Tonight on the Tube: College Football, Crimetime Replays & Saturday Night Live

News & Notes

On cable tonight, CMT has the third season finale of Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team, Hallmark Channel has the TV movie premiere of An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving, Sci Fi has the TV movie premiere of Lost City Raiders, and WE has third season finale of John Edward Crossing Country.

Prime Pick

Saturday Night College Football (ABC): Texas Tech (2) at Oklahoma (5). The broadcast is scheduled to start around 8:00 p.m. ET.

Solid Selections

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS): Repeat. The team is investigating cases where the victims all have green blood in “The Theory of Everything” from last season.

Criminal Minds (CBS): Repeat. A teenage boy and his girlfriend are on a killing spree in a small town and the team investigates in “Elephant’s Memory” from last season.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC): Repeat. Benson and Stabler are investigating the death of a famous astronaut in “Lunacy” from earlier this season.

Cable Choices

All Star Thanksgiving Recipes (Food Network): Repeat. Stars of the Food Network share some of their recipes and traditions. Plays again later.

Iron Chef America (Food Network): Repeat. The “Thanksgiving Showdown” between Iron Chefs Bobby Flay and Michael Symon against Iron Chefs Cat Cora and Morimoto replays. Runs 90 minutes. Plays again later.
Iron Chef America: Greatest Moments (Food Network): Repeat. Check out some of the best moments from the show. Runs 30 minutes. Plays again later.

Other Option

• Trading Spaces (TLC): New. A mom and dad trade spaces after their oldest child heads off for college. Plays again later.

Sports Notes

• ABC has college football action with Michigan State (15) at Penn State (8) followed by Saturday Night College Football, see Prime Pick above for more info.
• CBS has college football with Mississippi at LSU (18).
• ESPN has two college football games with one early and Florida State at Maryland (25) capping off the day.
• ESPN2 has three college football games with Pittsburgh (20) at Cincinnati (19) capping off the day.
• FOX Sports regional networks have college football games.
• NBA TV has the the Houston Rockets at the Orlando Magic.
• NBC has college football with Syracuse at Notre Dame.
• Versus has three college football games.

Late Night

• MADtv (FOX): New. A Kitchen Nightmares spoof is part of the fun.
• Saturday Night Live (NBC): New. Tim McGraw hosts with musical guests Ludacris and T-Pain.
• The Shield (FX): Repeat. This past Tuesday’s episode, “Possible Kill Screen,” replays. Runs 66 minutes.
• Talkshow With Spike Feresten (FOX): New. He has Hanson and actress Olivia Munn.

TV Marathons

ABC Family has Christmas themed movies all day long.
Bravo has 15 hours of The Real Housewives… episodes.
MTV2 has 12 hours of MTV Cribs programming.
MTV has 12 episodes of America’s Next Top Model.
Spike is playing Sniper 3, 2 & 1 tonight.
truTV has 20 episodes of Forensic Files.
USA has nine episodes of NCIS.
VH1 has seven episodes of Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy.