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■ college FOOTBALL
ABC, CBS, espn & FOX, beginning at 12 p.m. Live
It’s college football conference championship Saturday, featuring title games for the Big 12 (ABC), Sun Belt (ESPN), American (ABC), Mountain West (ESPN), Big Ten (FOX) and ACC (ABC). But the best of the bunch is a rematch of last season’s national championship game as Alabama and Georgia clash for the SEC title in Atlanta (CBS).
■ college BASKETBALL
espn, espn2 & FOX, beginning at 12 p.m. Live
Saturday college basketball on FOX features Louisville at Seton Hall, Gonzaga at Creighton and Nevada at USC. ESPN2 has Uncgreensboro at Kentucky, Villanova at La Salle, Vanderbilt vs. NC State, Stetson at Duke and Oregon at Houston. Purdue at Michigan and Stanford at Kansas round out the schedule on ESPN.
■ Disney PARKS Presents A 25 DAYS of CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY PARTY
Disney channel, 8 p.m.
This half-hour special, hosted by Jordan Fisher and Disney stars Ruby Rose Turner and Dakota Lotus, features musical performances by Gwen Stefani, Brett Eldredge, Asher Angel and Meg Donnelly and special appearances by Disney Channel stars. Plus, the special takes viewers behind the scenes of Lightning Mcqueen’s Racing Academy, a new experience based on the world of Cars, which rolls into Disney’s Hollywood Studios in spring 2019.
■ Mingle ALL the WAY
Hallmark channel, 8 p.m.
Original Film! The designer of a successful networking/dating app that pairs busy singles with “strictly platonic” partners for all of the holiday season’s social engagements is matched with a man with whom she’s already had several disastrous encounters. Stars Jen Lilley, Brant Daugherty and Lindsay Wagner.
■ A twist of CHRISTMAS
Lifetime, 8 p.m.
Original Film! In the frenzy before Christmas, two single parents — busy working mom Abby (Vanessa Lachey) and overwhelmed lawyer Ryan (Brendon Zub) — accidentally mix up their toys at a crowded department store. Although the two parents can’t stand each other, they are forced to work together to salvage the holidays for their children.
■ SATURDAY night Live: “claire Foy/anderson .PAAK”
nbc, 11:30 p.m. Live
British actress Claire Foy, who won an Emmy for Netflix’s drama The Crown and has starred in two acclaimed recent feature films, First Man and The Girl in the Spider’s Web, makes her SNL hosting debut tonight. She is joined by musical guest Anderson .Paak.