At least there will be some scenery in this new made-for-TV romance, “Love in the Great Smoky Mountains: A National Park Romance” (Hallmark, 8 p.m.), starring Arielle Kebbel and Zach Roaring as former couple now competing for the same research grant. It’s one in a series of romances set in the National Parks.
Also adding scenery is the made-for-TV crime thriller “Kidnapping in the Grand Canyon” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.).
The first big college football Saturday of the season completely fills primetime broadcast scheduling with West Virginia at Penn State (NBC, 7:30 p.m.), North Carolina at South Carolina (ABC, 7:30 p.m.) and Texas Tech at Wyoming (CBS, 7:30 p.m.). (Other college games are listed below).
The one broadcaster showing Major League Baseball instead has Philadelphia at Milwaukee (Fox, 7 p.m.).
Indy Officiallis helps a Missouri couple plant a food forest on the first season finale of “Farm Dreams” (Nat Geo Wild, 10 p.m.).
The top six bakers in the “Great Chocolate Showdown” (CW, 8 p.m.) pair up to make meringue towers.
On the first of two back-to-back new episodes of “Recipe for Disaster” (CW, 9 p.m.) creates dishes for a daycare.
Items from Fat Joe and the Digital Underground are sought on “Hip Hop Treasures” (A&E, 10 p.m.).
We’ve got “The Expendables” (AMC, 7 p.m.) and “The Expendables 2” (AMC, 9:30 p.m.); “John Wick” (Bravo, 6:30 p.m.) and “John Wick: Chapter 2” (Bravo, 8:33 p.m.); “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (MTV, 6:55 p.m.) and “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Down and both “The Goonies” (CMT, 7 p.m.) and “Gremlins” (CMT, 9:30 p.m.).
“Dutch Caribbean Coastguards” (National Geographic, 9 p.m.) rescues undocumented migrants.
Reunion episodes begin for “Love & Marriage: Detroit” (OWN, 8 p.m.).
“The Wrath of Becky” (Showtime, 9 p.m.), making its premium cable debut, stars Lulu Wilson as a teen who tries to protect her family. Seann William Scott and Kate Siegel also star.
It’s a Don Knotts double feature tonight on Turner Classic Movies with “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken” (AMC, 8 p.m.) and “The Love God?” (AMC, 10 p.m.). The 12 o’clock noir is “The Secret Fury” (midnight), followed two with James Caan, “Hide in Plain Sight” (2 a.m.), which he also directed, and “Rabbit, Run” (4 a.m.).
College football begins at noon with games that include Virginia at Tennessee (ABC), Colorado at TCU (Fox), Arkansas State at Oklahoma (ESPN), Utah State at Iowa (Fox Sports 1), East Carolina at Michigan (Peacock), Bowling Green at Liberty (CBS Sports) and Louisiana Tech at SMU (ESPNU).
Games at 3:30 p.m. include Ohio State at Indiana (CBS), Boise State at Washington (ABC), Rice at Texas (Fox), Tennessee State at Notre Dame (NBC), Buffalo at Wisconsin (Fox Sports 1), Massachusetts at Auburn (ESPN) and South Florida at Western Kentucky (CBS Sports).
Then comes California at North Texas (ESPNU, 4 p.m.), New Mexico at Texas A&M (ESPN, 7 p.m.), Army at UL Monroe (NFL, 7 p.m.), Washington State at Colorado State (CBS Sports, 7 p.m.), UTSA at Houston (Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.), South Alabama at Tulane (ESPNU, 8 p.m.), Sam Houston at BYU (Fox Sports 1, 10:15 p.m.), Coastal Carolina at UCLA (ESPN, 10:30 p.m.) and Idaho State at San Diego State (CBS Sports, 10:30 p.m.).
WNBA action has Seattle at Las Vegas (NBA, 9 p.m.).
There is third round action in The U.S. Open (ESPN2, 7 p.m.).
“Austin City Limits” (PBS, 11 p.m., check local listings) features Black Pumas in a show originally broadcast last year.
Quinta Brunson hosts a rerun of “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 10:30 p.m.) from April with Lil Yachty is rerun.