The 41st season of “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) begins with no new cast changes and a repeat as host: Miley Cyrus, who recently wore out her welcome as MTV Video Music Award host. Luckilly, there is a backlog of material, in the summer’s political circus alone (Hillary Clinton is rumored to show up for the premiere, though Kate McKinnon has her otherwise covered).
For those who want to catch up on the first four decades, the big “Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special” (NBC, 8 p.m.), which won a bunch of Emmys a couple of weeks ago, gets a replay. Though I suppose watching so many highlights will only lead to season premiere disappointment.
Prime time is once more dominated by college football with Arizona State at UCLA (Fox, 7:30 p.m.) and Notre Dame at Clemson (ABC, 8 p.m.).
In the made-for-TV “Autumn Dreams” (Hallmark, 9 p.m.), Jill Wagner and Colin Egglesfield play a couple who met as teen sweethearts have to finalize plans for their divorce. Which is kind of what will happen on “The Affair” Sunday.
Kiernan Shipka, Sally Draper in “Mad Men,” plays a teenage fan of the band All Time Low in “Fan Girl” (ABC Family, 9 p.m.) and Meg Ryan plays her mom.
Bradley Cooper stars as Chris Kyle in “American Sniper” (HBO, 8 p.m.), making its premium cable debut.
After its unauthorized movie about “Family Ties” bombed, there seems little excitement about “The Unauthorized Beverly Hills 90210 Story” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.), which gets fact-checked in the subsequent “Beyond the Headlines” (Lifetime, 10 p.m.).
An underwater base is under attack on “Doctor Who” (BBC America, 9 p.m.).
Rosalie searches for her husband on ‘Blunt Talk” (Starz, 9 p.m.).
The hurricane may never hit but there it is awfully windy, specifically “The Wind” (TCM, 8 p.m.), “Trade Winds” (TCM, 9:30 p.m.), “Wind Across the Everglades” (TCM, 11:15 p.m.) and “Women in the Wind” (TCM, 1 a.m.). Later, watch out for “Rattlers” (2:15 a.m.) and “The Swarm” (3:45 a.m.).
College football today includes at noon: Texas at TCU (ABC), Iowa at Wisconsin (ESPN), Purdue at Michigan State (ESPN2), Central Florida at Tulane (ESPNews), Houston at Tulsa (CBS Sports), Army at Penn State (ESPNU) and West Virginia at Oklahoma (Fox Sports 1),
Games at 3:30 p.m. include Ohio State at Indiana (ABC), North Carolina at Georgia Tech (ESPNU, 3:30 p.m.), Air Force at Navy (CBS Sports), Alabama at Georgia (CBS) and Florida State at Wake Forest (ESPN),
Later comes Kansas State at Oklahoma State (Fox Sports 1, 4 p.m.), East Carolina at SMU (ESPNews, 4 p.m.), Arkansas at Tennessee (ESPN2, 7 p.m.), Mississippi at Florida (ESPN, 7 p.m.), Eastern Michigan at LSU (ESPNU, 7 p.m.), Vanderbilt at Middle Tennessee (CBS Sports, 7 p.m.), William and Mary at Delaware (NBC Sports, 7:30 p.m.), Oregon at Colorado (ESPN, 10 p.m.), Hawaii at Boise State (ESPN2, 10:15 p.m.) and Fresno State at San Diego State (CBS Sports, 10:30 p.m.).
“Austin City Limits” (PBS, 11 p.m., check local listings) returns for its own 41st season tonight, with a 2015 Hall of Fame special that salutes Guy Clark, Loretta Lynn, Flaco Jimenez, Townes Van Zandt and Asleep at the Wheel.