A different kind of football occurs on broadcast TV tonight — the National Women’s Soccer League championship between the Washington Spirit vs. Gotham FC (CBS, 8 p.m.) live from San Jose.
Otherwise there’s the usual primetime college football, with Nebraska at Penn State (NBC, 7 p.m.), Tennessee at Florida (ABC, 7:30 p.m.) and BYU at Cincinnati (Fox, 8 p.m.). The rest of the day’s football roster is listed below.
Toni Braxton’s hit song from 2000 inspires the new made-for-TV movie “Toni Braxton’s He Wasn’t Man Enough” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.), in which she stars as an author betrayed by her boyfriend. Yvette Nicole Brown and Essence Atkins also star.
After its Taylor Swift-adjacent hit “Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story” (Hallmark, 10 p.m.) last year, they try a football romance again, this time in Buffalo, with “Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story” (Hallmark, 8 p.m.) stars Holland Roden and Matthew Daddario with a supporting cast that includes Joe Pantoliano, Steve Schirripa and Tracy Pollan.
More holiday romance is found in the new “Christmas on Every Page” (Great American Family, 8 p.m.) about a woman returning home to help her family’s bookstore, only to meet an artist. Rose Reid and Jake Allyn star.
“The Death Investigator with Barbara Butcher” (Oxygen, 9 p.m.) explores body parts found in a suitcase that washed ashore on Virginia Beach
A new show looks at the inner workings of another flight hub in “Toronto Airport Uncovered” (National Geographic, 9 p.m.), where the planes tend to be a bit frozen.
The horror movie “The Conjuring: Last Rites” (HBO, 8 p.m.), with Mia Tomlinson and Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson and Ben Hardy, makes its premium cable debut.
Svengoolie presents “Curse of the Undead” (MeTV, 8 p.m.).
A replay of Nathan Lane’s visit to Turner Classic Movies has his two picks “Double Indemnity” (8 p.m.) and “Chinatown” (10 p.m.). The midnight noir is “The Strip” (12:30 a.m.), followed by two movies about pirates in the Caribbean with “The Spanish Main” (2:15 a.m.) and “The Crimson Pirate” (4 a.m.). The midday musical is “Gigi” (noon).
Basketball includes Knicks at Orlando (NBA, 5 p.m.) and Detroit at Milwaukee (NBA, 8 p.m.).
Hockey has Columbus at Detroit (NHL, 1 p.m.) and Edmonton at Florida (NHL, 7 p.m.).
College football begins at noon with games that include Missouri at Oklahoma (ABC), Rutgers at Ohio State (Fox), Miami at Virginia Tech (ESPN), Harvard at Yale (ESPNU), Louisville at SMU (ESPN2), Kansas at Iowa State (Fox Sports 1) and Tulsa at Army (CBS Sports).
After Baylor at Arizona (TNT, 1 p.m.), games at 3:30 p.m. include Syracuse at Notre Dame (NBC), Arkansas at Texas (ABC), USC at Oregon (CBS), Kentucky at Vanderbilt (ESPN), Michigan State at Iowa (Fox Sports 1) and Jacksonville State at Florida International (CBS Sports).
Then comes Tulane at Temple (ESPNU, 3:45 p.m.), TCU at Houston (Fox, 4 p.m.), Kansas State at Utah (ESPN2, 4 p.m.), Furman at Clemson (CW, 4:30 p.m.), Pittsburgh at Georgia Tech (ESPN, 7 p.m.), Colorado State at Boise State (Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.), New Mexico at Air Force (CBS Sports), North Texas at Rice (ESPNU), Arizona State at Colorado (ESPN2, 8 p.m.), Washington at UCLA (NBC, 10:30 p.m.), San Jose at San Diego State (Fox Sports 1, 10:30 p.m.) and Utah State at Fresno State (CBS Sports, 10:30 p.m.).
Men’s college basketball includes Central Michigan at Marquette (truTV, 2 p.m.) and Providence vs. Penn State (truTV, 4 p.m.).
Women’s college basketball has Kentucky at Louisville (CW, 2 p.m.).
The Las Vegas Grand Prix (ESPN, 11 p.m.) is run.
It’s Pittsburgh at Tulsa (CBS, noon) in the United Soccer League final.
The NCAA has its cross country championship (ESPNU, 10 a.m.).
MJ Lenderman & the Wind and Role Model play a new “Austin City Limits” (PBS, 11 p.m., check local listings). “Saturday Night Live” is pre-empted by football.