What To Watch: Ariana Grande Hosts SNL, Ana Ortiz's Lifetime Movie And More
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On TV this Saturday: Ariana Grande returns to Studio 8H, Ana Ortiz plays an obsessive mother and a Pretty Little Liars vet hosts a Haunted Wedding. Here are eight programs to keep on your radar. (Also check out our weekly TVLine-Up of premieres and finales and monthly streaming guide.)
Showtimes for October 12, 2024
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College Football
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On ABC, South Carolina vs. Alabama (12 pm), Texas vs. Oklahoma (3:30 pm) and Ole Miss vs. LSU (7:30 pm)... on CBS, Penn State vs. USC (3:30 pm)... on The CW, Georgia Tech vs. North Carolina (12 pm)... on ESPN, Clemson vs. Wake Forest (12 pm), California vs. Pittsburgh (3:30 pm), Florida vs. Tennessee (7 pm) and Kansas State vs. Colorado (10:15 pm)... on Fox, Washington vs. Iowa (12 pm), Arizona vs. BYU (4 pm) and Iowa State vs. West Virginia (8 pm)... on NBC, Stanford vs. Notre Dame (3:30 pm) and Ohio State vs. Oregon (7:30 pm)... on truTV, San José State vs. Colorado State (3:30 pm) and Air Force vs. New Mexico (7 pm).
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Haunted Wedding
Hallmark Channel
TV-movie premiere: A ghost (Let's Get Merried's Cassandra Potenza) disrupts a wedding when she mistakes the groom (Shadowhunters' Dominic Sherwood) for her dead fiancé; Janel Parrish (Pretty Little Liars) co-stars.
Nobody Dumps My Daughter
Lifetime
TV-movie premiere: After a boy breaks up with her daughter (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina's Jasmine Vega), an obsessive mom (Ugly Betty's Ana Ortiz) tries to reunite them, eventually hiring a hitman to kill him; musician Sheila E. co-stars.
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In the Season 1 finale, Colter investigates the disappearance of two amateur storm chasers; Jennifer Morrison (House) guest-stars. (Season 2 premieres Sunday at 8/7c; get scoop.)
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HBO
Premium cable premiere: A mother (Veep’s Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and her teenage daughter (Bloodlands’ Lola Petticrew) must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird.
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Have I Got News for You
CNN
Media executive Joanna Coles and writer, comedian and actor John Hodgman appear.
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48 Hours
CBS
Police continue searching for Indigenous mom Jermain Charlo who vanished from Missoula, Mont. in June 2018.
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Saturday Night Live
NBC
Pop singer (and Wicked star) Ariana Grande hosts; Stevie Nicks performs. (Who's hosting next week?)Courtesy of SNL