What To Watch: College Admissions Scandal Movie, My Little Pony Ends, Banana Splits Get Scary And More
Mia Kirshner and Penelope Ann Miller as *not* Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman (Courtesy of Lifetime)
On TV this Saturday: The College Admissions Scandal rocks Lifetime, David Harbour turns SNL upside down and The Banana Splits terrorize Syfy. Here are nine programs to keep on your radar; all times are Eastern.
Showtimes for October 12, 2019
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College Football
ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC
Six games: Broadcast matchups include Michigan vs. Illinois (12 pm, ABC); Oklahoma vs. Texas (12 pm, Fox); Florida State vs. Clemson (3:30 pm, ABC); Alabama vs. Texas A&M (3:30 pm, CBS); Penn State vs. Iowa (7:30 pm, ABC) and USC vs. Notre Dame (7:30 pm, NBC).
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American League Championship Series
Fox, FS1
The New York Yankees take on the Houston Astros in Game 1, live from Minute Maid Park in Houston.
The College Admissions Scandal
Lifetime
TV-movie premiere: Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin Two wealthy mothers (American Crime's Penelope Ann Miller and Star Trek: Discovery's Mia Kirshner) will do anything to get their children into the best colleges. (Gretchen Carlson's Beyond the Headlines special follows at 10; watch trailer.)
Happy Death Day 2U
HBO
Premium cable premiere: In this sequel, a young woman (La La Land's Jessica Rothe) and her friends get stuck in a murderous time loop; Suraj Sharma (God Friended Me), Ruby Modine (Shameless) and Steve Zissis (Togetherness) co-star.
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
Discovery Family
Series finale (90 minutes): The Mane Six must save the kingdom of Equestria from laminitis an evil alliance.
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All That
Nickelodeon
Marie Kiddo declutters a treehouse; Dracula and the Invisible Man examine new technology.
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The Banana Splits Movie
Syfy
TV-movie premiere: Fleegle, Bingo, Drooper and Snorky return for this dark take on the children's TV show, in which a young boy's birthday party at the Banana Split studio goes horror-bly wrong. (Watch trailer.)
Love, Fall & Order
Hallmark Channel
TV-movie premiere: Sparks fly between the daughter (Stitchers' Erin Cahill) of a pumpkin farmer and her former rival (90210’s Trevor Donovan).
