College football’s bowl season begins today with seven games including UCLA vs. Boise State (ABC, 7:30 p.m.) in the LA Bowl in primetime network TV.
Other bowl games today have Georgia Southern vs. Ohio State (ESPN, 11 a.m.) in the Myrtle Beach Bowl, Howard vs. Florida A&M (ABC, noon) in the Celebration Bowl in Atlanta, Jacksonville State vs. Louisiana (ESPN, 1:15 p.m.) in the New Orleans Bowl. Miami, Ohio vs. Appalachian State (ABC, 3:30 p.m.) in the Cure Bowl in Orlando; New Mexico State vs. Fresno State (ESPN, 5:45 p.m.) in the New Mexico Bowl and Cal vs. Texas Tech (ESPN, 9:15 p.m.) in the Independence Bowl in Shreveport.
Here she is if you haven’t seen her: Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” (HBO, 8 p.m.) finally makes its premium cable debut.
“Planet Earth III” (BBC America, 8 p.m.) explores the human effect on wildlife worldwide.
Stand up comedy mixes with performance art in the special “Leo Reich: Who Cares?!” (HBO, 10 p.m.). The young comic performs in London (in shorts).
Another handful of new, original Christmas movies has Susie Abromeit and Liam McIntyre in “Designing Christmas with You” (Great American Family, 8 p.m.), Katie Findlay and Evan Roderick in “Sealed with a List” (Hallmark, 8 p.m.), Tatyana Ali and Jesse Love in “The Holiday Proposal Plan” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.), Javicia Leslie and Brad James in “The Christmas Detective” (OWN, 9 p.m.), and Jackée Harry, Ciara Carter and Vivica A. Fox in “A Christmas Intern” (Lifetime, 10 p.m.).
“Legends of the Fork” (A&E, 9 p.m.) heads to Chicago, and then Nashville at 9:30.
An Italian social club places an order on “Buddy Valastro’s Cake Dynasty” (A&E, 10 p.m.).
“Love & Marriage: Huntsville” (OWN, 8 p.m.) chastises Maurice’s online behavior.
Ancient Christmas specials getting network replays include “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (CBS, 8 p.m.) and “Frosty the Snowman” (CBS, 9 p.m.).
A Sean Connery double feature on Turner Classic Movies has “The Great Train Robbery” (8 p.m.) and “Robin and Marian” (10 p.m.). The 12 o’clock noir is “Beware, My Lovely” (midnight), followed by two 1970s films about fun aunts, “Mame” (1:30 a.m.) with Lucille Ball, and “Travels With My Aunt” (3:45 a.m.) with Maggie Smith.
It’s an unusual day to have pro football, but here’s Minnesota at Cincinnati (NFL, 1 p.m.) Pittsburgh at Indianapolis (NFL, 4:30 p.m.) and Denver at Detroit (NFL, 8:15 p.m.).
Basketball includes Atlanta at Cleveland (NBA, 7:30 p.m.) and Utah at Sacramento (NBA, 10 p.m.).
Hockey has Vancouver at Minnesota (NHL, 2 p.m.) and Washington at Nashville (NHL, 8 p.m.).
Men’s college hoops have LSU at Texas (ESPN2, noon), La Salle at Miami (CW, noon), Kansas at Indiana (CBS, 12:30 p.m.), Sacred Heart at Providence (Fox Sports 1, 1:30 p.m.), Baylor at Michigan State (Fox, 2 p.m.), Georgetown at Notre Dame (CW, 2:15 p.m.), Texas A&M at Houston (ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.), Ohio State vs UCLA (CBS, 2 p.m.), Fordham at St. John’s (Fox Sports 1, 3:30 p.m.), Florida Atlantic at St. Bonaventure (ESPNU, 4 p.m.), Arizona at Purdue (Peacock, 4:30 p.m.), North Carolina vs. Kentucky (CBS, 5:30 p.m.), Northwestern at DePaul (Fox Sports 1, 5:30 p.m.), Winthrop at Xavier (Fox Sports 1, 7:30 p.m.), Alabama at Creighton (Fox, 8 p.m.), NC State vs. Tennessee (ESPN2, 10 p.m.), Arizona State at TCU (ESPNU, 10 p.m.) and Jackson State at Howard (ESPNU, midnight).
Women’s games have Louisville at UConn (Fox, noon).
Brandy Clark and Charley Crockett play a 2021 episode of “Austin City Limits” (PBS, 11 p.m., check local listings).
Former cast member Kate McKinnon returns to host a new “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) for the first time, with musical guest Billie Eilish. Austin Butler hosts a 2022 rerun at 10 with Lizzo.