The new streaming series based on the movie franchise, “The Santa Clauses” (FX, 8 p.m.), makes its cable debut with its first two episodes.
A woman who told people she was kidnapped when she went missing for three weeks is told in the documentary “Sherri Papini: Lies, Lies & More Lies” (Oxygen, 9 p.m.).
The haunted vaults of Edinburgh are investigated on “Haunted Scotland” (Travel, 10 p.m.).
After the weekly Saturday musical “Cabaret” (noon), Turner Classic Movies has a day of religious- themed Christmas films with “The Song of Bernadette” (2:15 p.m.), “King of Kings” (5 p.m.), “The Greatest Story Ever Told” (8 p.m.). The 12 o’clock noir is “Mr. Soft Touch” (noon), followed by “Fiddler on the Roof” (2 a.m.).
Football has Indianapolis at Minnesota (NFL, 1 p.m.), Baltimore at Cleveland (4:30 p.m.) and Miami at Buffalo (NFL, 8:15 p.m.).
Basketball includes Miami vs. San Antonio (NBA, 5 p.m.) and New Orleans at Phoenix (NBA, 9 p.m.).
Hockey includes Columbus at Boston (NHL, 1 p.m.).
College football includes Cincinnati vs. Louisville (ESPN, 11 a.m.) in the Fenway Bowl; Jackson State vs. N.C. Central (ABC, noon) in the Celebration Bowl; Colorado School of Mines vs. Ferris State (ESPNU, 1 p.m.) in the NCAA Division II playoffs; Florida vs. Oregon State (ESPN, 2:30 p.m.) in the Las Vegas Bowl; Washington State vs. Fresno State (ABC, 3:30 p.m.) in the L.A. Bowl; Montana State at South Dakota State (ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.) in the FCS semifinal; Rice vs. Southern Mississippi (ESPN, 5:45 p.m.) in the LendingTree Bowl; SMU vs. BYU (ABC, 7:30 p.m.) in the New Mexico Bowl; and Boise State vs. North Texas (ESPN, 9:15 p.m.) in the Frisco Bowl.
Men’s college hoops includes Indiana at Kansas (ESPN2, noon), Providence at Seton Hall (Fox, 12:30 p.m.), Alabama vs. Gonzaga (CBS, 1 p.m.), Houston at Virginia (ESPN2, 2 p.m.), North Carolina vs. Ohio State (CBS, 3 p.m.), Villanova at Saint Joseph’s (CBS Sports, 4 p.m.), UCLA vs. Kentucky (CBS, 5:15 p.m.), Utah at BYU (CBS Sports, 6 p.m.), Connecticut at Butler (Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.), Texas A&M at Memphis (ESPNU, 7 p.m.), Wyoming vs. Dayton (CBS Sports, 8 p.m.), Oklahoma State at Wichita State (ESPNU, 9 p.m.), Tennessee at Arizona (ESPN2, 10:30 p.m.) and North Carolina State vs. Vanderbilt (CBS Sports, 10:30 p.m.)
Golf has first round play in the PNC Championship Pro-Am (NBC, 2 p.m.).
It’s Texas vs. Louisville (ESPN2, 8 p.m.) in the NCAA women’s volleyball final.
An “Austin City Limits” (PBS, 11 p.m., check local listings) from last year features The War and Treaty and Ruthie Foster.