What To Watch: Owen Wilson Hosts SNL, iHeartRadio Festival And More

On TV this Saturday: Owen Wilson makes his Studio 8H debut, Billie Eilish and Coldplay headline the iHeartRadio Music Festival and Frankie Drake Mysteries is back. Here are eight programs to keep on your radar; all times are Eastern.

Showtimes for October 2, 2021

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Frankie Drake Mysteries

Ovation

Season 4 premiere: The ladies attempt to solve the murder of a scavenger hunt player.

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The Good Father: The Martin MacNeill Story

Lifetime

TV-movie premiere: Weeks after his wife's (Angel's Charisma Carpenter) suspicious death, Dr. Martin MacNeill (I'm Sorry's Tom Everett Scott) moves in with his mistress, causing his daughter (Burden of Truth's Anwen O'Driscoll) to question everything she knows. As she should!

La Brea

NBC

Encore presentation: A family is divided when a massive sinkhole opens in Los Angeles; Natalie Zea (The Detour), Eoin Macken (The Night Shift) and John Seda (Chicago P.D.) star in the fall's No. 1 new drama.

iHeartRadio Music Festival

The CW

Two hours: BTS, Billie Eilish, Miley Cyrus, Usher, Coldplay and more perform; Ryan Seacrest hosts. (Night 2 airs Sunday at 8 pm.)

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Love Strikes Twice

Hallmark Channel

TV-movie premiere: A woman (Man Seeking Woman's Katie Findlay) stuck in a stale marriage magically wakes up 15 years earlier, and gets the chance to decide whether she'd choose the same man (Dear White People's Wyatt Nash) again.

North Hollywood

Showtime

Premium cable premiere: A teen (Ballers' Ryder McLaughlin) decides between his father's (True Detective's Vince Vaughn) wishes and his dream of pro skateboarding; Miranda Cosgrove (iCarly) co-stars.

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SNL Vintage

NBC

Former cast member Maya Rudolph won an Emmy for this Season 46 installment, which originally aired March 27; Jack Harlow performs.

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Saturday Night Live

NBC

Season 47 premiere: Loki's Owen Wilson hosts; Kasey Musgraves performs. (Get scoop on casting changes; who's hosting next week?)


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