On TV this Saturday: A Nashville vet gets the Christmas Carol treatment, Saved by the Bell‘s Mario Lopez is a Feliz NaviDAD, and Oprah Winfrey, Angela Bassett and others participate in a star-studded HBO adaptation. Here are 10 programs to keep on your radar; all times are Eastern.
Seven games: Clemson visits Florida State (at 12 pm, ABC); Indiana takes on Ohio State (12 pm; Fox); Wisconsin plays Northwestern (3:30 pm, ABC); Ole Miss challenges Texas A&M (3:30 pm, CBS); Kansas State goes head-to-head with Iowa State (4 pm, Fox); Oklahoma State plays Oklahoma (7:30 pm, ABC); Arizona battles Washington (8 pm, Fox).
In this 90-minute Season 2 episode, Gibson realizes she may have put witness Rose Stagg in danger, while Spector terrorizes Belfast.
Author Ta-Nehisi Coates details his experience coming of age in inner-city Baltimore, in a society that structurally supports white supremacy; Susan Kelechi Watson (who is also an EP), Mahershala Ali, Angela Bassett, Jharrel Jerome, Janet Mock, Joe Morton, Wendell Pierce, Phylicia Rashad, MJ Rodriguez, Yara Shahidi, Courtney B. Vance and Oprah Winfrey appear.
Autumn’s spectacular transformations are explored, highlighting how Earth and its inhabitants prepare for the cold months of winter.
TV-movie premiere: A single father (Saved by the Bell‘s Mario Lopez) finds romance when his daughter and sister play matchmaker during the holidays; AnnaLynne McCord (90210) co-stars.
TV-movie premiere: A TV producer (Nashville‘s Jessy Schram) gets the Ebenezer Scrooge treatment when a recently deceased mentor warns her about her dark future; Wynonna Judd, Sara Evans (Nashville) and RaeLynn (The Voice) co-star.
TV-movie premiere: Hanna (Grand Army‘s Keara Graves) hopes to stop a blackmailing scheme by taking her cousin’s college entrance exam for her; Kate Drummond (Utopia Falls) and Sydney Meyer (V-Wars) co-star.
TV-movie premiere: A writer (Teen Wolf‘s Jill Wagner) looks for the person who grants wishes placed upon a tree, while reconnecting with a childhood friend (Haven‘s Lucas Bryant).
Kerry Washington hosts this Season 39 throwback, which originally aired Nov. 2, 2013.
One hour: Errol “The Truth” Spence Jr. and Danny “Swift” Garcia share their lives and training regimen, as they prepare for their highly anticipated Dec. 5 match-up.
♦ ON THIS DAY IN TV HISTORY ♦
On Nov. 21, 1980, Dallas at long last answered the question, “Who Shot J.R.?” — before a U.S. audience of as many as 90 million.
