Margo Price plays a new “Austin City Limits” (PBS, 11 p.m., check local listings) along with Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway.
The Saturday before Halloween can only mean one thing: early Christmas movies. Tonight, there’s two “Mystic Christmas” (Hallmark, 8 p.m.), a sequel to the old movie of the Connecticut pizza shop, with Jessy Schram and Chandler, and “Bringing Christmas Home” (Great American Family, 9 p.m.) in which a military history professor teams up with an antique store owner. Jill Wagner and Paul Greene star.
College football dominates broadcast TV once more, with Colorado at UCLA (ABC, 7:30 p.m.), Ohio State at Wisconsin (NBC, 7:30 p.m.).
But there is competition from the World Series, with Game 2 of Arizona at Texas (Fox, 8 p.m.).
“Would You Kill for Me? The Mary Bailey Story” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.), is a made-for-TV thriller based on Bailey’s own book “Mother’s Soldier.” It stars Melissa Joan Hart, Olivia Scriven and Presley Allard.
The first album release from Metal Blade Records in 1982 was a compilation of artists, some of which became famous like Metallica and Matt, and others of which, well. Whoever happened to Cirith Ungol? The legacy of that album is likely to be overblown in a two-hour documentary “Metal Massacre: The Story of a Legendary Album” (AXStv, 9 p.m.).
If that LP wasn’t legendary, well neither was Bill Cower one of the “NFL Icons” (MGM+, 10 p.m.). Still, he’s the Steelers coach is subject of tonight’s episode.
“OWN Spotlight” (OWN, 10 p.m.) is a conversation between Oprah Winfrey and actress Kerry Washington about the latter’s new memoir.
A turtle has a cracked shell on “Pets & Pickers” (Animal Planet, 9 p.m.).
On “All Rise” (OWN, 9 p.m.), a no-cash-bail policy is blamed for a murder.
Kim gets a surprise on “Love & Marriage: Huntsville” (OWN, 8 p.m.).
“The Nun II” (HBO, 8 p.m.), a sequel to the horror hit, sets up another confrontation between Sister Irene and the demon nun Valek. The film, making its premium cable premiere, stars Taissa Farmiga, Anna Popplewell and Bobbie Aarons
Turner Classic Movies pairs Alfred Hitchcock’s 1956 version of “The Man Who Knew Too Much” (8 p.m.), with 1934 original “The Man Who Knew Too Much” (10:15 p.m.). pThe 12 o’clock noir is “Experiment in Terror” (midnight), followed by two mysteries from the 1970s, “Agatha” (2:30 a.m.) and “The Last of Sheila” (4:15 a.m.).
Basketball includes New York at New Orleans (NBA, 7 p.m.) and Utah at Phoenix (NBA, 10 p.m.).
Hockey has Toronto at Nashville (NHL, 7 p.m.).
College football begins at noon with games that include Florida State at Wake Forest (ABC), Indiana at Penn State (CBS), Oklahoma at Kansas (Fox), South Carolina at Texas A&M (ESPN), Houston at Kansas State (ESPN2), West Virginia at Central Florida (Fox Sports 1), Tulsa at SMU (ESPNU) and Massachusetts at Army (CBS Sports).
After Clemson at North Carolina State (CW, 2 p.m.), games at 3:30 p.m. include BYU at Texas (ABC), Georgia vs. Florida (CBS), Oregon at Utah (Fox), Pittsburgh at Notre Dame (NBC), Duke at Louisville (ESPN), Purdue at Nebraska (Fox Sports 2) and Miami, Ohio at Ohio (CBS Sports).
Then comes Tulane at Rice (ESPN2, 4 p.m.), Prairie View A&M at Florida A&M (ESPNU, 4 p.m.), Wyoming at Boise State (Fox Sports 2, 5:30 p.m.), Marshall at Coastal Carolina (NFL, 6 p.m.), Tennessee at Kentucky (ESPN, 7 p.m.), Washington at Stanford (Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.), Air Force at Colorado State (CBS Sports, 7 p.m.), Cincinnati at Oklahoma State (ESPN2, 8 p.m.), Old Dominion at James Madison (ESPNU, 8 p.m.), Oregon State at Arizona (EPSN, 10:30 p.m.), UNLV at Fresno State (Fox Sports 1, 10:30 p.m.) and New Mexico at Nevada (CBS Sports, 10:30 p.m.).
NASCAR runs its Dead On Tools 250 (USA, 5:30 p.m.).
Comedian Nate Bargatze hosts a new “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) with Foo Fighters.