College football invades prime time with Southern California vs. Alabama (ABC, 8 p.m.). There are also a lot of other games, listed below. And if not a game, there’s a profile of an NFL player in “A Football Life: Brett Favre” (CBS, 8 p.m.).
BET gets into the original film business with a mix of romance and thriller in “Only 4 One Night” (BET, 8 p.m.) that stars Brian White of “Scandal” opposite Karruche Tran as a couple threatened when her sister drugs her husband and cheats.
Josie Davis stars as a housewife who is exposed to the the ruthless side of real estate on the made for TV “Backstabbed” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.). Kevin Spirits and Brittany Underwood costar.
Jason Aldean performs in a “CMT Concert of the Summer” (CMT, 8 p.m.) from the 2016 Windy City Lake Shake. Thomas Rhett is among his guests.
On premium cable, movies include the prequel “Pan” (HBO, 8:35 p.m.) with Rooney Mara as Tiger Lily; and the western “Forsaken” (Showtime, 9 p.m.) with Donald Sutherland, Kiefer Sutherland and Brian Cox.
“Aquarius” (NBC, 9 and 10 p.m.) refocuses on Manson in two episodes.
The cast of Motor Monday count down the top motorcycles in history in the special “Biketacular: Road to Harley” (Discovery, 10 p.m.).
Lots of prime time reality reruns from an hour of “America’s Got Talent” (NBC, 8 p.m.) to two hours of “Hotel Hell” (Fox, 8 p.m.).
Back to school means a look at a school in rural Hartsville, S.C., to provide quality education to low income students in the two hour documentary “180 Days: Hartsville” (PBS, check local listings).
On a new “Dead Files” (Travel, 10 p.m.), Amy and Stave travel to St. Charles, Mo.
An Alfred Hitchcock marathon has “Vertigo” (Sundance, 10 a.m., 2:30 a.m.), “Rear Window” (Sundance, 1 p.m.), “The Birds” (Sundance, 3:30 and 9 p.m.) and “Psycho” (Sundance, 6:30 p.m. and midnight).
Turner Classic Movies concentrates on films set in Berlin with a triple play of “Cabaret” (8 p.m.), “A Foreign Affair” (10:15 p.m.) and “Escape from East Berlin” (12:15 p.m.). Then it’s Sean Connery in the sci-fi “Zardoz” (TCM, 2 a.m.) and Michael York in the futuristic “Logan’s Run” (TCM, 4 a.m.).
College games today begin with Boston College vs. Georgia Tech (ESPN2, 7:30 a.m.), which runs so early because it’s being played in Dublin.
Noon games include Fordham at Navy (CBS Sports), Oklahoma at Houston (ABC), Hawaii at Michigan (ESPN), Missouri at West Virginia (Fox Sports 1), Western Michigan at Northwestern (ESPNU), Eastern Kentucky at Purdue (ESPNU) and Eastern Kentucky at Purdue (ESPNews).
Then at 3:30 p.m., it’s LSU vs. Wisconsin (ABC), UCLA at Texas A&M (CBS), Miami (Ohio) at Iowa (ESPNU), Texas State at Ohio (CBS Sports).
Later, it’s Georgia vs. North Carolina (ESPN, 5:30 p.m.), San Jose State at Tulsa (CBS Sports, 7 p.m.), Southern Mississippi at Kentucky (ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.), Alabama vs. Southern Cal (ABC, 8 p.m.), Clemson at Auburn (ESPN, 9 p.m.), BYU at Arizona (Fox Sports 1, 10:30 p.m.) and Northern Illinois at Wyoming (CBS Sports, 10:30 p.m.).
Baseball today includes San Francisco at Cubs (MLB, 2 p.m.), Detroit at Kansas City (Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.) and San Diego at Dodgers (MLB, 8 p.m.).
Third round play continues in the U.S. Open (ESPN2, 11 a.m.).
Leon Bridges and Nathaniel Ratliff & the Night Sweats play a repeat of “Austin City Limits” (PBS, 11 p.m., check local listings).
Leon Bridges is also music guest on a rerun of “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) hosted by Ryan Gosling.