Music abounds today, primarily through the seven hour Global Citizen Festival (MSNBC, 3 pm.) from New York’s Central Park, featuring Beyonce, Pearl Jam, Ed Sheeran, Coldplay and others, for concertgoers who have pledged to help stop extreme poverty. Willie Geist, Thomas Roberts, Alex Wagner and Janet Mock announce for the network.
Elsewhere, “The Pinkprint: The Nicki Minaj Concert Movie” (BET, 10 p.m.) catches the performer at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, in a show with Lil Wayne and Meek Mill. In another concert special, country star Hunter Hayes surprises fans at a club in Lexington, Ny., on “Instant Jam” (CMT, 10 p.m.).
The murder of University of Virginia student Hannah Graham last year takes up the two hour season premiere of “48 Hours” (CBS, 9 p.m.), its 28th.
The new series “Behind the Screams” (Reelz, 9 p.m.) looks at the stories that inspired horror films, starting with the notorious Ed Gein, who inspired both “Psycho” and “The Silence of the Lambs.”
A winner is named on the season one finale of “Funny or Die Presents America’s Next Weatherman” (TBS, 11 p.m.).
“Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy” (Disney XD, 9:30 p.m.) becomes the latex animated series.
“Limitless” (CBS, 8 p.m.) didn’t do so well in its premiere this week; it’s on again tonight.
The comedian performs a new standup special in “Brian Regan: Live from Radio City Music Hall” (Comedy Central, 9 p.m.).
It might be premiere week every other day of the week, but tonight’s primetime broadcasts are dominated almost entirely by sports. That includes the college football games UCLA at Arizona (ABC, 8 p.m.) and Utah at Oregon (Fox, 8:30 p.m.) and boxing, Deontary Wilder vs. Johann Duhaupas (NBC, 8:30 p.m.) in a heavyweight title bout.
The second half of the season premiere of “Doctor Who” (BBC America, 9 p.m.) has the doctor trapped in a Dalek city. (Last week’s part one replays at 8 p.m.).
The third season finale of “Cedar Cove” (Hallmark, 8 p.m.) concludes with the wedding of Grace and Cliff.
Chen launches an event to promote Cam’s shoe line on “Survivor’s Remorse” (Starz, 9:30 p.m.).
Two radio talk show hosts who don’t get along are forced to co-host in the made-for-TV movie “Love On the Air” (Hallmark, 9 p.m.). Wonder what happens next.
The murder of a “Survivor” producer becomes the stuff of a TV movie “Murder in Mexico” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.).
The Angelina Jolie-directed “Unbroken” (HBO, 8 p.m.) with Louis Zamperini and Jack O’Connell, makes its premium cable debut, as does last year’s sequel “300: Rise of an Empire” (Cinemax, 10 p.m.).
An estranged son visits Walter on “Blunt Talk” (Starz, 9 p.m.).
The 40th anniversary is marked for three films from 1975: “The Man Who Would Be King” (TCM, 8 p.m.), “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (10:15 p.m.) and “Dog Day Afternoon” (TCM, 12:45 a.m.).
Later comes a couple of horror films from the 1970s, “Hausu” (TCM, 3 a.m.) and “The House of Seven Corpses” (TCM, 4:30 a.m.).
Today’s college football onslaught begins with these games at noon: Navy at Connecticut (CBS Sports Network), Georgia Tech at Duke (ESPN2), BYU at Michigan (ABC) LSU at Syracuse (ESPN), Southern Mississippi at Nebraska (ESPNews) and Central Florida at South Carolina (ESPNU).
Maryland at West Virginia (Fox Sports 1, 3 pm.) will be followed by these games at 3:30 p.m.: North Texas at Iowa (ESPNU), Tennessee at Florida (CBS), Oklahoma State at Texas (ESPN), Virginia Tech at East Carolina (ABC), Massachusetts at Notre Dame (NBC), Western Michigan at Ohio State (ESPN2) and Miami, Ohio at Western Kentucky (CBS Sports).
The rest of tonight’s games include Texas A&M vs. Arkansas (ESPN), Vanderbilt at Mississippi (ESPNU, 7 p.m.), Colorado State at Texas San Antonio (CBS Sports, 7 p.m.), Mississippi State at Auburn (ESPN2), North Carolina State at South Alabama (ESPNews), Southern Carolina at Arizona State (ESPN) and Fresno State at San Jose State (CBS Sports).
Baseball today includes Pirates at Cubs (Fox, 1 p.m.), White Sox at Yankees (MLB, 4 p.m.) and Mariners at Angels (MLB, 10 p.m.).
In golf, there’s The PGA Tour (Golf, 10 a.m.; NBC, noon).
Vampire Weekend and Grizzly Bear play a replay of “Austin City Limits” (PBS, 11 p.m., check local listings).
The last rerun of the season of “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) is on before next week’s season premiere. It’s the one with Louis C.K. and Rihannon.