Let it be known that the Christmas movie onslaught has begun two weeks before Halloween. One of them is “Silver Bells at Christmas” (Great American Family, 8 p.m.) with Laura Osnes and Ryan McPartlin, above. Another is “Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story” (Hallmark, 9 p.m.), starring the football team. It’s followed by last year’s “Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story” (Hallmark, 10 p.m.).
Speaking of pigskin, college football once more dominates primetime broadcast TV, with Notre Dame at BYU (ABC, 7:30 p.m.), Wisconsin at UCLA (NBC, 7:30 p.m.) and Oklahoma State at Houston (Fox, 7:30 p.m.). The rest of the day’s games is listed below.
“Sins of an Amish Husband” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.) is a made-for-TV drama about a woman who suspects foul play when her sister dies in a barn fire. Maddy Hillis and Karis Cameron star in the film adapted from Gregg Olsen’s gook “Abandoned Prayers.”
CBS shows its newly conservative slant with the special “CBS News Things That Matter: A Town Hall with Vice President JD Vance” (CBS, 8 p.m.).
Meanwhile, there’s the two-hour profile on “Long Game: The Bernie Sanders Effect with Michele Norris” (MS NOW, 8 p.m.).
“48 Hours” (CBS, 9 p.m.) begins its 40th season with the story of an Iowa man convicted of killing his wife in 2019 with a corn rake.
Donie O’Sullivan looks at where MAGA is at on “The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper” (CNN, 8 p.m.).
“Haw I Got News for You” (CNN, 9 p..m.) welcomes Adam Mockler and Josh Gondelman as guest panelists.
Miami and the Florida Keys are visited with Eric André on the first season finale of “The Detour with David Chang” (CNN, 10 p.m.).
“Love and Marriage: Huntsville” (OWN, 8 p.m.) has some problems with Arionne.
Mariana van Zeller goes undercover to become the target of a romance scam on “Super Scam Me” (National Geographic, 9 p.m.).
’The Death of Robin Hood” (HBO, 8 p.m.) with Hugh Jackman, Jodie Comer and Bill Skarsgård, mass its premium cable debut
Svengoolie pairs the original “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” (MeTV, 8 p.m.) with “This Island Earth” (MeTV, 10 p.m.).
Colman Domingo picks a pair for Turner Classic Movies tonight. He picks “Rear Window” (8 p.m.) and “Paper Moon” (10 p.m.). The 12 o’clock noir is “Chicago Syndicate” (midnight), followed by “Summer of ’42” (1:45 a.m.) and “Class of ’44” (3:45 a.m.). The midday musical is “The Barkleys of Broadway” (noon).
Baseball has Tampa Bay at Cleveland (TBS, truTV, 8 p.m.) in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series. Friday’s game was postponed.
The WNBA Finals begin with Atlanta at Golden State (NBC, 3:30 p.m.) in Game 1.
Hockey has New Jersey at Washington (NHL, 1 p.m.) and Buffalo at Montreal (NHL, 7 p.m.).
College football begins at noon with games that include Ohio State at Indiana (Fox), Florida at Texas (ABC), Mississippi State at LSU (ESPN), Virginia at SMU (CW), Northeastern at Michigan State (Peacock), Cincinnati at West Virginia (TNT), Kansas at Kansas State (Fox Sports 1), Pittsburgh at Boston College (ESPN2), Florida Atlantic at Army (CBS Sports), and Georgia State at James Madison (ESPNU).
Games at 3:30 p.m. include Auburn at Georgia (ESPN), Alabama at Tennessee (ABC), Arizona State at Texas Tech (Fox), North Carolina at Duke (ESPN2), Penn State at Michigan (CBS), Northern Illinois at Wyoming (CW) and UNLV at Air Force (CBS Sports).
Then comes Washington State at Oregon State (USA, 6 p.m.), Florida State at Miami (ESPN, 7 p.m.), TCU at Baylor (Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.), Nevada at North Dakota State (CBS Sports, 7 p.m.), Navy at UTSA (ESPNU, 8 p.m.), Utah at Colorado (ESPN, 10:15 p.m.), Wake Forest at California (ESPN2, 10:30 p.m.), Fresno State at San Diego State (CBS Sports, 10:30 p.m.), New Mexico at Hawaii (Fox Sports 1, 10:30 p.m.) and Nebraska at Oregon (Fox, 11 p.m.).
NASCAR runs its Timberland PRO 200 (CW, 7:30 p.m.).
It’s Poland vs. Nigeria (Fox Sports 2, 8 p.m.) and Germany vs. Argentina (Fox Sports 2, 10 p.m.) in the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup.
Ari Lennox plays a new “Austin City Limits” (PBS, 11 p.m., check local listings).
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) has its first rerun of the season — last month’s season premiere with Jalen Brunson and Katseye.