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As the series opens Season 46 tonight, the performance will originate from the ‘SNL” home base in Rockefeller Center’s Studio 8H. All of last season’s cast, including Emmy winner Kate McKinnon, returns this season.
8 PM ( LIFE) MOVIE Dying to Be a Cheerleader Cheerleaders, beware! Lifetime gets into the spooky spirit early with this new TV movie premiere, which kicks off a series of “Fear the Cheer” films airing in October. Here, Darcy (Dominique Booth) is caught up in the glitz and glamour of becoming a part of the cheer squad at her new school and decides to try out. Her dreams turn into a nightmare however, when a member of the team is found dead in the gym showers and all eyes turn on Darcy as the main suspect.
8 PM ( HBO) MOVIE Downhill Jim Rash and Nat Faxon, who won an Oscar for co-writing the 2011 movie drama “The Descendants,” also co-wrote and co-directed this 2020 Black comedy, an English-language remake of the well-received 2014 Swedish film “Force Majeure.” This remake stars comedy veterans Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell as Billie and Pete Stanton, a married couple on a family ski vacation who reassess their lives and relationship when an avalanche threatens to kill them. Miranda Otto and Zach Woods also star. 9 PM ( HALL) MOVIE Country at Heart This 2020 romance stars Jessy Schram (“Chicago Med”) as Shayna, a struggling songwriter who’s considering abandoning her fledgling career when a chance encounter with Grady (Niall Matter) presents a big break. He’s currently working on a song for country star Duke Sterling (Lucas Bryant) and invites Shayna to be his writing partner. Romance blooms, but when Duke takes a shine to her and invites her to join his tour as an opening act, Shayna faces a tough decision. 9 PM ( TRAV) Ghost Adventures In the new episode “Violently Trapped Spirits,” Zak Bagans, Nick Groff and Aaron Goodwin investigate the Stanley Hotel, a reallife house of horrors that inspired Stephen King’s masterpiece of horror “The Shining,” and also provided the shooting location for a thrilling 1997 TV miniseries adaptation of King’s novel. Later, in another segment, the crew goes underground in search of thousands of lost souls in Sacramento, Calif.
11:29 PM & Saturday Night Live When the coronavirus pandemic shut down instudio production last spring, the cast and writers of this Emmy-winning late-night comedy staple delivered a couple of episodes produced and performed remotely under quarantine conditions. As the series opens Season 46 tonight, however, the performance will originate from the ‘SNL” home base in Rockefeller Center’s Studio 8H. With the 2020 presidential election less than a month away, Jim Carrey begins a recurring guest role as Joe Biden. All of last season’s cast, including Emmy winner Kate McKinnon, returns this season.
1 AM ^ Austin City Limits The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on most shows that feature musicians in performance before a live audience, so tonight’s new offering, “The Very Best of John Prine,” is just that: highlights of the late singer-songwriter’s eight appearances on “ACL” dating back to 1978. Songs include “Paradise,” “Sam Stone” and “Angel From Montgomery.” Bonnie Raitt makes a special guest appearance, and Jason Isbell reportedly has recorded a special introduction for this episode.