Director Cameron Crowe inducts the singular Kentucky rock band My Morning Jacket into the ACL Hall of Fame tonight on “Austin City Limits” (PBS, 11 p.m., check local listings) with clips from past appearances and a new performance.
Primetime college football on network TV has USC at Notre Dame (NBC, 7:30 p.m.), Tennessee at Alabama (ABC, 7:30 p.m.) and Utah at BYU (Fox, 8 p.m.). Other listings are below. ]
Well here’s an odd new show that apparently examines the contents of dog and cat stomachs: “My Pet Ate What?” (Animal Planet, 9 p.m.).
Bianca Lawson plays a woman who purposely seduces the man who murdered her husband in order to gather evidence in the made-for-TV thriller “The Widow’s Payback” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.), based on true events.
It used to seem weird if there were Christmas movies before Thanksgiving. Now there’s a new one two weeks before Halloween with “A Royal Montana Christmas” (Hallmark, 8 p.m.) in which a princess visits Big Sky country for the holidays and meets a dude at a ranch.
A network that began its Christmas programming last week has a new original romance “A Christmas Prayer” (Great American Family, 8 p.m.), starring Shae Robins as a children’s book illustrator who meets the father of a fan (Christopher Russell).
“48 Hours” (CBS, 10 p.m.), the only new, non-sports broadcast programming tonight, follows the story of of a young woman who wants to reinvestigate her uncle’s murder.
Comedian Gianmarco Soresi and journalist Julia Ioffe are guests on a new “Have I Got News for You” (CNN, 9 p.m.).
A daughter who has kept a secret for 25 years spills it on “Unlocked: Family Secrets” (OWN, 8 p.m.).
“Inside Airport Lost & Found” (National Geographic, 9 p.m.) returns some Shriners fezzes.
Svengoolie has “Young Frankenstein” (MeTV, 8 p.m.) followed by the original 1931 “Frankenstein” (MeTV, 10:30 p..m.).
It’s a popular choice. “Halloween” director John Carpenter gets to pick the films tonight on Turner Classic Movies and he chooses the 1931 “Frankenstein” (8 p.m.) with Boris Karloff as well, paired with the 1957 “The Curse of Frankenstein” (10 p.m.) with Peter Cushing. The 12 o’clock noir is “Black Tuesday” (midnight). Then comes two from 1978 with Jan-Michael Vincent, “Big Wednesday” (1:45 a.m.) and “Hooper” (4 a.m.). The midday musical is “Goodbye Mr. Chips” (noon).
Hockey has Seattle at Toronto (NHL, 7 p.m.).
College football begins at noon with games that include Washington at Michigan (Fox), LSU at Vanderbilt (ABC), Georgia Tech at Duke (ESPN), Army at Tulane (ESPNU), Baylor at TCU (ESPN2, Arizona at Houston (Fox Sports 1) and Central Michigan at Bowling Green (CBS Sports).
After West Virginia at Central Florida (TNT, 1 p.m.), games at 3:30 p.m. include Mississippi at Georgia (ABC), Ohio State at Wisconsin (CBS), Texas A&M at Arkansas (ESPN), Old Dominion at James Madison (ESPNU), UNLV at Boise State (Fox Sports 1) and Wyoming at Air Force (CBS Sports).
Then comes Texas Tech at Arizona State (Fox), Memphis at Alabama Birmingham (ESPN2, 4 p.m.), Washington State at Virginia Tech (CW, 6:30 p.m.), Maryland at UCLA (Fox Sports 1, 7 pm.), Texas at Kentucky (ESPN, 7 p.m.), Florida Atlantic at South Florida (ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.), Cincinnati at Oklahoma State (ESPN2, 8 p.m.), Nevada at New Mexico (Fox Sports 1, 9:45 p.m.), Lafayette at Oregon State (CW, 10 p.m.) and Florida State at Stanford (ESPN, 10:30 p.m.).
Motor sports include the U.S. Grand Prix sprint race (ESPNews, 1 p.m.), the United Rentals 250 (CW, 4 p.m.) and Australia Grand Prix (Fox Sports 2, 10:30 p.m.).
Figure skating has the Grand Prix de France (NBC, 3:30 p.m.).
Sabrina Carpenter is host and musical guest on a new “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.).