What's On Tonight (Saturday): Weekend gender bender

Ranma 1/2

Merry Christmas? Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, October 12!

Our Top Pick tonight is Ranma 1/2 (Netflix, 3 a.m.). The series, a pretty faithful (well, 1 episode anyway) remake of the original '80s/'90s series, follows the teenage boy and martial arts prodigy Ranma, who after an accident in China, changes from boy to girl he touched cold water. How queer the show is remains largely in the eye of the beholder. The creator used the device more for laughs and relatability but there's certainly a critique on traditional gender roles and society throughout.

Elsewhere, Ariana Grande and Stevie Nicks are Live from New York, Christmas movie season has begun, John Hodgman has News, Lifetime won't be Dumped, Maggie Rogers goes to the Limits, and Hallmark is Haunted.

(All times are Eastern. All listings are new unless otherwise stated. For more listings, visit The Futon Critic or Zap2it.)

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EARLY STREAMING & EVENING 🌇

🎥/📺 Laurel & Hardy (Catchy Comedy, all weekend): FAMOUS PARTNERS for $100: In 1926 they were partnered by director Leo McCarey, & the rest is history; "a fine mess", but history (5 Apr 1999)

⭐ Ranma 1/2 (Netflix, 3 a.m.): Episode 2 stuff happens. Ranma doesn't like gender flipping, especially having to be a girl. Plus existing alongside 3 other girls, one of whom is to be his wife.

WHAT ELSE IS ON

🏈 Big Ten Saturday Night (NBC, 7:30 p.m.): Ohio State at Oregon

⚽ NWSL Soccer (Ion, 7:30 p.m.): Angel City FC at North Carolina Courage

🏈 Saturday Night College Football (ABC, 7:30 p.m.): Ole Miss at LSU

🇰🇷 A Virtuous Business (Netflix, 3 a.m.): Series premiere

🕗 PRIMETIME 🕚

48 Hours (CBS, 10 p.m. / Paramount+, Sunday): In "Where Is Jermain Charlo?," the search is on after the disappearance of 23-year-old Montana mom Jermain Charlo.

🎥🎄 Christmas Wreaths and Ribbons (Great American Family, 8 p.m.): Christmas movie season has begun.

🎥🎃 Haunted Wedding (Hallmark Channel, 8 p.m. / Peacock, Sunday): "Angelique, a ghost who mistakes Brian for her own dead fiancé, disrupts his wedding with Jane." Don't worry this is a Hallmark movie. The only blood to be spilled, at most, would be a paper cut.

🎥 Nobody Dumps My Daughter (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): "After Jimmy breaks up with Theresa, her overbearing mother, Mary, becomes obsessed with mending their relationship." I'm guessing mother goes a little cuckoo.

WHAT ELSE IS ON

Have I Got News for You (CNN, 9 p.m. / Max, Sunday): Joanna Coles, John Hodgman

🎃 Help! My House Is Haunted (HGTV, 10 p.m. / Max, Sunday)

Love & Marriage: Detroit (OWN, 8 p.m.)

⚽ NWSL Soccer (Ion, 10 p.m.): Kansas City Current at Bay FC

🎥 Svengoolie (MeTV, 8 p.m.): The Ghost and Mr. Chicken✔️

🎥 Tuesday (HBO, 8 p.m. / Max, now)

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (via Tenor)

💤😴 LATE NIGHT 😴💤

📺 2 Stupid Dogs and the Secret Squirrel Show (MeTV Toons, 11 p.m.): The dogs have met their match at a tennis club.

📺 Freakazoid (MeTV Toons, 11:30 p.m.): Freak can't refuse anyone anything on his birthday, even a villain. 

One Piece (Adult Swim, 1:45 a.m.): "Hidden far underground, Kin'emon finds his old friend Kanjuro, whose powers allow them to quickly but not elegantly escape to the surface."

🎃 Uzumaki (Adult Swim, 12:30 p.m. / Max, Sunday): Kurouzu Hospital is in an uproar. Blood thirsty pregnant women and creepy babies surround Kirie, and her life is in danger.

WHAT ELSE IS ON

Austin City Limits (PBS, 11 p.m.): Maggie Rogers, Gracie Abrams

📡 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba (Adult Swim, 1:15 a.m. / Netflix, now)

Saturday Night Live (NBC & Peacock, 11:29 p.m.): Ariana Grande, Stevie Nicks

Stevie Nicks (via Giphy)✔️

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Key Sources: The Futon Critic; IMDb; TV Passport; Zap2it
⭐: Top Pick
💲: Game show
📡: Linear broadcast

🇰🇷: Korean Drama
🎥: Movie

🏈🏀⚾⚽🎾🏌️🏒🏎️: Sportsballs

📺: Throwback

✔️: Video/gif/photo included

Happy watching, everyone!

Reminder: SNL is tomorrow, so the Sunday WOT will be posted a few minutes early!