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SATURDAY December 14, 2024 All times Eastern. Start times can vary based on cable/satellite provider. Confiirm times on your on-screen guide.

College Football ABC, CBS & ESPN, beginning at noon Live The college football bowl-game season kicks off today with the Cricket Celebration Bowl in Atlanta on ABC and the IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama, on ESPN. A great tradition continues in Landover, Maryland, as the Navy Midshipmen take on the Army Black Knights on CBS. The Heisman Trophy is presented to the season’s most outstanding player in a ceremony tonight on ESPN.



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CBS, ESPN, ESPN2 & FOX, beginning at noon Live Top college basketball matchups today include Texas A&M at Purdue (CBS), Ohio State at Auburn (ESPN2), UCLA at Arizona (ESPN2), Seton Hall at Rutgers (FOX), NC State at Kansas (ESPN), Louisville at Kentucky (ESPN), Tennessee at Illinois (FOX) and Gonzaga at UConn (FOX). Christmas Under the Northern Lights Great American Family, 8 p.m.

■ Original Film An author visiting a small town over Christmas is shown the area’s stunning vistas and Northern Lights by a handsome local guide. Jill Wagner and Jesse Hutch star. The 92nd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade The CW, 8 p.

m. Hosted by Dean Cain and Laura McKenzie, along with Montel Williams and Elizabeth Stanton, the parade will feature Hollywood celebrities and movie cars, award-winning bands from across the country, dazzling equestrians, colorful floats and humorous specialty acts. Saturday Night’s Main Event NBC, 8 p.

m. Live WWE’s iconic Saturday Night’s Main Event, which originally ran on NBC from 1985 to 1992, returns in this special taking place at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Long Island, New York, the site of the first-ever Main Event. Going forward, Main Event specials will air quarterly on NBC as part of WWE’s new partnership with NBCUniversal.

The Santa Class Hallmark Channel, 8 p.m. ■ Original Film After Kate (Kimberley Sustad) reluctantly takes over her father’s once-acclaimed but now-struggling Santa School, she and her new co-worker (Benjamin Ayres) discover a man they believe to be the real Santa Claus, who has lost his memories after his sled crashed near the school.

With the fate of Christmas at stake, they decide to invite him to participate in their school’s intense Santa training program in order to help him remember who he is. The Holiday Junkie Lifetime, 8 p.m.

■ Original Film Jennifer Love Hewitt stars as Andie, whose business, Holiday Junkie, is hired to fill a family’s large, lavish home with Christmas spirit while they’re away on vacation. But the holidays have extra significance and emotional weight for Andie this year, as she’s dealing with the recent loss of a loved one. While she’s decking the halls, she encounters ruggedly handsome handyman Mason (Brian Hallisay), who has his own case of holiday heartbreak.

NBA Basketball: Emirates NBA Cup: Semifinals ABC, beginning at 8:30 p.m. Live ABC airs both semifinal games from the Emirates NBA Cup in-season tournament tonight from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Saturday Night Live NBC, 11:30 p.m. Live; also livestreams on Peacock Former SNL cast member Chris Rock returns for his fourth time as host, joined by Grammy nominee Gracie Abrams, who is making her debut as musical guest.

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