“48 Hours” (CBS, 8 p.m.) looks back at a 1998 murder in Missouri.
A new VRC location readies its opening on “Pit Bulls & Parolees” (Animal Planet, 9 p.m.).
Another five new Christmas titles debut tonight with “A Tale of Two Christmases” (Hallmark, 6 p.m.) with Kat Barrell and Chandler Massey; “Faith Heist: A Christmas Caper” (Bounce, 8 p.m.) is a sequel to last year’s “Faith Heist,” with Jonathan Langdon; “Haul Out the Holly” (Hallmark, 8 p.m.) with Lacey Chabert; and “I’m Glad It’s Christmas” (Great American Family, 8 p.m.) with Jessica Lowndes, Paul Greene and Gladys Knight.; and “The 12 Days of Christmas Eve” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.) starring Kelsey Grammar and his daughter Spencer Grammer.
Turner Classic Movies’ series on films that shaped the culture continues with “An Inconvenient Truth” (8 p.m.) and “Boys Don’t Cry” (10:15 p.m.). The midnight noir is “Death of a Cyclist” (12:30 a.m.), followed by two New York stories from the 1980s, “Hannah and Her Sisters” (2:15 a.m.) and “Crossing Delancey” (4:15 a.m.).
World Cup games today have Tunisia vs. Australia (Fox Sports 1, 5 a.m.), Poland vs. Saudi Arabia (Fox Sports 1, 8 a.m.), France vs. Denmark (Fox Sports 1, 11 a.m.) and Argentina vs. Mexico (Fox Sports 1, 2 p.m.).
Basketball has Oklahoma City at Houston (NBA, 8 p.m.).
Hockey has Edmonton at Rangers (NHL, 1 p.m.) and Toronto at Pittsburgh (NHL, 7 p.m.).
College football begins at noon with games that include South Carolina at Clemson (ABC), Michigan at Ohio State (Fox), Georgia Tech at Georgia (ESPN), West Virginia at Oklahoma State (ESPN2), Coastal Carolina at James Madison (ESPNU) and Western Kentucky at Florida Atlantic (CBS Sports).
Games at 3:30 p.m. include Oregon at Oregon State (ABC), Auburn at Alabama (CBS), Minnesota at Wisconsin (ESPN), Memphis at SMU (ESPN2), Troy at Arkansas State (ESPNU) and UAB at Louisiana Tech (CBS Sports).
Then comes Iowa State at TCU (Fox, 4 p.m.), Michigan State at Penn State (Fox Sports 1, 4 p.m.), LSU at Texas A&M (ESPN, 7 p.m.), Central Florida at South Florida (ESPN2, 7 p.m.), Oklahoma at Texas Tech (Fox Sports 1, 7:30 p.m.), Tulsa at Houston (ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.), Air Force at San Diego State (CBS Sports, 9 p.m.), Washington at Washington State (ESPN, 10:30 p.m.) and BYU at Stanford (Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.).
Men’s college hoops include UMBC at Georgetown (Fox Sports 2, noon), Niagara at St. John’s (Fox Sports 2, 4 p.m.), Columbia at Providence (Fox Sports 2, 4 p.m.), Iowa vs. TCU (CBS Sports, 7 p.m.) and Chicago State at Marquette (Fox Sports 2, 8:30 p.m.).
Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram and Jon Randall perform on a replay of “Austin City Limits” (PBS, 11 p.m., check local listings).
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) reruns the Jack Harlow episode from a month ago. A replay of a 2019 episode with Will Ferrell and King Princess runs at 10.