The first full Saturday of the college football onslaught begins with competing prime time broadcasts Clemson at LSU (ABC, 7:30 p.m.) and Western Michigan at Michigan (NBC, 7:30 p.m.).
It all begins at noon with North Texas at Indiana (Fox), East Carolina at Alabama (ABC), Oregon State at Houston (ESPN), Coastal Carolina at West Virginia (TNT), Ohio at Nebraska (Fox Sports 1) and Bryant at Army (CBS Sports).
After Miami Ohio at Pittsburgh (CW, 12:30 p.m.), games at 3:30 p.m. include Boise State at Oregon (CBS), Texas State at Texas (ESPN), Marshall at Penn State (Fox Sports 1), Baylor vs. Auburn (ABC), Boston College at Cincinnati (Fox) and Towson at Navy (CBS Sports).
Then comes Oklahoma State at Tulsa (ESPNU, 3:45 p.m.), Wyoming at Colorado State (USA, 6 p.m.), Missouri State at Texas A&M (ESPN, 7 p.m.), Abilene Christian at Texas Tech (Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.), Idaho State at Utah State (CBS Sports, 7 p.m.), UL Monroe at Mississippi State (ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.), Portland State at San Diego State (USA, 9:30 p.m.), Central Michigan at New Mexico (Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.), UNLV at Hawaii (CW, 10 p.m.), UCLA at California (ESPN, 10:30 p.m.) and Western Kentucky at Nevada (CBS Sports, 10:30 p.m.).
Elsewhere, Roxane Gay’s 2017 memoir “Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body” has been made into a TV movie, “Surviving the Silence: The Roxane Gay Story” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.) with the author narrating, Hilda Martin playing her young self and Sunnii E. Bartee the adult.
Tamra Mowry-Housley returns for “Haunted Harmony Mysteries: Prelude to a Wedding” (Hallmark, 8 p.m.) in which she is invited to a weeding, where one of the bridal party is found dead.
“Iyanla: The Inside Fix” (OWN, 8 p.m.) revisits a spiritual woman from season two.
An Atlanta man is caught with pot on “Contraband Capture” (National Geographic, 10 p.m.).
“Fuze” (HBO, 8 p.m.) the action film from last year with Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Theo James and Sam Worthington, has its premium cable debut.
Svengoolie presents “They Came From Beyond Space” (MeTV, 8 p.m.).
Noah Wyle of “The Pitt” picks a pair of movie for Turner Classic Movies tonight. His choices: “Fat City” (8 p.m.) and “Inside Moves” (10 p.m.). The Saturday night midnight noir returns with “The Yellow Canary” (12:15 a.m.), followed by a couple of war pics: “Operation Daybreak” (2:15 a.m.) and “Zeppelin” (4:15 a.m.). The midday musical is “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” (noon).
Baseball includes Cubs at Miami (MLB, 4 p.m.) and Arizona at Houston (Fox, 7 p.m.).
There is third round coverage of the U.S. Open (ESPN2, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.).
Horse racing has the Nashville Derby (NBC, 4 p.m.).
NASCAR wins the Fleet 200 (CW, 7:30 p.m.).
The Sabrina Carpenter episode of “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) from last October is rerun.