The college football has a soft opening with a Saturday that begins with North Carolina vs. TCU (ESPN, noon) from Dublin in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic. Stateside, it’s San Jose State at USC (NBC, 3 p.m.), NC State at Virginia (ESPN, 3:30 p.m.), Jacksonville State at North Dakota State (CBS Sports, 5:30 p.m.), New Mexico State at Florida State (CW, 7 p.m.), East Texas A&M at Mercer (ESPN, 7 p.m.), Prairie View A&M at Tarleton State (ESPN2, 9 p.m.) and Memphis vs. UNLV (Fox, 10 p.m.). Locally, it’s Alabama A&M vs. Howard (ABC, 7:30 p.m.).
Melissa O’Neil stars as a criminal profiler who goes after “The Copycat Killer” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.), in a made-for-TV thriller that also stars Greyston Holt and Peter Facinelli star.
In “Much About Love” (Hallmark, 8 p.m.), a TV director returns to her theater roots at a Shakespeare and runs into an old flame, just like the play “Much Ado About Nothing,” except that it’s a made-for-TV romance. It stars Ashley Williams and Niall Matter, who previously played opposite one another in the channel’s “Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater.”
Smuggled illicit medication from San Juan is on “Contraband Capture” (National Geographic, 10 p.m.).
“Iyanla: The Inside Fix” (OWN, 8 p.m.) revisits a cosmetic surgery victim.
Thursday’s 1,000th episode of “Big Brother” (CBS, 8 p.m.) is repeated.
It’s Rita Hayworth all day on the final Saturday of Turner Classic Movies’ Summer Under the Stars with “Susan and God” (5 a.m.), “The Strawberry Blonde” (8 p.m.), “Miss Sadie Thompson” (10 a.m.), “The Happy Thieves” (noon), “Separate Tables” (2 p.m.), “Pal Joey” (4 p.m.), “Affair in Trinidad” (6 p.m.), “Gilda” (8 p.m.), “Cover Girl” (10 p.m.), “You’ll Never Get Rich” (midnight), “Only Angels Have Wings” (1:45 a.m.) and “Affectionately Yours” (4 a.m.).
Baseball includes a day/night double header of Boston at Yankees (MLB, 1:05 p.m.; Fox, 7:15 p.m.), Colorado at Atlanta (MLB, 4 p.m.) and Philadelphia at Angels (MLB, 10 p.m.).
WNBA action has Chicago at New York (CBS, 1 p.m.).
Preseason football has Detroit at Indianapolis (NFL, 1 p.m.) and Chicago at Tennessee (NFL, 6 p.m.).
Motor sports has the Snap-On Makers and Fixers 250 (Fox, 2:30 p.m.) and the Coke Zero Sugar 400 (NBC, 7 p.m.).
The Little League World Series has Japan vs. Curacao (ABC, 12:30 p.m.) in the international championship and Great Lakes vs. Mountain (ABC, 3:30 p.m.) in the U.S. championship. The final is tomorrow.
Women’s college volleyball has Nebraska vs. UNLV (Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.) and TCU vs. Texas (Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.).
The 50th anniversary of Willie Nelson & Family appearing on the first “Austin City Limits” is repeated in the special “ACL Presents: Willie Nelson & Family” (PBS, 11 p.m., check local listings).
In the first week of his 30-day residency at Madison Square Garden, here’s the Harry Styles-hosted “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) where he was also musical guest.