at Kansas State (Fox), Cincinnati at Central Florida (ESPN), Northwestern at Iowa (ESPN2), Oregon at California (Fox Sports 1) and Temple at Navy (CBS Sports).
Then comes South Alabama at Arkansas State (ESPNU, 4 p.m.), Kentucky at Tennessee (ESPN, 7 p.m.), Colorado State at Boise State (Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.), UAB at Florida Atlantic (CBS Sports, 7 p.m.), Coastal Carolina at Marshall (NFL, 7 p.m.), Baylor at Texas Tech (ESPN2, 7:30 p.m.), Arizona State at Colorado (ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.), Stanford at UCLA (ESPN, 10:30 p.m.), San Diego State at Fresno State (Fox Sports 1, 10:30 p.m.) and Nevada at San Jose State (CBS Sports, 10:30 p.m.).
NASCAR runs its Dead On Tools 250 (NBC, 3:30 p.m.).
Parker McCollum and Robert Earl Keen play a new “Austin City Limits” (PBS, 11 p.m., check local listings).