What's On Tonight (Saturday): That's News to me

Have I Got News for You

Hey ya, girls just want to have icky thump! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, November 8!

Our Top Pick tonight is the season finale of Have I Got News for You (CNN, 9 p.m.). While it's only been a bit more than a year since this British adaptation panel show premiered, it wraps season 3 tonight. I find the show fine for amusing background noise.

Elsewhere, Nikki Glaser is Live from New York, Soundgarden was good at rocking, Jiaoying Summers aims for laughs, Antone's Nightclub goes to the Limits, and Lifetime goes to church.

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

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EARLY STREAMING & EVENING

Jiaoying Summers: What Specie Are You? (Hulu, midnight): SPECIAL. Jiaoying Summers' debut comedy hour is a look at what makes us different and what brings us together, drawing from Summers' life as a Chinese American and first-generation immigrant.✔️

WHAT ELSE IS ON
🏀 Fox Primetime Hoops (Fox, 7:30 p.m.): Arkansas at Michigan State
🏈 Big Ten Saturday Night (NBC, 7:30 p.m.): Navy at Notre Dame
Ranma1/2 (Netflix, 11:56 a.m.)
🏈 Saturday Night College Football (ABC, 7:30 p.m.): LSU at Alabama

🕗 PRIMETIME 🕚

48 Hours (CBS, 10 p.m. / Paramount+, Sunday): The murders of a beloved doctor, his wife and their young daughter leave their Santa Barbara community reeling.

🎥🎄 Christmas Above the Clouds (Hallmark, 8 p.m. / Hallmark+, Sunday): Though there was a modest victory in Newport that stopped the Hallo-Koal Alliance forces fast advancement, Christmasia is still in chaos. Enemy forces marched hundreds of miles into the nation and now occupy numerous lands, including vital agriculture hubs across the Peppermint Plains. One reason for the Alliance's easy advancement was their gargoyle scouts. To combat them, Gens. Prancer and Comet call up their cherubim squadrons. However, these rather priminitive units have only scouted, In their patchwork aircraft, they've never fought in the air, but now, they must, and against creatures born with wings. The squadrons, largely comprised of whos and pixies (which legend says once had wings), are led by Wally Sue. There's also Lt. Rudolph, who shows a strong knack for flying. But the gargoyles, under the command of Annie the Goblinmaster are veterans of air combat. The one way for the cherubim to win is to lure the gargoyles into battle in the cloudy Moonracer Mountains. They have some maps. Gargoyles have none. High risk, high reward.

⭐ Have I Got News for You (CNN, 9 p.m.): SEASON FINALE. On this third season finale, Late Nighter Jenny Hagel joins fellow Late Nighter and HIGNFY team captain Amber Ruffin. Also joining is Sen. Adam Schiff. I wouldn't be surprised if Jenny is with other captain Michael Ian Black.

🎥 Preach, Pray, Love (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): Sparks fly when rapper Charlie Jones crosses paths with Kyrus Owens, a charismatic minister. As their romance blossoms, Owens' congregation begins to question his commitment to the church, while Charlie struggles to reconcile her edgy public image.

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 2025 (Disney+, 8 p.m.): SPECIAL. Inductees this year to the shitty hall of fame are Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, Soundgarden, and The White Stripes.

WHAT ELSE IS ON
AEW Collision (HBO Max & TNT, 8 p.m.)
🏈 CFB on Fox (Fox, 9 p.m.): Nebraska at UCLA
Death Investigator with Barbara Butcher (Oxygen, 9 p.m. / Peacock, Sunday)
🎥 Dinner and a Movie (TBS, 8 p.m.): The Replacements
House Hunters (HGTV, 10 p.m.)
📡🎥 Materialists (HBO, 8 p.m. / HBO Max, now)✔️
🏈 Pac-12 College Football Series (The CW, 10 p.m.): Sam Houston State at Oregon State
🎥 Svengoolie (MeTV, 8 p.m.): The Valley of Gwangi

Materialists (via Giphy)

💤😴 LATE NIGHT 😴💤

One Piece (Adult Swim, 1:30 a.m.): Bartolomeo recounts the formation of the Straw Hats, sharing their moving story with the rest of his crew. The mysterious island of Zou approaches in the distance, obscured by fog.

WHAT ELSE IS ON
Austin City Limits (PBS, 11 p.m.): Antone's celebration
📡 Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War (Adult Swim, midnight / CrunchyRoll, now)
📡 Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga (Adult Swim, 12:30 a.m. / CrunchyRoll, now)
📡 Mashle: Magic and Muscles (Adult Swim, 1 a.m. / Netflix, now): Season premiere
Saturday Night Live (NBC & Peacock, 11:29 p.m.): Nikki Glaser, Sombr

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Key Sources: The Futon Critic; Gracenote; IMDb; TV Passport
⭐: Top Pick
💲: Game show
📡: Linear broadcast
🎥: Movie
📺: Throwback
✔️: Video/gif/photo included
🏈🏀⚾⚽🏐🎾🏌️🏒🏎️🐂: Sports

Happy watching, everyone!

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