Zach Cregger’s supernatural horror film “Weapons” (HBO, 8 p.m.) with Julia Garner (above), Amy Madigan and Josh Brolin, finds a good time to make its premium cable debut.
The Saturday before Halloween, of course, brings a lot of scary movies, from “Scream” (Showtime, 8 p.m.) and “Hotel Transylvania” (Freeform, 8 p.m.) to “Halloween” (AMC, 9:30 p.m.). But as for original films tonight, they concern a different holiday: “Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper!” (Hallmark, 8 p.m.) is about a weatherman (Robert Buckley) reuniting with his high school crush (Kimberly Sustad). “A Royal Icing Christmas” (Great American Family, 8 p.m.) is about a princess who escapes to a New England town where she stumbles upon a baking contest and a romance. Ellise Roth and Callum Buckley star.
Game 2 of the World Series has Dodgers at Toronto (Fox, 8 p.m.) in primetime.
Its broadcast competition: college football, with Michigan at Michigan State (NBC, 7:30 p.m.) and Texas A&M at LSU (ABC, 7:30 p.m.). The day’s other games are listed below.
The title of the made-for-TV thriller “Taken at a Truck Stop: A Black Girl Missing Movie” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.) tells you all about the plot. Garcelle Beauvais, Marci T. House and Sierra Sidwell star. It’s followed by a replay of last year’s “Abducted at an HBCU: A Black Girl Missing Movie” (Lifetime, 10 p.m.).
A killer explains why he murdered an artist in her home decades earlier on “48 Hours” (CBS, 10 p.m.).
“The Death Investigator with Barbara Butcher” (Oxygen, 9 p.m.) looks into the murder of a body found out int he desert.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joins comedian Paula Poundstone on this week’s “Have I Got News For You” (CNN, 9 p.m.) with Amber Ruffin, Michael Ian Black and Roy Wood Jr.
A daughter learns her father’s secret at a young age on “Unlocked: Family Secrets” (OWN, 8 p.m.).
“Inside Airport Lost & Found” (National Geographic, 9 p.m.) is a headphone case with $1,200 in it.
No surprise that the episodes of “Dangerously Obese” (TLC, 8 p.m.) are oversized as well.
Svengoolie has both “The Fly” (MeTV, 8 p.m.) and “Return of the Fly” (MeTV, 10:30 p.m.).
Turner Classic Movies replays its night of picks from Paul Giamatti, possibly because they fit in with the night’s other horror, with “Carnival of Souls” (8 p.m.) and “Rosemary’s Baby” (9:30 p.m.). The 12 o’clock noir is “Southside 1-1000” (midnight), followed by three Miss Marple mysteries, “Murder She Said” (1:45 a.m.), “Murder Most Foul” (3:15 a.m.) and “Murder Ahoy” (5 a.m.). The midday musical is “The Tales of Hoffman” (noon).
Hockey has Colorado at Boston (NHL, 3 p.m.) and Montreal at Vancouver (NHL, 7 p.m.).
NBA action has Oklahoma City at Atlanta (NBA, 7:30 p.m.).
College football begins at noon with gams that include UCLA at Indiana (Fox), Mississippi at Oklahoma (ABC), SMU at Wake Forest (CW), Kansas State at Kansas (TNT), Syracuse at Georgia Tech (ESPN), Appalachian State Old Dominion (ESPNU), South Florida at Memphis (ESPN2), Northwestern at Nebraska (Fox Sports 1), and Ohio at Eastern Michigan (CBS Sports).
Games at 3:30 p.m. include Florida Atlanta at Navy (CBS Sports), Toledo at Washington State (CW), BYU at Iowa State (Fox), Alabama at South Carolina (ABC), Minnesota at Iowa (CBS), Missouri at Vanderbilt (ESPN) and San Diego at Fresno State (Fox Sports 1).
Then comes Oklahoma State at Texas Tech (ESPNU, 4 p.m.), Baylor at Cincinnati (ESPN2, 4 p.m.), Stanford at Miami (ESPN, 7 p.m.), Wisconsin at Oregon (Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.), Colorado State at Wyoming (CBS Sports, 7:30 p.m.), North Dakota State at South Dakota State (ESPNU, 8 p.m.), Houston at Arizona State (ESPN2, 8 p.m.) and Colorado at Utah (ESPN, 10:15 p.m.).
There is third round play in the Asia-Pacific Amateur Gold Championship (ESPN2, 5 a.m.).
Motor Sports includes the IAA and Ritchie Bros. 250 (CW, 7:30 p.m.) and Grand Prix of Malaysia (Fox Sports 1, 3 a.m.).
Charley Crockett and Waxahatchee play a new “Austin City Limits” (PBS, 11 p.m., check local listings).
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) plays its first rerun of the season — a replay of the season opener from earlier this month, with Bad Bunny hosting and Doja Cat as musical guest.