What To Watch On TV And Streaming Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025

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A Royal Montana Christmas' Fiona Gubelmann and Warren Christie

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Every day, TVLine’s What to Watch column highlights new and returning English-language shows (and select movies) premiering or airing new episodes across broadcast, cable and streaming — organized below by release time and alphabetically within each slot.

On TV this Saturday: Hallmark Channel kicks off Countdown to Christmas, Sabrina Carpenter returns to Studio 8H and Bianca Lawson seeks “The Widow’s Payback.”

Showtimes for October 18, 2025

12:00 PM
ET

College Football

See below for networks

ABC

LSU vs. Vanderbilt (12 pm)

Ole Miss vs. Georgia (3:30 pm)

Tennessee vs. Alabama (7:30 pm)

CBS

Ohio State vs. Wisconsin (3:30 pm)

The CW

Washington State vs. Virginia (6:30 pm)

Lafayette vs. Oregon State (10 pm)

ESPN

Georgia Tech vs. Duke (12 pm)

Texas A&M vs. Arkansas (3:30 pm)

Texas vs. Kentucky (7 pm)

Florida State vs. Stanford (10:30 pm)

Fox

Washington vs. Michigan (12 pm)

Texas Tech vs. Arizona State (4 pm)

Utah vs. BYU (8 pm)

NBC

USC vs. Notre Dame (7:30 pm)

Peacock

Michigan State vs. Indiana (3:30 pm)

Penn State vs. Iowa (7 pm)

TNT

West Virginia vs. UCF (1 pm)

8:00 PM
ET

A Christmas Prayer

Great American Family
TV-MOVIE PREMIERE

A children’s book illustrator (Shae Robins) rediscovers her creativity and faith while unknowingly answering a widowed father’s (Christopher Russell) Christmas wish for love and healing.

A Royal Montana Christmas

Hallmark Channel
TV-MOVIE PREMIERE

A princess (Fiona Gubelmann) escapes to a Montana ranch and falls for a rugged guide (Warren Christie).

The Widow’s Payback

Lifetime
TV-MOVIE PREMIERE

To bring her husband’s killer (Kheon Clarke) to justice, a widow (Bianca Lawson) infiltrates his inner circle.

9:00 PM
ET

Have I Got News for You

CNN

Comedian Gianmarco Soresi and journalist Julia Ioffe join the panel.

10:00 PM
ET

48 Hours

CBS

Heather Snyder, the ex-wife of murdered Washington D.C. photographer Joe Shymanski, is interviewed by Nikki Battiste.

11:00 PM
ET

Austin City Limits

PBS

My Morning Jacket is inducted into the ACL Hall of Fame.

11:30 PM
ET

Saturday Night Live

NBC

Pop singer Sabrina Carpenter pulls double duty as host and musical guest.