The 39th (!) Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards (CBS, Nickelodeon, CBS ) airs live from Los Angeles, with a simulcast on CBS for the first time. Alex Warren, pictured with his wife Kouvr Annon, hosts; with performances from Jamie Miller, JYT, Ashe and Sofi Tucker. Taylor Swift leads all nominees, followed by Ariana Grande and Sabrina Carpenter. It’s preceded by the network premiere of “Minions: The Rise of Gru” (Nickelodeon, 6 p.m.).
Primetime football on broadcast TV has Texas at LSU (ABC, 7:30 p.m.), Utah at Arizona (Fox, 7:30 p.m.), Purdue at Iowa (NBC, 7:30 pm.) and UNLV at New Mexico (CW, 7:30 p.m.).
“Rachel Maddow” (MS NOW, 8 p.m.) sits down with Hillary Clinton for a two hour interview.
Tisha Campbell plays a single mother whose basketball playing son suddenly takes ill in the made-for-TV drama “One Last Shot” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.). Jaden Lucas Miller and Charles Malik Whitfield also star.
“The Nights Before Christmas” (Hallmark, 8 p.m.) turns Christmas Eve to a kind of Groundhog Day in a film starring Tyler Hynes.
Danica McKellar and Sam Page star in another holiday romance, “The Christmas Yes List” (Great American Family, 8 p.m.).
“Cue the Laughs” (IFC, 10 p.m.) has a collection of clips of family mishaps.
John Hodgeman and Michelle Wolf are guests panelists on “Have I Got News for You” (CNN, 9 p.m.).
“Predator vs. Prey: Leopards” (Nat Geo Wild, 10 p.m.) looks at the hunting techniques of the spotted cats.
Svengoolie’s most popular movie is on again: “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (MeTV, 8 p.m.).
“The End of Oak Street” (HBO, 8 p.m.), the sci-fi survival film from David Robert Mitchell with Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor, makes its premium cable premiere, as does “Pike River” (Showtime, 9 p.m.), the New Zealand coal mining film.
Colson Whitehead picks a pair for Turner Classic Movies with “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” (8 p.m.) and “The Killing” (10:15 p.m.). The 12 o’clock noir is “Slander” (midnight), followed by “American Graffiti” (2 a.m.) and “The Young Runaways” (4 a.m.). The midday musical is “Murder at the Vanities” (noon).
Basketball has Detroit at Miami (NBA, 8 p.m.).
Hockey has Seattle vs. Carolina (NHL, 1 p.m.) and Edmonton at Toronto (NHL, 7 p.m.),
College football begins at noon with games that include Duke at Miami (ABC), Wake Forest at SMU (ESPN), Northwestern at Ohio State (Fox), Cincinnati at Iowa State (TNT), Wisconsin at Maryland (Fox Sports 1), James Madison at UConn (CBS Sports) and Georgia Tech at Clemson (CW).
After Kansas State at TCU (ESPNU, 2 p.m.) and Tennessee at Texas A&M (ESPN, 3 p.m.) comes the following games at 3:30 p.m. include Missouri at Georgia (ABC), Boston College at Notre Dame (NBC), USC at Indiana (CBS), Baylor at BYU (Fox), Michigan at Oregon (Fox Sports 1), Arizona State at UCF (ESPN2) and Middle Tennessee at Liberty (CBS Sports).
Then comes Fresno State at Texas State (CW, 4 p.m.), Auburn at Mississippi State (ESPN2, 4:15 p.m.), Kansas at West Virginia (ESPNU, 5:30 p.m.), Oregon State at Boise State (USA, 6 p.m.), Florida at Kentucky (ESPN, 6:15 p.m.), Louisville at North Carolina (ESPN2, 7 p.m.), Minnesota at Penn State (Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.), San Jose State at Air Force (CBS Sports, 7 p.m.), North Texas at UTSA (ESPNU, 9 p.m.), Texas Tech at Oklahoma State (ESPN, 9:30 p.m.), Utah State at San Diego State (USA, 9:30 p.m.), Wyoming at UTEP (Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.), Colorado State at Washington State (CBS Sports, 10:30 p.m.) and North Dakota State at Hawaii (CW, 11 p.m.).
Men’s college basketball has Loyola-Chicago at Colorado State (USA, 1:30 p.m.), LSU at Gonzaga (USA, 3:30 p.m.) and Colorado at Providence (Peacock, 6 p.m.).
Women’s games include DePaul vs. Notre Dame (NBC, 1 p.m.).
Baseball’s best young prospects play in Arizona League Fall Championship Game (MLB, 8 p.m.).
Colombian-American singer Sebastián Yatra plays a new “Austin City Limits” (PBS, 11 p.m., check local listings).
John Mulaney returns to host a new “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) with musical guest Phoebe Bridgers.