What To Watch: Wendi McLendon-Covey's Bad Romance, Bad Bunny Hosts SNL, Great Pumpkin And More
On TV this Saturday: Wendi McLendon-Covey is Vicky White, Bad Bunny emcees SNL and the Peanuts crew searches for the Great Pumpkin. Here are 10 programs to keep on your radar. (Also check out our weekly TVLine-Up of premieres and finales, holiday movie rundown and monthly streaming guide.)
Showtimes for October 21, 2023
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
In the beloved Peanuts special, Linus embarks on a quest to meet up with the mythical Great Pumpkin.
Trillion Game
Stateside premiere: In this Japanese drama based on a manga, a master communicator and an engineer go into business together with the goal of making a trillion dollars; Ren Meguro (Silent) and Hayato Sano (Teppachi!) star.
Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators
Two episodes: Lu infiltrates a local slimming club to uncover their secrets; then at 8 pm, the duo finds themselves trapped in a famous author's house.
'Twas the Text Before Christmas
TV-movie premiere: A text message sent to the wrong number sets up a new Christmas tradition over three separate years; Merritt Patterson (The Royals) and Trevor Donovan (90210) star. (View holiday movie guide!)
Bad Romance: The Vicky White Story
TV-movie premiere: Corrections officer Vicky White (The Goldbergs' Wendi McLendon-Covey) develops a secret infatuation with a prisoner (Reign's Rossif Sutherland), and risks it all to break him out of jail and go on the lam.
Where Are You, Christmas?
TV-movie premiere: After a woman (Nikita's Lyndsy Fonseca) wishes for a year without Christmas, she wakes up in a world of black and white and must work with the town mechanic (Chicago Med's Michael Rady) to restore the holiday. (Unwrap Mandi Bierly's preview, view holiday movie guide!)
iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina Livestream
Chayanne, Ricardo Montaner, Menudo, Yandel, Gale and more perform; Enrique Santos hosts.
All Rise
Ness tries her first case; Mark's father arrives with troubling news.
48 Hours
New technology helps police track a person of interest who may have murdered two women in Phoenix 30 years ago.
Saturday Night Live
Bad Bunny pulls double duty as host and musical guest. (Who's hosting next week?)