What To Watch: College Football Kicks Off, Virgin River Vet On Hallmark And More
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On TV this Saturday: College football begins, Colin Lawrence stars in Napa Ever After and Showtime hosts an Indiana Jones marathon. Here are 10 programs to keep on your radar. (Also check out our weekly TVLine-Up of premieres and finales, plus our monthly streaming guide.)
Showtimes for August 26, 2023
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College Football
ABC, ESPN, NBC
The season kicks off with Navy vs. Notre Dame (at 2:30 pm on NBC); North Alabama vs. Mercer (3:30 pm, ESPN); Massachusetts vs. New Mexico State (7 pm, ESPN); and South Carolina State vs. Jackson State (7:30 pm, ABC). (How to stream.)
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Indiana Jones Marathon
Showtime
Through 1:15 am | Watch the first four Indiana Jones movies — starring Harrison Ford, of course — in order beginning with 1981's Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators
Ovation
Frank and Lu investigate a death threat at an exclusive tennis club; then at 8 pm, the investigators make unlikely allies when they cross paths with a pair of deadly gangsters.
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Attenborough: Behind the Lens
BBC America
70 minutes: Go behind-the-scenes with Sir David Attenborough with this special full of interviews and new clips.
The Flash
HBO
Cable premiere: Barry Allen (Justice League‘s Ezra Miller) travels back in time to change the past, but inadvertently alters the future; Michael Keaton (Dopesick) and Sasha Calle (The Young and the Restless) — but not Teddy Sears! — co-star.
Great Chocolate Showdown
The CW
The home bakers bejewel a chocolate sculpture and later create entremets that look like fruit.
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Bounce TV
Keith and Booker try to come to an understanding; Omar reconnects with Naomi; Greg plans to get Reggie out of his house for good.
Napa Ever After
Hallmark Channel
TV-movie premiere: An attorney (Meet the Brown's Denise Boutté) on a sabbatical renovates a winery she inherits, with the help of a handsome local (Virgin River's Colin Lawrence).
Vanished in Yosemite
Lifetime
TV-movie premiere: When her sister (Designed for Death's Kelcie Stranahan) meets a new guy and soon goes missing in Yosemite, Jennifer (Deadly Dating Game's Skye Coyne) suspects a kidnapping and sets out to rescue her.
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Saturday Night Live
NBC
Pedro Pascal hosts this encore episode from February; Coldplay performs.
